Institute for training in the psychotherapeutic model
- Created by Dr. François Le Doze -
Developed from the latest neuroscientific advancements,
which is based on relational dynamics
between the patient and their therapist...
As a therapeutic method, it is intended for
mental health professionals :
psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and psycho-practitioners,
for individual support in a transformative process :
coaches, mediators, educators, marriage counselors, teachers, and social educators...,
to individuals in human resource management and professionals in the helping relationship.
As a therapy, it helps to
resolve psychic conflicts and relational difficulties,
to address not only complex psychological traumas,
but also attachment disorders, which are very often associated with and preexisting to them.
An innovative model
With an understanding of the neurobiological dysfunction caused by trauma,
The therapist uses conscious therapeutic engagement to restore the innate capacities of the autonomic nervous system for emotional and relational regulation.
Comprehensive and effective training programs, including:
- A tailored progression to quickly apply your knowledge in your professional practice.
- Full-time sessions of 4 to 5 days for complete immersion.
- Additional modules and in-depth learning, available in-person or via video conferencing.
- Ongoing training throughout your practice.
Proven and certified quality...
- "Qualiopi" certification for all our training programs.
- A registry of certified therapists trained in the method.
- A team of experienced professional trainers.
- Original and innovative analysis and evaluation tools...
Introducing the Relational Intelligence® model
Your patient fully understands their history, their patterns, their wounds…
and yet nothing truly changes at a deeper level. Why?
Dr. François Le Doze worked as a neurologist for over 30 years before becoming a psychotherapist. Here, he introduces the model he founded: Relational Intelligence®.
Drawing on Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment theory, and polyvagal theory, this model is based on a simple observation: understanding safety does not mean experiencing it. Relational trauma disrupts the nervous system within relationships, and it is therefore through relationships that healing can take place. The therapist works with both the patient's mind and nervous system. Their own regulated presence becomes a powerful neurobiological resource for healing.
The goal: to feel without being overwhelmed, to connect without losing oneself, and to protect oneself without remaining trapped in the past.
Relational Intelligence®
For Conscious Therapeutic Engagement
in the Service of Trauma Healing...
Why Isn’t Understanding Enough to Heal? And Under What Conditions Can the Therapeutic Relationship Bring About Change Where Insight Alone Falls Short?
François Le Doze, neurologist and psychotherapist, offers a rigorous, clinically grounded answer rooted in practice.
Discover the
Relational Intelligence® Model
in 12 Articles!
Direction & coordination
Dr François LE DOZE
Founder & Director
Marie TUR
Coordinating Consultant
François Le Doze was a neurologist at Caen University Hospital for 30 years. He became a psychotherapist and made a major contribution to the spread of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) psychotherapy model in the French-speaking world through the publication of the books Système Familial Intérieur. Blessures et Guérison (scientific coordinator – Elsevier) and La force de la Confiance (co-author – Odile Jacob) and by becoming the first French-speaking trainer of this model.
His encounter with Polyvagal Theory marked a turning point in his understanding of psychology and psychotherapy. The Relational Intelligence® model he created is based on a neurobiological reading of psychological trauma and the human being’s capacity to evolve towards healing. He firmly believes that relational security is the foundation of harmonious psychological development.
With this in mind, he founded Selfthérapie Formation (STF) in France and later Les Formations Self Thérapie Canada INC (STF Canada), to disseminate this model more widely and train qualified therapists.
As Coordinating Consultant, Marie coordinates and advises the administrative and pedagogical teams of STF Canada and STF.
Coordination for Canada
Wendy is a Registered Psychotherapist and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. She has been in private practice for six years.
She is an Internal Family Systems therapist (IFS), a Relational Intelligence therapist (RI), and is also trained in Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR). Wendy has been practising Relational Intelligence therapy for the past three years.
Since RI therapy is able to work with both the conscious brain and the lower brain (nervous system), she is able to treat the whole system and help her client(s) to be able to address challenging feelings at both an implicit or unconscious level and a conscious or explicit one.
The modalities that she uses are all trauma informed. Her clientele includes individuals, couples, families. Wendy is based in Toronto, Canada.
The model
Introduction and foundations of the Relational Intelligence model®
Quality trainings...
“Qualiopi” certified organization,
under the N°RNQ-20/04/035-02.
In this context, we count to date
a satisfaction of :
Trainee testimonials
Continuing education came at just the right time in my training path. Having completed the three basic modules just a year before, it was essential for me to be able to anchor my knowledge with the hindsight of my own experience.
As a dedicated, IFS-trained practitioner, I was curious, but also dubious, about the Relational Intelligence (RI) model. My curiosity was piqued by the three pillars on which the RI model rests, namely the theori...
Relational intelligence is a magnificent model of transformation. It has allowed me to deepen my skills by traveling to deeper places in my clients' nervous systems with confidence and ease. Through my personal work...
The ongoing training was really useful, it enabled me to integrate the RI model even more and to practice in complete safety. I fully intend to take part in the next training session to stay as close as possible to this model, it's a bit like ...
As someone who is Level 3 trained in Internal Family Systems, in Somatic IFS (McConnell), in Trauma Informed IFS (West), and who has been a Level 1 Program Assistant with IFSI, I have found Relational Intelligence to be ...
François Le Doze's training course was one of the densest and most profound I've ever attended. It was only slowly, over the weeks we spent together, that I began to perceive the subtlety of Self ...
Learning about the Relational Intelligence model has considerably deepened my work with clients. As a Level 3 certified IFS therapist, taking the RI training was a natural fit. RI allows us to...
As a palliative therapist who wants to be as close as possible to her patients, I have completed my basic training, including this continuing education course.
I highly recommend it!
This course reviews the key points of the model, with...
I appreciated the reminder of the concepts seen in the basic module, and hearing them again helped me integrate them.
I particularly appreciated the guided practice times, which made me feel safe as a therapist.
François Le Doze's coaching sessions and workshops have been transformative experiences for me. In addition to his professional and technical mastery, François demonstrates a quality of presence, an intensity of ...
As an IFS Senior - IFS Lead Trainer [recognized by The Center for Self Leadership], I had the privilege of working with François from the very beginning of his journey to bring the IFS model to the French-speaking world. I have b...
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