About Imago Relationship Therapy
Imago Relationship Therapy, founders Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt dreamed about how Imago Theory and Practice would impact the world. Today, Imago Africa is a vibrant and diverse Professional Community where members enjoy a safe space to learn, grow and practice personal and professional development. Furthermore, Imago Africa is a space conducive to providing Clinicians and Facilitators opportunities that are empowering, encouraging and connecting. The collective passion of our members is what makes a difference.
It is our vision that as an organization we learn more about this Rainbow Nation, invite more trained professionals to do the work, and ignite the Imago flame throughout the whole of Africa.
Imago Africa Professional Community
Imago Clinical Therapists and Professional Facilitators are passionate about facilitating relational health.
Each Imago practitioner brings expertise and skills in teaching the art of relational living to assist clients to make sense of and develop deeply connected, meaningful relationships, whether it be with their partner, children, parents, friends or work colleagues.
Imago Therapists are clinically trained and have a previous degree either in Psychology, Social work, or Pastoral counselling. They are also registered with their own professional boards – e.g., Health Professional Council of South Africa.
Imago Clinical Therapist Accreditation Training:
Level 1: Imago Clinical Training (modules 1-3)
Level 2: Certified Imago Clinical Relationship Therapist™
Level 3: Advanced Clinician – Advanced Imago Trainings
- Characterological Growth – Parts Work for Relationships
- Brilliant at the Basics
- The Attuned Therapist: Working with Reactivity and Resistance
- From Despair to Repair: Working Through Betrayal
- Giving and Receiving Love: Living Wholeheartedly
Level 4: Professional Development for Advanced Clinicians
- Certified Imago Workshop Presenter™ Training
- Certified Imago Supervisor™ Training
Level 5: Imago Faculty
- Certified Imago Clinical Instructor™
- Certified Imago Senior Clinical Instructor™
Additional trainings:
Imago Signature Online Self-Study Learning Program and Safe Conversations
Imago Professional Facilitators are professionals who are not clinically trained but are passionate about relational transformation. They may be teachers, nurses, lawyers, human resource management, coaches, or entrepreneurs.
Imago Professional Facilitator Accreditation Training:
Level 1: Imago Professional Facilitator Training (modules 1-4)
Level 2: Certified Imago Professional Facilitator™
Level 3: Advanced Facilitator – Advanced Imago Trainings
- Characterological Growth – Parts Work for Relationships
- Advanced course 2 (TBC)
- Advanced course 3 (TBC)
- Advanced course 4 (TBC)
Level 4: Professional Development for Advanced Facilitators
- Certified Imago Professional Facilitator Instructor™
Level 5: Imago Faculty
- Certified Imago Professional Facilitator Instructor™
Additional trainings:
Imago Signature Online Self-Study Learning Program and Safe Conversations
Our Values
Our values are core to the work that we are so passionate about, and that we seek to emulate in all our daily interactions with our clients, our communities, and our own relationships.
Community
We are a community that supports couples, families, organisations and practitioners through individual interventions, intensives, workshops and trainings.
Safety
We create a safe place for couples, families, organisations, communities and practitioners to learn, reflect, observe, explore and grow.
Connection
We enable connection through dialogue and safe conversations for couples, families, organisations and as a community.
Relationships
We build relationships through conscious intent and application of the Imago principles in both our personal and professional worlds.
Growth
We continuously seek to grow as practitioners through advanced training, supervision, doing our own self work and as a community.
Our Vision
We are a multi-lingual, multi-cultural community of Imago Practitioners working to live in a truly democratic and inherently differentiated community and society. Our vision is to facilitate connection beyond similarity and difference using Imago dialogue, Imago theory and Imago principles. In creating connection, we acknowledge that we are each unique and generative, while being responsible to excellence, and the core principles of Imago Relationship Theory. We look to truly embrace the diversity of our clients, communities and nation.
Our Mission
Our mission is rooted in a passionate commitment to Imago Africa and Imago Theory, one that pulses with emotion and connection. We walk hand-in-hand with our members and the public, forging a path toward greater diversity, inclusion, and credibility. With hearts aligned, we offer unwavering support, nurturing growth through shared learning experiences, while holding high the torch of professional integrity. Together, we celebrate the unique talents and invaluable contributions of our members, creating an organisation that bends, adapts, and empowers local chapters and communities in our collective journey.
Our Charitable Objectives Are
As a registered 501c3 NPO, our two key charitable objectives underpin our work and we use our income and resources to promote these aims. In all of our activities, whether we’re providing services to members, commissioning research or campaigning, these are the objectives that guide us, and the principles by which we measure our success.
- to promote and provide support for Imago therapists, facilitators, workshop presenters and consultants working in either professional or voluntary settings, whether full or part time, with a view to raising the standards of the professions for the benefit of the community and in particular for those who are the recipients of IRT
- To provide a platform where we hold our members accountable for the work they provide to the public through peer governance, using sociocracy methods and ethical accountability
- To provide a platform where our members can meet regularly to share and connect, build, encourage, grow and learn together.
- To inform and educate the public about the contribution that IRT can make generally and particularly in meeting the needs of those who seek assistance for healing and growth in their relationships.