/ Kobus van der Merwe

Kobus Van der Merwe is a Certified Imago Therapist, Imago Workshop Presenter, Advanced Clinician, and Imago Clinical Instructor. He was the first Imago Workshop Presenter and Clinical Instructor in South Africa. Before being involved with Imago, he was ordained as minister in the Dutch Reformed Church.

Senior Faculty and Senior Clinical Instructor Rebecca Sears

Rebecca Sears has been in practice as a pastoral psychotherapist in Washington DC since 1986, an Imago therapist since 1994 and a Faculty member here at IRI since 2003. As a Clinical Instructor and Faculty member of Imago Relationships International, she trains clinicians and other professionals in Imago Relationship Therapy both in the US and abroad.

Certified Imago Therapist, Advanced Imago Therapist, Workshop Presenter Gene Shelly

Gene Shelly, M.Div. is a Pastoral Counselor and an Imago Therapist in private practice. He obtained his M.Div. from New Brunswick Theological Seminary and holds a certificate in Pastoral Psychotherapy from the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute where he was a resident in a three- year psychoanalytic oriented intensive training program.

Master of Social Work (MSW), Certified IMAGO Relationship Therapist (CIRT) & CI Orli Wahrman

Orli, Co-chair of Imago Israel, is an Imago Therapist, Workshop Presenter, Clinical Supervisor, and an Imago trainer. She is also a Sex Therapist, and a Somatic Experiencing Therapist/Supervisor who specializes in treating trauma. For the last 20 years, Orli is a Peace Activist - one of the major forces behind the Imago Peace Project, teaching and conducting Communologues in places of rupture all over the world, including in her war-torn country Israel. Orli also teaches Communologue to families and organizations to promote a language of dialogue.

Psychologist, Specialized in Psychotherapy& Clinical Sexologist Antoinette Liechti Maccarone

Antoinette Liechti Maccarone, MA, is trained as a psychologist, a psychotherapist, an Imago Clinical Instructor and Workshop Presenter and a Clinical Sexologist. She has a private practice in Geneva, Switzerland and travels worldwide to train therapists both in Imago Therapy and in the Sexocorporal Approach.

PH.D., Clinical Psychologist Sophie Slade

Sophie’s life motto is “Have Imago, Will Travel!” She has a passion for bringing Imago to public and professional audiences around the world. Sophie is an Imago Therapist, Workshop Presenter and Senior Clinical Instructor with a passion for collaborating with colleagues to create new Imago courses. She has been actively involved in the organizational structure of Imago Relationships Worldwide and the Imago International Training Institute working towards creating models of participatory democracy. Sophie is known for creating a non-judgmental, safe and fun learning environment, for her bawdy poetry and for her writings on Imago.

Elisabeth Ponsin

Elisabeth Ponsin is an Imago therapist, workshop presenter and an Imago consultant. She is an Imago Clinical Instructor Associate about to be fully certified. Her goal is to spread Imago in France and in other French speaking countries. As of now, Elisabeth is based and works in Pouliguen and in Nantes, in the West of France. Prior to falling in love with Imago, Elisabeth was a Gestalt therapist and in her "previous" life, she was a Project Manager in an international organisation. Additionally, she practices and teaches Tipi Emotional Regulation.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) & Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Wendy Palmer Patterson

Wendy Palmer Patterson, LCSW, LMFT has been working and playing with couples and families since 1971. She has worked in both the public and private sector and has been in private practice in Atlanta since 1981, specializing in couples, families, and groups. She trains marital and family therapists across the country and is a respected supervisor and consultant. Wendy has been an Imago Clinical Faculty member since 1996.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Jill Wolf

Jill Wolf, LCSW is in private practice in Skokie, IL (just north of Chicago) and is among the first five people in Illinois trained by Dr. Harville Hendrix in 1989. She is an Advanced Clinician, a Workshop Presenter for Couples and Individuals, an Imago Consultant for professionals and a Faculty Candidate.