Community Dialogue on CEUs - Fall 2007 - Now Complete

During fall of 2007 we used the Virtual Town-Hall process to discuss the new Imago CEU policy.  You can read more about that policy on the page "All about Imago CEUs" on this website.

The first stage of the Virtual TownHall was to run a survey.  You are welcome to look at the detailed results of this survey.   

The key points we learned were:

• Offering high quality Imago therapy to clients is a priority for nearly all who responded
• People who responded often did not fully know the details of the policy, and less than half understood the actual CEU requirement to achieve a highlighted listing
• Some people had the experience of referring to an Imago therapist, and finding that their client was disappointed that the therapy "was not imago"
• Most people felt that Imago therapy is an ongoing journey of learning, and that continuing education is a key element
• There was some suspicion that the Board had introduced CEUs purely to increase their revenue. 
• People were very divided about whether we should highlight people in the directories who complete 15 CEUs every two years. People were particularly concerned that some therapists might be seen to be "lower" because they haven't done these CEUs
• People really want the Imago CEUs to be readily and economically available, in a way which means they don't have to travel
• There is an interest in having the Imago CEUs available from a wider range of sources than just the faculty, and a process for approving other presenters to award Imago CEUs

On Nov 14th we held the Think Tank phone-bridge, with many Board members attending and available to hear views from the community personally.  At that meeting most who spoke were generally supportive of the policy, but had many detailed questions about how to obtain Imago CEUs.  The answers to these questions have been provided on page in this website "All about Imago CEUs"

The key actions which emerged from the community dialogue were:

• Create a procedure for non-faculty members to present advanced workshops which qualify for Imago CEUs.  This would go through the Professional Training and Standards Committee
• Make available more information on how to obtain CEUs
• Continue to work to make Imago trainings and consultation more accessible around the world

We recognize there is a range of perspectives about whether we should highlight people in the directory who have completed Imago CEUs.  We feel many have been earning CEUs in order to meet this commitment and would like to proceed with it in this year's directory and see what feedback we get when people see it in practice