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Some of the Admission Requirements
- Advanced degree in a mental health discipline
- Current practice which includes couples is helpful
- Membership in a national professional organization
- 300 hours of post graduate supervision
- Participation in the two day "Getting the Love You
Want" couples workshop
Some of the Course Requirements
- Complete twelve days (total of 96 hours) of intensive
training
- Complete assigned readings
- Participate in clinical exercises using Imago skills
- Present video tape samples of clinical work of couples
for supervision
- Serve as support therapist at the two day "Getting
the Love You Want" couples workshop after the 12 day
course is completed
Clinical Skills:
- Learn to facilitate processes between partners that promotes
safe communication, healing and growth
- Specific Imago skills taught during training:
- Initial Interview
- Couples Dialogue
- Parent / Child Dialogue
- Holding Exercise
- Behavior Change Request Dialogue
- Container Exercise
- Learn to work with affective experience in contrast to
cognitive material
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will obtain knowledge and understanding of
relational development and arrest, as well as resulting
characterological adaptations in primary relationships.
- Participants will obtain understanding of the concept
of the imago and the role it plays in partner selection
and subsequent stages of the relationship.
Education Training Experience (for
Non-Clinical persons)
This training is available for individuals interested in
learning the Imago theory and practice in order to apply its
skills in the business world or professional settings. The
information gained and skills learned will promote personal
growth and affect one's personal relationships as well as
relationships in their workplace.
To be eligible for this experience,
you will need to:
- Participate in the "Getting the Love You Want"
couples workshop
- Submit two letters of recommendation from professionals
that affirms you can understand graduate level concepts
and work with clinical material
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