A408 Imago Relationship Therapy: Introduction to Basic Clinical Training, Part 1

Through this special 16-CE Credit course, being offered here for the first time, you can earn credit towards the first two days of the usual 12-day Imago Basic Clinical Training, reducing both the cost and the time away from your practice. Based on the ground-breaking work of Harville Hendrix, author of Getting the Love You Want, Keeping the Love Your Find, and Giving the Love that Heals,this course teaches the basic principles of a powerful approach that helps partners heal each other through relationship. Not simply a set of isolated skills, Imago therapy training constitutes a journey of growth, guiding practitioners towards integrating its principles into their own personal and professional life. Youll learn the principles of the Imago Dialogue as well as the therapeutic use of empathy and validation, the underlying neuroscience of couples relationships. Well also demonstrate practical skills in moving clients from content to affect, choreographing the dance between regression and progression, in order to live more in the Now, and how to use yourself as an agent of change. CE credits include 4 hours of reading assignments. Note: This course entitles you to receive full credit for the first two days of training in any 12-day Imago Basic Clinical Training Program.

Meet The Instructor

Jette Simon is a clinical psychologist (Danish degree) with 27 years experience in couples therapy and a Senior Clinical Instructor candidate for Imago International. She conducts both basic and advanced training programs in Imago Relationship Therapy in Washington, D.C. as well as Croatia, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden. She is the author of Imago: The Therapy of Love.

Maya Kollman, M.A., is a Master Trainer for Imago International. She conducts basic and advanced training programs in the United States, Austria, Switzerland, and Ireland.

Course Contents

Sessions 1-2: Theoretic framework of Imago • Assumptions underlying work with couples

Session 3-4: The evolutionary journey of the self and its impact on relationships

Session 5-6: The developmental journey of the self • Effects of different parenting styles and socialization • Two hours of reading assignments

Session 7-8: The formation of the imago • The role of the imago in relationships

Session 9-10: The role of the imago in relationships continued • Overview of major therapeutic processes

Session 11-12: The Imago dialogue • The role of reactivity • Moving from reactivity to intentionality • Two hours of reading assignments

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the theoretical framework of Imago Therapy
2. Describe the impact of individual developmental wounds on relationship issues
3. Define the imago
4. Explain the appropriate use of the Imago dialogue