Online Imago Clinical Training - Additional Information

ADDTIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING ONLINE IMAGO CLINICAL TRAINING

ICT - Objectives

Learning Objectives: Students will be able to:

Apply the core tenants of Imago Relationship Theory
Define the relationship of Imago theory to major Western Psychological Systems
Distinguish the relational paradigm and how this paradigm informs couples therapy
Demonstrate the basic mirroring process as a facilitator
Summarize the shift in the role of the therapist from healer to facilitator
Define the ‘push toward wholeness’ - Carl Jung
Appraise and define the challenges of the culture
Formulate appropriate feedback utilizing the Imago feedback process
Discuss the history of the relationship paradigm in the context of cosmology and human evolution
Define the aspects of healthy relating
Describe the full Dialogue process, with specific features of Mirroring, Validation and Empathy.
Analyze the importance of differentiation as a prerequisite to healthy connection
Describe the components of the Appreciation Dialogue
Demonstrate the Appreciation Dialogue Process
Formulate feedback in the Imago structure with the added concept of the ‘growth gift’ and its relationship to the childhood relational trauma.
Define the relationship paradigm in the context of psychological development
Define the relationship paradigm in the context of socialization
Describe the role of the Imago Therapist
Apply the concept of the energetic “space between”
Describe how developmental wounding impacts a couple and how to use this information constructively in couples’ therapy.
Identify opportunities for deepening and “shallowing” interventions in the therapy session.
Utilize Imago interventions designed to deepen and shallow.
Distinguish and facilitate the flow of the couple’s interchange
Practice attunement in the therapy session
Identify the power of the familiar in the unconscious drive within relationships
Describe the phenomenon of resistance as it relates to the pleasure and pleasure/pain conundrum
Define the goals of the initial interview session.
Conduct a couple through a basic Imago session.
Define the components of a full Imago session.
Identify the application of interventions in the face of resistance and reactivity
Articulate the importance of the therapist’s role and his/her stance in the first session.
Identify the phenomenon of resistance within cases and relate it to the pleasure and pleasure/pain conundrum
Conduct couples in the creation of the relationship vision
Conduct the revisioning process
Conduct the Caring Behaviors Dialogue.
Apply the Imago feedback process to recorded sessions.
Demonstrate discernment regarding the Imago sessions being reviewed.
Define possible interventions that might strengthen connection within recorded sessions
Evaluate self with awareness of the technical aspects of the Imago process
Define the potential impact of disrupted development
Identify adaptation formation and resulting patterns of behavior
Describe the formation of the Imago imprint
Define Maximizing and Minimizing patterns
Analyze the power of the Parent-Child Dialogue
Define the steps of the Parent-Child Dialogue
Conduct the couple in the Parent-Child Dialogue
Identify the appropriate applicability of the Parent-Child Dialogue
Define the potential impact of emotional symbiosis on relationships
Increase awareness of the relationship between emotional symbiosis and reactivity
Define and articulate at a deeper level the importance of differentiation
Define the stages of relationships and the ramifications and implications within Imago theory
Describe the unconscious challenges to change that can emerge in the Frustration Dialogue
Define the steps of the Frustration Dialogue
Identify the potential benefits of the Frustration Dialogue
Analyze the potential for non-constructive outcomes of the Frustration Dialogue
Describe the phenomenon of symbiosis v differentiation and the impact of the Imago Dialogue on moving from one to the other
Describe the subconscious push away from pleasure, toward pain; attraction to the familiar
Demonstrate beginning skills in application of alternative dialogue structures
Conduct fun in the office
Identify personal challenges in the introduction of the Imago processes
Identify personal resistance to the introduction of High Energy Fun.
Define the tenets of the conscious and unconscious relationship
Describe the function and the variety of exits
Identify exits as neutral with understanding of their genesis
Apply appropriate deepening skills in the office
Demonstrate appropriate application of the Holding Exercise as an intervention
Conduct the Holding Exercise
Define appropriate application of the Holding Exercise
Describe the connection between unmet needs and reactive behaviors
Define the underlying purpose of reactivity
Define methods to effectively contain and redirect reactivity toward underlying vulnerability
Conduct an Imago session that includes sensitive topics
Identify the duality of reactivity and vulnerability
Identify appropriate interventions to enhance connection
Demonstrate with skill and clarity the process of differentiation
Describe varying approaches to challenging sessions
Define the importance of connection to self and clients
Describe clinical approaches for dealing with various challenges
Demonstrate growth in application of skills
Demonstrate the skill for translating questions into sentence stems or ‘lead lines’
Conduct sessions with brief instructions
Utilize silence appropriately and effectively within sessions
Define what’s next in the process of preparing for certification
Define methods for establishing an Imago Practice
Identify specific needs of client couples related to appropriate Imago interventions
Describe requirements for recording sessions
Demonstrate appropriate and effective preparation for recording sessions
Identify needs for additional support and clinical clarity

