Imago Clinical Training course requirements
- Attend all 12 days of training
- Attend (preferably with current partner) ‘Getting the Love you Want’ Couples workshop as a participant
- Participate in training exercises and small group work
- Complete assigned readings
- During Modules 2 and 3, present video tape samples of their work with couples for supervision
- Complete 6 months post-training supervision: one supervision session per month, either individual or group
- Execute an ‘Understandings and Agreements’ contract through IRI
- Complete 3 and 6 month reports following the training, as outlined by Clinical Instructors
- Serve as clinical support staff in a ‘Getting the Love You Want’ Couples Workshop within 1 year of completion of course requirements
- Submit 1 videotape of their work with couples, for assessment, after completion of the 6 months supervision
Footnotes to pre-requisites for BCT Australia and Recognition of Prior Learning
- Gestalt Therapy Training, William Street Family Therapy training, Art Therapy training and Transactional Analysis training can all lead to clinical membership of PACWA, or PACFA
- RADIX training – Mind Body work – is agreed as acceptable training
- Some organisations have increased their hours of practice for clinical membership to 950 hours of client contact, which relate to 125 hours supervision. It has been agreed by Trainers and the AIRTA panel, that 350 hours of supervised counselling is sufficient for the Imago Clinical Training.
- ASSERT (Sexology training) standing on its own cannot be accepted unless the applicant has demonstrated 2 years of Clinical experience post training and meets the 350 hours client contact, which relate to 50 hours supervision.
- Some people who wish to do the Educational Track are considered individually on their particular project and this needs to be assessed. These participants must demonstrate that they intend to use their training in a very professional way. The Educational Track is definitely not a back door entrance to a Certification as an Imago Therapist. It was decided that Educational Track participants are acceptable in an Imago Clinical Training group with a maximum of a 1/4 -1/5 ratio in the training group. Brenda Rawlings and Peter McMillan have noted that that the ratio is usually much less than that and that current program has no one in the current course is of concern.
- People may make application for training who present as unclear, then it is agreed that Brenda Rawlings and Peter McMillan will consult with the AIRTA committee around the uncertainties.
- It is difficult to police what an individual practices once having attended the training, and it is recommended that it is better to be stringent with the above prerequisites.
Recognition of Prior Learning
In cases where the applicant has no formal training such as in Point 1 or has completed training many years ago, but has completed various ‘adhoc’ counselling and/or psychotherapy specific trainings, then the applicant can be admitted as long as they have significant clinical hours of both supervision and client contact i.e. in excess of 150 hours of supervision, which relate to in excess of 1200 hours of client contact. These hours would be confirmed as counselling/psychotherapy specific hours by a recognized supervisor via letters or supervisors declarations.
Submitting an application for Membership to AIRTA
To complete a Trainee Membership application the applicant/trainee would send:
- Completed Registration Form
- Confirmation of points 1, 2 and 3 above
- Confirmation of enrolment in the 12 day training via a letter from Brenda Rawlings or Peter McMillan (Imago Institute for Relationships) or from another IRI (Imago Relationships International) registered Clinical Trainer.
To complete a Clinical Membership application the graduate would send:
- Completed Registration Form
- Confirmation of points 1, 2 and 3 above
- Confirmation of certification as Certified Imago Therapist via a letter from Brenda Rawlings, Peter McMillan (Imago Institute for Relationships) or from another IRI (Imago Relationships International) registered Clinical Trainer.