Advanced Trainings in Imago Relationship Theory and Practice for therapists and educators

To schedule an advanced training in your area – contact Sophie Slade at 514 766-5502 or slade.imago@bellnet.ca.

Sophie offers the following Advanced Training Programmers based on Imago Relationship Theory
and Practice (descriptions follow): If you have a particular topic of interest that you would like to have more training in, contact Sophie Slade and she will try to respond to your need or refer you to someone with greater expertise in that area.

Characterological Growth
Doing Imago from a Developmental Perspective
The Journey of Change in Imago: from enemies to allies
The Art of Receiving Love
The Relational Self
Imago with individual clients
Growing into Competence in Imago
Peeking through the key hole: Sex from a Developmental Perspective

Characterological Growth (Course 504 - CE credits – 24)
This is a required course for all advanced certifications. In the Talmud there is a quote, “We can’t see the world as it is; we see it as we are.” This three day experience deepens theoretical understanding of Characterological adaptations to pain through experiential processing at a personal level. The profound training takes the defense of projection and highlights the many ways we put it to use. As long as we are unconsciously using projection, we are out of connection with ourselves and others. This personal training is both exquisitely simple and complex, at the same time. Previous
participants describe the training as “extraordinary and transformational.”

Dates: April 13 - 15, 2012
Location: Tralee, Ireland
Cost: $60US registration + €400 (Group rates available for ACCORD therapists)
To register please go to www.GettingtheLoveYouWant.com/course-schedule

Doing Imago from a Developmental Perspective - developed by Sophie Slade,
Rick & Sherry Stolp and Mike Borash:
This two day training will focus on the first four developmental stages of childhood according to the Imago Relationship Therapy model - Attachment, Exploration, Identity and Competence. The training is designed to help therapists to see their client's relationships more clearly through a developmental lens, so they can be more attuned in their work and facilitation of the dialogue. Using visualization, film clips, case examples and personal sharing, Sophie will illustrate how Imago Relationship Therapy helps couples to use their relationship in the service of resolving the unresolved developmental issues from childhood and restarting the developmental engine so that they can reach their fullest potential.

Dates: None set for 2012
Tuition: $400 US or equivalent
To schedule this training in your area contact Sophie Slade at slade.imago@bellnet.ca

The Journey of Change in Imago: From Enemies to Allies - developed by Maya Kollman
& Sophie Slade
Have you ever wondered why your partner finds it so difficult to change even when you use the Behavior Change Request Dialogue? And your clients? Combining 37 years of Imago experience, Maya and Sophie bring their humor and their wisdom to take you on a journey to
1) identify the many elements of change inherent in Imago work,
2) practice processes to support your couples and yourself to take the difficult steps towards
change at each level and become allies in the process.
This three-day training will help you have a clearer sense of the many levels of change that are required in the BCR Dialogue for both the Sender and the Receiver, and will give you tools to help you guide your
couples in making such transformative shifts as from reactivity to intentionality, from blaming to self-responsibility, from symbiosis to differentiation, from naming frustrations to naming relational issues and from gifting to follow through. They will also look at how to repair the rupture when it all falls apart.

Dates: None set for 2012
Tuition: $600 US or equivalent
To schedule this training in your area contact Sophie Slade at slade.imago@bellnet.ca

The Art of Receiving Love - developed by Jette Simon & Sophie Slade
This 2 day course looks at why it seems to be so difficult for couples to receive the very thing they long for most and how to help them grow beyond that. It will integrate Imago theory and practice with the latest brain research and mindfulness practices to support Imago therapists in helping their couples grow into their capacity to take in the love their partner is willing to stretch into giving.

Dates: None set for 2012
Tuition: $400 US or equivalent
To schedule this training in your area contact Sophie Slade at slade.imago@bellnet.ca.

The Relational Self Training - developed by Wendy Patterson & Sophie Slade
Most people who want a committed long term relationship look for the ideal partner match. They have little understanding that the person they select, and the ensuing relationship they have together is influenced by their early life experiences and the formation of their character defences. This course
will greatly influence the therapists understanding of character structure. It will assist them to work with clients on modifying character structure and thereby changing their unconscious choice of partner, as well as the outcome of their relationship.

Dates: None set for 2012
Tuition: Tuition is $1000 US or equivalent. This includes the 2 day Keeping the Love You Find workshop. $600 if Keeping workshop attended within past four years
To schedule this training in your area contact Sophie Slade at slade.imago@bellnet.ca.

Growing into Competence in Imago - developed by Sophie Slade
Many couples enter the new learning situation of therapy with their competence stage wounds triggered by feelings of failure in their marriage, and their competence stage adaptations firmly in place, over and above anything else that may be going on in the relationship. To grow into our competence as an Imago practitioner is an on-going developmental journey and our clients can
trigger us into feelings of incompetence and our adaptations against these painful feelings from one minute to the next.

This course offers an in-depth exploration of Imago theory regarding Competence stage needs, wounding and adaptations as they impact on the therapist and on clients engaging in the dance of therapy. Participants will have an opportunity to further understand their own competence
experiences and adaptations, how these manifest when clients trigger feelings of inadequacy and
what they need to help them grow into their next level of competence. Research into what supports
the development of competence in therapists will also be discussed and some specific therapy feedback tools shared.

If you have a particular topic of interest that you would like to have more training in contact Sophie Slade and she will try to respond to your need or refer you to someone with greater expertise in that area.

Dates: None set for 2012
Tuition: $200 or equivalent for 1 day, $400 for 2 days
To schedule this training in your area contact Sophie Slade at slade.imago@bellnet.ca.

Peeking through the key hole: Sex from a Developmental Perspective
by Sophie Slade and Sylvia Rosenfeld
Participants in this one-day training learn how to conduct a sexual status interview, and how to understand couples sexual challenges from a developmental point of view. This can contribute to the therapist's comfort and confidence in addressing sexual issues with their clients and give them a framework for being more attuned in their treatment approaches.
Dates: None scheduled for 2012

If you have a particular topic of interest that you would like to have more training in contact Sophie Slade and she will try to respond to your need or refer you to someone with greater expertise in that area

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY:
please contact Sophie Slade at slade.imago@bellnet.ca
or by phone in Canada (001) 514 766-5502