To prepare the Certified Imago Therapist to present intensive 20-hour couples workshops and includes a five day personal growth segment designed to help the clinician actualize their full potential as a presenter.

Open only to Advanced Certified Imago Therapists® (This is therapists that completed the Basic Clinical Training succesfully and also the two advanced trainings: Characterological Growthand Singles Clinical Training)

Presented by Maureen Brine

Module 20-23 February 2012 - Cape Town,Cape Pillars Guesthouse. (9 De Villiers Drive, valmary Park,Durbanville (7550), Western Cape - South Africa)
Tel: +27 (0) 21 976 2170 Fax: +27 (0) 862 405 211) 4 Star Geusthouse. Accomodation available.)

Module 2 25-28 June 2012 - Hopefully a gamefarm close to Hazyview, otherwise Cape Town again

Module 3 20-23November 2012 - Pretoria

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT

Fee: $4000. Spouses $ 2000. Deposit of $800 for registration (before 10 December 2011) 

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Goal: This course is designed to prepare the Certified Imago Therapist to present intensive 20-hour couples workshops and includes a five day personal growth segment designed to help the clinician actualize their full potential as a presenter.

Certification Permissions: Graduates may:

• represent themselves publicly as Certified Couples Workshop Presenters;
• conduct Getting the Love You Want: Workshop for Couples;
• receive purchase labels from the IRI inquiry data base for their local area to market their Couples' Workshops and have workshops listed in the annual Resource Catalogue;
• have use of IRI's heart logo to market the Getting the Love You Want: Workshop for Couples;
• present up to one-day seminars or lectures on Imago Relationship Therapy for educational and/or marketing purposes;
• present one-day seminars or lectures to professionals on Imago Relationship Therapy for educational and/or marketing purposes as long as it is clear in all promotional material that the seminar or lecture is educational and is not considered a training or a certification program.

Admission Requirements:

• applicant must be a Certified Imago Therapist®, have experience speaking to public audiences, and have practiced Imago Relationship Therapy with couples for one year since certification as an Imago Relationship Therapist®
• the applicant must be in good standing with IRT and submit the Workshop Presenter registration form along with a VHS tape showing work as a public speaker or workshop leader taped in front of an audience (within the last twelve months)
• attend the Advanced Clinical Supervision or Characterological Growth course and Preparation for Committed Partnership: Singles Clinical Training.

Course Requirements:

• attend ALL sessions (88 hours) of the formal training without exception;
• complete required readings;
• serve as clinical support staff and make a presentation at TWO 20-hour couples workshops led by a Certified Workshop Presenter (positive evaluations must be submitted to Course Instructor(s) from each Certified Workshop Presenter);
• organize and lead two couples workshops:

Workshop I - between Session I and II

Workshop II - between Session II and III

(Workshops I and II should include couples from participant's practice)

• submit videotaped excerpts from each workshop for assessment and receive positive evaluations from peers and the Course Instructor(s);
• execute a Workshop Presenter contract with IRI.

Post Course Requirements: Within 18 months of the completion of the formal course, the Workshop Presenter Candidate must:

• write and submit a workshop manual to their Clinical Instructor(s) which includes a full text of lectures, description of experiential processes and written exercises;
• lead no more than TWO (20 hour) couples workshops until their certification. The second workshop must be observed on-site and evaluated by a Certified Clinical Instructor. A positive evaluation by the Certified Clinical Instructor must be submitted to IRI and to the Course Instructor(s). (Note: The Workshop Presenter Candidate is responsible for the travel expenses of the on-site observer and an honorarium of $500 for a minimum of five hours of observation);
• submit all participant evaluations from all four training workshops to the Course Instructor(s).

Maintaining Certification: To maintain certification, Certified Workshop Presenters must:

• be a member in good standing with IRI.
• attend the annual update meeting every other year or attend, if available, an Advanced Workshop Supervision training.

Therapists must inform the Institute in writing upon the completion of the update requirements. If they are not completed, the Workshop Presenter must cease doing workshops until the requirements are met. If the Workshop Presenter is inactive for two years, they must attend the annual update and assist at a workshop offered by a Clinical Instructor before they resume offering workshops to the general public.