ICT – Imago Clinical Training - Online Schedule

MODULE ONE

September 28, 2023

Session One   9:30am - 2:30pm
9:30 - 10:15 -  Introductions
10:15 - 10:30 Goals for Course Imago+ history and Theory
10:30 - 10:45   Video - Still Face

10:45 - 10:55   Ruptured Connection
10:55 - 11:10 BREAK
11:10 - 11:40    Goals of Imago Therapy - Stages of a Relationship
11:40 - 12:10   Imago Dialogue Process Mirroring (Demo)
12:10 - 12:20 Practice - dyads
12:20 - 12:40   Process
12:40 - 12:55   Write - Imago Work-up
12:55 - 1:15 Process
1:15 - 1:30 Review/Closing

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Two 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:30 Check-in
3:30 - 4:30 Facilitator’s role in the Dialogue Process
4:30 - 4:45 BREAK
4:45 - 5:10 Therapeutic Skills, Relational Paradigm/ Implications for Imago Therapist
5:10 - 5:40 Journeys of Self - Intro to All: Cosmic; Evolutionary
5:40 - 6:00 Defensive Adaptations to Pain
Minimizer/Maximizer
6:00 - 6:10 HW - Contemplate Relationship History

6:10 - 6:30 Review/Closing

September 29, 2023

Session Three 9:30-1:30
9:30 - 10:30    Check In
10:30 - 10:50    Video: Harville on Dialogue
10:50 - 11:20    Review Dialogue Structure, Validation,
Switch Sender/Receiver; Feedback Process
11:20 - 12:00 © Demo with Feedback
12:00 – 12:15 – BREAK
12:15 - 12:50 Practice - “Something I brought into my relationships # 1 with feedback
(Receiver - 3X, “Is there more?”)
12:50 - 1:20 Process – Q & A
1:20 - 1:30 Review/Closing

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Four 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00 Check-in
3:00 - 3:15 The Conscious Relationship
3:15 - 3:35 Demo of Appreciations Dialogue
3:35 - 5:10 Dialogue Practice - # 2 & #3 with Feedback
5:10 - 5:20 BREAK
5:20 - 6:05 Process and Q& A
6:05 - 6:20 Introduction to Manual reading
6:20 – 6:30 Review/Closing

October 2, 2023

Session Five 9:30 - 1:30
9:30-10:00 Check-in
10:00-11:00 Complete Dialogue Practice - #3
11:00-11:15 Process
11:15-11:45 Dialogue Process and Facilitator’s role
11:45-11:55 BREAK
11:55-1:00 Group as Expert
1:00 - 1:20 Manual material on dialogue process/impact
1:20 – 1:30 Review/Closing

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Six 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00 Check-in
3:00 - 4:00 Psychological Journey
4:00 - 4:30 Social Journey +video
4:30 - 4:40 BREAK
4:40 - 4:50 An Imago Relationship Therapist
4:50 - 5:30 Video Perspective/Phenomenology
5:30 - 6:20 Q&A - Group as Expert
6:20 - 6:30 Review/Closing

October 3, 2023

Session Seven 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 9:40 Check-in
9:40 - 10:20 Basic Imago Session Imago Dialogue Structure
Enhancing the Dialogue - Deepening Strategies
10:20 - 10:50 Artistry and Structure
10:50 - 11:30 Demo with Deepening
11:30 - 11:40 BREAK
11:40 - 12:50 Practice #1 - using deepening
12:50 - 1:20 Process & Questions
1:20 - 1:30 Review/Closing

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Eight 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00 Check-in
3:00 - 3:10 Pleasure/Pain
3:10 - 4:30 Practice Dialogue with Deepening & feedback
4:30 - 4:40 BREAK
4:40 - 6:00 Practice # 3 with feedback
6:00 - 6:10 Process

6:10 - 6:30 Review/Closing

MODULE TWO

November 30, 2023

Session Nine 9:30 - 1:30
10:00 - 10:30 Check-in Introduce Growth Gift Process
10:30 - 11:30 Review: Social Journey
Writing: “My 5 orst messages” ask: What did you need to hear and believe?
Record each person’s Growth Gifts and mirror
11:30 - 11:45 BREAK
11:45 - 1:00 Complete Growth Gifts
1:00 - 1:30 Questions

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Ten 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00 Check-in
3:00 - 3:30 Initial Interview - (2 slides)
3:30 - 4:00 Demo
4:00 - 4:15 BREAK
4:15 - 4:45 Process
4:45 - 6:15 Practice Initial Interview with feedback (therapists 1. 2) – 3 in break-outs)
6:15 - 6:30 Closing

