Training & Certification

General Information

HEART Certificate is a 250 hour training process comprised of two 50 hours face to face retreat style modules, 2 weekend Love Awakening Workshops (LAW), and 10 hours of clinical supervision with faculty. In the course of this training participant will:

• Develop a deeper understanding of the intricacies of romantic partnership and the causes and implications of relational distress in marriage.
• Understand the research behind the cross-cultural application of couple therapy.
• Learn the Existential Humanist roots of IRT, and its connection to Relational Mindfulness.
• Learn the integration of the leading couple therapy approaches including: Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Method, Imago Relationship Therapy, The Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy, Relational Neurobiology and CBT.
• Develop a core theory and the practical application of IRT.

Comments from earlier trainees

Monica's integrated approach for a deeper sense of honesty and empowerment for me as a person and as a therapist. After being treated for depression for most of my life. This training was the first place that was safe enough to feel normal. I felt empowered.

Steven has a gift for making the complex feel simple. I like his relatable examples and the connections to neuroscience. This was very powerful in helping me engage better with my male clients (and my husband). I felt like I ended up with a powerful and usable toolbox.

Having Amy as a trainer is a life changing experience. It opens up new ways of looking at the world both personally and professionally. My clients have benefited, my relationship has benefited. I wouldn't have missed this for the world.