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The Power of Difference:
From Awareness to Appreciation

Presented by Sonali Sadequee and Trisha Sanders

$80.00Add to cart

Friday, April 24, 2026

10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, 12pm Central, 1pm Eastern for 3 hours

Deepening Connection Through Difference

Avoiding conversations about difference might feel easier—but it also limits connection, empathy, and understanding. This experiential workshop invites therapists to lean into curiosity about identities such as race, class, gender, ability, and faith, discovering how difference can enrich rather than divide. With guidance from Sonali Sadequee and Trisha Sanders of IRNA’s Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Circle, participants will explore what it truly means to value diversity as a relational strength.

Using Imago Intentional Dialogue and other experiential exercises, this session creates space for authentic sharing, reflection, and connection. You’ll practice cultural humility and gratitude, learn to move from curiosity into celebration, and leave with practical tools and a personal action plan to integrate these insights into both your clinical practice and daily life.

Learning Objectives

After this session, participants will be able to:

  • Engage in Imago Intentional Dialogue to authentically explore and reflect on personal and client identity differences, practicing mirroring, validation, and empathy.
  • Move from simple curiosity to active celebration by recognizing and naming cultural gratitude—valuing how differences enrich relationships and clinical work.
  • Develop a personalized action plan to integrate cultural humility and gratitude into daily life and therapeutic practice to foster deeper connection and inclusion.

This webinar will be presented online via Zoom and is intended for Imago Professionals of all levels.

Cancellation

All ImagoInsights Webinar cancellations must be submitted in writing to info@imagorelationshipswork.com. Cancellations made more than 72 hours prior to the start of the webinar will be refunded in full, less a 5% administrative fee. Cancellations made within 72 hours of the start of the ImagoInsights webinar will be refunded at 50%. Cancellations made after the start of the webinar will not be refunded. If for any reason IRNA cancels a webinar, registration fees will be refunded in full.

Contact info@imagorelationshipswork.com with any questions or concerns about this event.

Continuing Education (Not Available)

Unfortunately, Continuing Education (CE) Credits will not be available for this webinar.

Pricing & Details

Online, Via Zoom

Webinar will be recorded and made available to registered participants after the live event.

Full Price: $90

10% off if registered by April 10

IRNA Members get an additional 15% off*

*Must be logged in to receive discount.

$80.00Add to cart

About the Presenters

About Sonali Sadequee

As a faculty member at Imago International Training Institute, Sonali Sadequee delivers world-class training in relational competency to healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, and community leaders. She is the founder of Relate Consciously, a national consultancy offering relationship-centered communication facilitation, training, and coaching to organizations and groups. A recognized Imago Communication Facilitator, she has supported organizations such as Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Open Society Foundations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and Imago Relationships North America.

Grounded in decolonial practice, Sonali serves as a sacred space holder who centers relational healing as a pathway toward collective liberation. She is the creator of the Relational Communication™ training program, which integrates Imago Intentional Dialogue™, somatic awareness, and neuroscience to support individuals and teams in cultivating relationally and psychologically safe, respectful, and connected cultures—especially across difference.

About Trish Sanders

Trish Sanders, LCSW, is a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist (since 2016) and Relationship Coach.  She is also a Certified Imago Workshop Presenter for several workshops, including Getting the Love You Want and Satisfying Sex for Committed Couples. Based in Paramus, NJ, Trish offers compassionate, attachment-based, Polyvagal-informed therapy for children, teens, adults, and couples, both in-person and virtually. 

Trish is also the host of the podcast When Depression is in Your Bed, where she explores the impact of depression on individuals and relationships — and what can truly help. Deeply committed to helping people build healthy, satisfying relationships, Trish brings warmth, passion, and lived experience to her work. She credits Imago Relationship Therapy not only for transforming the lives of her clients, but for helping her and her spouse reunite after a separation over a decade ago. Today, she feels grateful to share Imago’s life-changing tools, guiding others toward more conscious, connected, and joyfully alive relationships.