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A year-long professional training experience designed to help coaches, educators, leaders, consultants and facilitators create stronger relationships and more productive conversations.
Feb 26–27 + Apr 2–3
Build a foundation in relational leadership and effective communication to create inspiring environments.
📅 May 20–24
Experience five immersive days of in-person learning, practice and connection.
🐴 Includes Equine Experience
📅 Jul 23–24 + Sep 10–11
Integrate and apply
your learning.
📅 Nov 11–15
Experience, practice and
celebrate together.
🌴 Bonus: Explore, Connect & Celebrate
Step out of the classroom and into a profound experiential learning experience with horses in nature.
Close the year with connection, community and renewal in a breathtaking setting.
As a unique part of this module, you will spend a day learning alongside horses, whose extraordinary sensitivity to human emotion and energy provides immediate, honest feedback about how we show up in relationship. The horses help provide insight about your actual energy and presence compared to our personal perception.
Through experiential activities, you’ll gain deeper awareness of your leadership style and communication patterns while discovering how authenticity, trust, and emotional congruence influence both individuals and groups. No riding experience is required, as all learning takes place through structured, ground-based exercises that leverage horses’ extraordinary sensitivity to human emotion, energy, and authenticity. This unforgettable experience will strengthen your capacity to embody the principles of Imago, helping you become a more grounded, connected, and effective facilitator in every environment.
As part of your Costa Rica experience, you’ll enjoy a bonus day dedicated to exploring the country’s breathtaking natural beauty while strengthening connections with your fellow participants. Michelle will coordinate the day’s adventure with input from the group, creating an experience that reflects everyone’s interests and sense of adventure. Possible excursions include a catamaran cruise, a waterfall adventure, relaxing beach time, or other memorable activities that allow you to celebrate your journey together in one of the world’s most beautiful destinations.
$5,099 (USD)
Register by Dec 15, 2026
Payment plans available
$5,425 (USD)
After Dec 15, 2026
Payment plans available
Package pricing includes tuition for all four modules, all feedback sessions, and review of the final project.
Imago Faculty Member | Trainer
Bringing warmth, wisdom and decades of experience in Imago and relational leadership and training.
Imago Faculty Associate | Training Assistant
Helping individuals, couples and organizations build more conscious, compassionate and connected relationships.
Michelle Bohls, LMFT, CIRT/F, Director of Imago Texas
Michelle is an internationally recognized Imago Relationship Therapist and Facilitator who specializes in training facilitators and clinicians in the relational paradigm. She is a faculty member with Imago International Training Institute and teaches professionals to facilitate conscious dialogue, relational safety, and transformative connection within couples, groups, and communities. Michelle brings decades of experience in couples work, group dynamics, and relational leadership to her Imago trainings. She is deeply committed to creating inclusive, trauma-aware learning environments that support facilitators from diverse cultural identities and lived experiences. Since 2021, she has led specialized Imago trainings for Clinicians of Color and developed offerings for sex-positive clinicians and men committed to healthy relationships. Michelle mentors emerging Imago leaders and supports Workshop Presenters through supervision and professional development. Her teaching integrates Imago theory, group process, intuition, and experiential learning to help facilitators embody the relational paradigm. Drawing from a background in corporate HR, she equips facilitators to work skillfully with complexity and bring clarity, presence, and depth to their work with individuals, dyads, and groups.
David deBardelaben-Phillips, MEd, ACCEP, CIRF
David is an educator, facilitator, and relational practitioner dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and organizations grow through meaningful conversation and experiential learning. He is a faculty associate with Imago International Training Institute and Senior Faculty with the Institute of Core Energetics, where he trains professionals in embodied, relational approaches to support transformation. David is the Founder and President of Energetic Awakenings in Cleveland, Ohio, and brings a mind–body–spirit framework to his teaching, facilitation, and leadership work. His professional background includes managing teams in a wide range of settings, including large corporate call centers, hotels, organizational training departments, and nonprofit organizations. This experience informs his ability to translate relational and somatic principles into practical tools for leadership, communication, and collaboration. David specializes in facilitating dialogue around complex and challenging topics such as conflict, organizational change, racism, and LGBTQ cultural competency. As a trainer and group facilitator, he creates spaces that are both safe and stretching, where every voice matters and collective wisdom can emerge. He holds a Master of Education from Cleveland State University with a focus on Adult Learning and Development.
Michelle and David reserve the right to cancel the workshop if it is not meeting the participant minimum requirements OR because of unforeseen restrictions. If either of these occur, we will see that deposit and tuition is refunded in full.
Participants may cancel their registration up to 30 days prior to the start of the first training module and receive a full refund of all monies paid, less a $50 administrative processing fee.
Cancellations received fewer than 30 days before the start of the first module are not eligible for a refund. Because enrollment is limited and your registration reserves a place in the program, participants remain financially responsible for the full program tuition, regardless of attendance or completion.
