The Journey of Change

After this training, participants will be able to:

1. Facilitate dialogues that help couples shift entrenched relational patterns and move toward more conscious, intentional ways of relating.
2. List and describe nine essential intrapersonal and interpersonal shifts that support real, lasting change in intimate relationships.
3. Identify ways in which their own character structure and responses may block therapeutic effectiveness with couples, and formulate a personal growth plan to address these patterns.
4. Restructure negative interactions into more positive, connecting exchanges using Imago Dialogue and related clinical processes.
5. Recognize symbiosis in couples and support movement toward differentiation, mutual respect, and greater emotional autonomy.
6. Integrate dialogue processes that help partners move from complaints to clear requests, from reactivity to intentionality, and from blame to self‑responsibility.
7. Analyze relational issues embedded in partners’ frustrations and help couples transform childhood stories into cohesive adult narratives.
8. Guide couples in dramatizing and embodying new behaviors so that cohesive adult narratives translate into a lived future vision of the relationship.
9. Label common defensive postures that emerge in couples’ interactions and select appropriate interventions to address them.
10. Implement verbal and nonverbal strategies that foster safety, nervous system regulation, and connection between partners during dialogue.
11. Apply Imago‑based dialogue structures to help couples sustain behavioral change beyond the therapy session and into daily life.
12. Reflect on their own use of self in the therapy room and intentionally align their stance, language, and interventions with the nine essential shifts taught in the course.

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Participants can earn 24 CE credits upon successful completion of the training. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

Full CE information coming soon…

Imago Relationships North America (IRNA) serves as an administrative sponsor for this training by providing application processing, registration, and logistical support. All decisions regarding eligibility, admission, successful completion, and any certification or designation as a Workshop Presenter are made solely by Imago International Training Institute (IITI) and the course faculty. IRNA does not grant or guarantee any certification or professional credential.

By registering for this course, you acknowledge that IRNA’s role is administrative only and that IITI and course faculty are solely responsible for admission, evaluation, and certification decisions.

_{Registration cancellations made up to 30 days prior to the start of the course (the date of the first live class) will be refunded in full (less transaction fees). Cancellations made between 30 days and 1 week prior to the start of the course will be refunded minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations made less than one week prior to the start of the course will be refunded minus a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations after the first live class. All cancellations, questions, and concerns can be submitted to info@imagorelationshipswork.com.}  

_{IRNA strives for full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), by being committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for participants with disabilities.}

_{Prior to the beginning of the program, any known conflict of interest or commercial support will be disclosed. In the case where there is no known conflict of interest or commercial support, this will be made evident also. Information concerning conflicts of interest and commercial support is also disclosed via promotional materials that are made available to any potential participants prior to registration for the course.}