December 1, 2023

Session Eleven 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 9:50 Check - in
9:50 - 10:20 Questions
10:20 - 11:20 Practice - Initial Interview
11:20 - 11:35 BREAK
11:35 - 12:35 Initial Interview - # 3

12:35 - 1:15 Setting up an Imago Practice (1 slide)
1:15 - 1:30 H.W. Closing (1 slide)

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Twelve 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00 Check-in
3:00 - 3:30 View recorded session
3:30 - 3:45 BREAK
3:45 - 4:45 Psychological Journey/Maximizer & Minimizer
4:45 - 5:45 View recorded session
5:45 - 6:15 Q & A
6:15 - 6:30 H.W. & Closing

December 4, 2023

Session Thirteen 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 10:00 Check-in
10:00 - 10:15 Mini - Lecture (Parent/Child Dialogue)
10:15 - 11:00 Demo P/C Dialogue
11:00 - 11:15 BREAK
11:15 - 12:15 Practice # 1 (p/c dialogue)
12:15 - 1:15 Practice # 2
1:15 - 1:30 H.W. & Closing

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Fourteen 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:30 Check-in (use mve)
3:30 - 4:30 Meta Theory
Psychological Journey - Adulthood
Symbiosis (origins and expressions)
Partner Selection (Imago)
4:30 - 4:45 BREAK
4:45 - 5:45 Watch Recording
5:45 - 6:15 Stages of Relationship - Romantic Love
6:15 - 6:30 H.W. & Closing

December 5, 2023

Session Fifteen 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 10:00 Check-In
10:00 - 10:45 Power Struggle
Conscious Relating
10:45- 11:00 BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 View Recorded Session
12:00 - 1:15 Explain Behavior Change Request or Discovery Dialogue
1:15 - 1:30 H.W. & Closing

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Sixteen 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00  Check - in
3:00 - 4:00  Demo or Show Recording of BCR
4:00 - 4:15  BREAK
4:15 - 5:15  Practice BCR or Discovery Dialogue
5:15 - 6:15   View Recorded session
6:15 - 6:30   H.W. & Closing

MODULE 3

March 21 2023

Session Seventeen 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 10:30 Check - In
10:30 - 11:30 Group as Expert
11:30 - 11:45 BREAK
11:45 - 12:45 View Recording
12:45 - 1:15 Conscious Relating Differentiation
1:15 - 1:30 H.W. & Closing
1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Eighteen 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00 Check - in
3:00 - 3:45 Exits - review Commitment Dialogue
3:45 - 4:45 View Recorded Session
4:45 - 5:00 BREAK
5:00- 6:15 Imago Dialogue Review
Overcoming Resistance to give & receive love
Balancing Pleasure & Pain
Re-romanticizing
Positive Flooding
6:15 - 6:30 H.W. & Closing

March 22, 2023

Session Nineteen 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 10:30 Check - in (using MVE)
10:30 - 11:30 View Recorded Session
11:30 - 11:45 BREAK
11:45 - 12:15 Sex and Affairs
12:15 - 12:45 Containing Reactivity
12:45 - 1:15 Explain - the Good-Bye Process
1:15 - 1:30 H.W. & Closing

1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Twenty 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:00 Check-in
3:00 - 4:00 Show recording of Good-bye Process
4:00 - 4:15 BREAK
4:15 - 6:00 PRACTICE: BCR; Discovery Dialogue - Good-Bye Process
6:00 - 6:15 Process
6:15 - 6:30 H.W. & Closing

March 25, 2023

Session Twenty-one 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 10:00 Check-In
10:00 - 11:00 Seamless Flow - DEMO
11:00 - 11:15 BREAK
11:15 - 1:15 Practice: BCR; Discovery Dialogue; Seamless Flow (triads in break-outs)
1:15 - 1:30 H.W & Closing
1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK
Session Twenty-two 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:30 Check- In
3:30 - 4:30 View Recorded session
4:30 - 4:45 BREAK
4:45 - 5:15 Challenge of Transformation
5:15 - 5:45 Self-Hatred & Projections Core Resistance
5:45 - 6:00 Zero Negativity
6:00 - 6:20 Q & A
6:20 - 6:30 H.W. & Closing

March 26, 2023

Session Twenty-three 9:30 - 1:30
9:30 - 10:00 Check - in
10:00 - 11:00 View Recorded session
11:00 - 11:15 BREAK
11:15 - 12:00 Establishing an Imago Practice
12:00 - 12:30 Requirement Review
12:30 - 1:30 Closing Q& A
1:30 - 2:30 NUTRITION BREAK

Session Twenty-four 2:30 - 6:30
2:30 - 3:30 Check - In
3:30 - 5:00 Practice - Deepening Round
Process
5:00 - 5:15 BREAK
5:15 - 6:30 Closing - with deepening