Instructors

Jesica Eames, LCSW/JD, is a Certified Advanced Imago Clinician and Workshop Presenter practicing in Atlanta, Georgia, with Wendy and Bob Patterson at P2 Partnerships. She specializes and thrives in working with couples. Jesica has an empathic and interactive approach with clients. Couples who wor...

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 ...

John Mortensen is a psychologist with a private practice in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a lektor at University of Copenhagen at the Institute of Psychology where he teaches Relational Psychology, the psychology of couplehood and the therapeutic dialogue. He has been a lektor at the University Coll...

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 C...

Leora is a Clinical Instructor of Imago in Israel, a Faculty member of IRI, and a Certified Couples’ Workshop Presenter. She is a senior Family Therapist and has been teaching Family and private practice in Tel-Aviv, Ra’anana, and the Shinui Institute in Herzli...

Ljiljana Bastaić, MD is psychiatrist and a psychotherapist certified both in Gestalt therapy and in Imago Relationship Therapy. She is a clinical trainer for Wurzburg Gestalt Institute and a Couples Workshop Presenter for Imago Relationships International. She lives in Zagreb, Croatia and teache...

Marcia Ferstenfeld, M.A., CIRT, C.I. is in private practice working with couples, individuals and families. She is certified in Imago Relationship Therapy and a member of the Imago Faculty as a Certified Imago Clinical Trainer, and co-created the Connected Parents, Thriving Kids program in Imago ...

Maureen Brine is a respected Imago therapist, senior clinical instructor, workshop presenter and addictions specialist. Having completed the majority of her training with Dr. Harville Hendrix, she has been a Faculty Member since 1997. Former Co-Dean of the Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy...

Maya is a Psychotherapist, a former Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at Rutgers University, and a member of AAMFT and AACD. No one is fooled by Maya’s youthful face and bountiful energy. While it is true that she can out-run and out-work anyone on the planet, Maya is an old soul. Her wi...

Michele Naude has been working as a Clinical Psychologist in private practice since 1996. Michele became an Imago Therapist in 2008, and a Workshop Presenter in 2010. Michele joined the Imago Africa Board in 2009 and served as Chairperson of Imago Africa from 2011-...

Living in Playa Grande Costa Rica so she can surf as much as possible, Michelle enjoys training around the world: from Romania to England, from Mexico to Costa Rica, from Austin, Texas to Washington DC; Michelle loves to train therapists and professionals on how to facilitate communication in cou...

Nedra Fetterman, Ph. D. is an Imago Therapist, Workshop Presenter, Clinical Instructor, and an Imago Advanced Clinician. She is a longtime associate in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where she serves as a Clinical ...

Orli Wahrman, MSW is an Imago therapist, Workshop Presenter, Consultant, Senior Faculty member, and the Co – CEO of Imago Israel. Additionally, she is a qualified Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Trauma therapist, a Sex theraphist and Supervisor, and Family and Couples therapist. Just after 9/...

Peter McMillan, M.Guid.Couns., MNZAC is a relationship specialist who has been a member of the New Zealand Association of Counselors since 1989. He was the first Certified Imago Relationship Therapist in New Zealand. Peter and his wife, Brenda Rawlings, (also on th...

Pierrette Richard is a psychologist, senior partner and co-owner of the Clinic of Applied Psychology, a privately-run business situated in Moncton NB, CANADA.  She is a skilled Imago Therapist, Workshop Presenter and Clinical Instructor.  Her husband, Roland Bryar, works in the field of Arts ...