Basic Clinical Training
in
Imago Relationship Therapy

IRT training offers you effective tools to empower your clients on their journey of healing and growth for themselves and their relationship.

IRT can give you the skills and confidence of a time tested approach to couples work.

A complete outline of training requirements can be found in Chapter 4 of the Training Course Catalog publised by Imago Relationship International.

This certification-track course is designed to prepare the Certified ImagoTherapist® to be publicly known and recognized in the field of couples therapy.

Introduction

Imago Relationship Therapy, a model of therapy developed by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., co-founder of Imago Relationships International along with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., recognizes that the inherent nature of human beings is what Jung described as a “push toward wholeness.” That wholeness contains Maslow’s qualities of a self-actualized person: spontaneity and creativity, acceptance, a balance between solitude and deeply intense relationships, humor, caring and compassion for others, inner direction, and an open and fresh attitude towar life.

Throughout our development as human beings, that wholeness is fragmented through experiences in relationships with our caretakers and results in a significant impact upon the choice of a marriage or relationship partner andupon the dynamics of all our relationships in adulthood. The ultimate goal of the work that couples do in Imago Relationship Therapy is to assist each other in repairing the wounded or injured aspects of that original state, and to reclaim the whole self that can more passionately and vibrantly express itself in life and in relationships.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to: