Instructors

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

Barbara Cremers is a certified Imago therapist and Imago Workshop Presenter. She has been working in her private practice for couples therapy since 2011. After a career as an art conservator, she trained as a therapist and knew soon that her passion would be with c...

Ben Cohen, Ph.D., is a Licensed Psychologist and has been a certified Imago Relationship Therapist since 1994. He has presented over 100 “Getting The Love You Want” Couples Workshops, and is a Certified Instructor and former Co-Dean of the faculty of Imago Relationships International. Ben was...

Carol Kramer, LCSW is an Advanced Imago Therapist, and had presented the “Getting the Love You Want” and the “Keeping the Love You Find” workshops for 13 years with her late husband Steve Slepian. Carol is a Clinical Instructor on the Imago faculty. She was also trained in  Focusing and ...

Dr. Wendy Palmer Patterson, PhD, 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 ...

Elisabeth Ponsin est thérapeute Imago, animatrice d’ateliers et consultante Imago. Elle suit actuellement une formation pour devenir Instructrice Clinique Imago, et elle est désireuse d’accroître son impact sur la diffusion d’Imago en France, et peut-être dans d’autres...

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 psychoanalyti...

Evelin and Klaus Brehm have been living and working with Imago for over 20 years. As Senior Clinical Instructors they accompany couples in their own center in Vienna, train Imago therapists and facilitators, organize workshops for couples and bring Imago to companies and businesses.

With over 30 years of collecting theories and techniques, Garet has landed right here, learning and teaching the joys of presence, embodiment, and connection. The journey to this place is at the core of who she is and her purpose in life. Whether she’s in the arena with a horse as an Equus ...

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. is the co-founder of Imago Relationships with Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., and Chancellor of the Imago International Institute. He is the author of the popularly acclaimed books: Getting the Love You Want: A guide for Couples, Keeping the Love You Find: A Guide for Singles, ...

Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. is known for her work in women’s movement, which began in 1985. What most people don’t know is that before that, Helen had felt a calling to become a therapist. Before meeting Harville in 1977, she spent a month at The Goulding Institute being trained in T.A. & G...

Ian Tomlinson M.Ed. is an Advanced Imago Clinician, Workshop presenter and supervisor based in Manchester, England. He is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist and his main modalities are Transactional Analysis and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), both of which fit with Imago Relationship The...

Jay E. Oh, Ph.D. is a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and an Imago Clinical Instructor and Faculty at Imago International Training Institute (IITI). Jay introduced Imago Relationship Therapy to South Korea by hosting Imago Clinical Training with Dr. Harville Hendrix, Wendy Patterson, and M...

Jeannie Ingram is an Imago Therapist, Advanced Clinician, Workshop Presenter and Imago Faculty Clinical Instructor, in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from ...

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 pla...

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-...

An internationally recognized speaker, teacher, leader, and the developer of her own theory on intuition that includes a 9-trait model for Highly Intuitive People, the Invalidation Wound, and narcissism as an adaptation in highly sensitive and intuitive children. Michelle has been teaching the cl...

Mike Borash, M.S. Ed., LPC, is a Virginia State Licensed and National Certified Professional Counselor with over 30 years of clinical experience providing individual, group, family and relationship therapy. He holds baccalaureate and graduate degrees in Psychology and Counseling from James Madiso...

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 ...

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 ...

Sophie 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 who loves collaborating with colleagues to create new Imago courses. She has been actively involved in Imago for over 30 y...

Herb Tannenbaum began his Imago journey in September 1989 and was certified as an Imago Therapist. Herb went on to become a Workshop Presenter and a Clinical Instructor. Originally trained as a psychologist, Herb received his Ph.D. from New York University and became a Fellow of the American Inst...