Learn how to deepen relational change in South Africa using Imago Relationship Therapy. Explore techniques for sustainable change in this CPD course.
In this course, Caroline Bernhardt-Lanier explores how Imago Relationship Therapy can support deep and lasting relational change, and it is accredited by the HPCSA for CPD points. She works with the present relationship space, the emotional roots of reactivity and the future partners want to build. Through clinical examples and video demonstrations, South African therapists will see how the Imago Dialogue supports safety, regulation, differentiation and empathy, and how to help couples move beneath recurring conflict toward deeper meaning. Clinical judgement is highlighted throughout: when to stay with present-moment connection, when to explore earlier experience and when a couple is ready for requests and behaviour change.
This talk explores how Imago Relationship Therapy can support deep and sustainable relational change by working with the present relationship space, the emotional roots of reactivity, and the future partners want to create together. Caroline Bernhardt-Lanier examines how the Imago Dialogue can support safety, regulation, differentiation, empathy, and greater responsiveness between partners.
Through clinical examples and video demonstrations, participants will see how therapists can help couples move beneath recurring conflicts toward deeper emotional meaning and then translate insight and longing into concrete relational practice. The talk highlights clinical judgment throughout: when to remain with present-moment connection, when to explore earlier relational experience, and when a couple may be ready to move toward requests, behavior change, and a more conscious shared future.
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to: