Normal
Functions appropriately in present circumstances, providing useful abilities, perspectives and responses.
Professional Resource Therapy Training
See the client more precisely. Know where to work.
Resource Therapy gives practitioners a structured clinical framework for looking beyond the presenting symptom, identifying the Resource State connected to the problem and determining where therapeutic attention is required.
The aim is not simply to add another technique. It is to develop a clearer way of determining which state requires help and what therapeutic work may be indicated.
North American Resource Therapy Institute
Learn the model. Develop the clinical map. Apply it with greater precision.
NARTI provides professional Resource Therapy education and practitioner development across North America, aligned with Resource Therapy International training standards and the clinical model developed by Professor Gordon Emmerson.
The Resource State Model
The symptom may be visible. The state experiencing it may not be.
Resource Therapy understands personality as being composed of distinct Resource States. Different states may carry different experiences, beliefs, emotions, behaviours and physiological responses — which means the same presenting symptom does not necessarily point to the same therapeutic work.
Look beyond what the client presents.
Resource States develop through experience and may become active in response to particular circumstances.
When a particular Resource State becomes active, its experiences, beliefs, emotions, behaviours and physiological responses can become the person's dominant way of experiencing that moment.
Most Resource States function normally. Therapeutic attention becomes relevant when the Resource State connected to the presenting problem is in a condition that requires help.
Experiences
Beliefs
Emotions
Behaviours
Physiology
Active
Resource State
The Clinical Distinction
Identifying the Resource State is only part of the clinical picture. Resource Therapy distinguishes five Resource State Conditions that help clarify what is happening and what therapeutic work may be indicated.
Vaded
Carries unresolved distress or unmet needs from earlier experience that remain active in the present.
Retro
Continues behaviours or strategies that were once useful but are no longer appropriate to current circumstances.
Conflicted
Involves internal disagreement between Resource States seeking incompatible outcomes or courses of action.
Dissonant
A Resource State is active where another state would be more appropriate or capable for the present situation.
The Clinical Implication
Two clients can describe a similar symptom while the Resource States connected to that symptom — and the conditions of those states — are different. That is why Resource Therapy moves from the presenting symptom to the Resource State, from the Resource State to diagnosis, and from diagnosis to the indicated Treatment Actions.
From Symptom to Clinical Direction
Same symptom.
Different state.
Different therapeutic work.
Anxiety, anger, avoidance, self-sabotage or internal conflict may describe what the client is experiencing. They do not, by themselves, determine what therapeutic work is required. Resource Therapy adds another level of clinical inquiry: identify the Resource State connected to the problem, determine its condition and diagnosis, and allow that diagnosis to guide the Treatment Actions used.
The Shift
From “What technique should I use for this symptom?” to “Which Resource State requires therapeutic attention, and what does this state need?”
01
Present
Begin with what the client brings
Notice the current problem, emotional response, behaviour, internal conflict or other unwanted experience bringing the client to therapy.
02
Identify
Find the Resource State connected to it
Determine which Resource State is connected to the presenting problem and bring that state into the therapeutic process when clinically appropriate.
03
Diagnose
Understand what is happening
Determine the condition and diagnosis of the Resource State so the therapeutic work is guided by more than the presenting symptom alone.
04
Apply
Select the indicated Treatment Actions
Work directly with the activated Resource State using the Resource Therapy Treatment Actions indicated by its diagnosis and clinical need.
05
Resolve
Address what maintains the problem
Address the unresolved experiences, unmet needs, protective strategies, internal conflicts or other factors maintaining the problem for that Resource State.
What Changes Clinically
The symptom becomes the beginning of the inquiry, not the end of the diagnosis.
Two clients may both describe anxiety. One may have a Resource State carrying unresolved fear from an earlier experience. Another may have a Resource State using an outdated protective strategy. Another may be experiencing conflict between Resource States.
The surface description can look similar while the clinical formulation — and therefore the therapeutic work indicated within the Resource Therapy model — can be different.
The Practitioner Difference
Resource Therapy does not simply give the practitioner another intervention to add to a collection of techniques. It provides a clinical map for deciding where to work, understanding what may be maintaining the problem, and selecting the Treatment Actions indicated.
Why I Teach Resource Therapy
I already had therapeutic tools. Resource Therapy gave me a better clinical map.
I did not come to Resource Therapy because I was looking for another technique. What changed for me was the way I understood what was happening with the client — and therefore how I decided where to work.
What changed was not simply what I could do. It was what I could see.
Before Resource Therapy, I already had training and experience in hypnosis and behavioural change. I had therapeutic tools I could use with clients.
Resource Therapy changed the way I decided where to use them.
I began looking beyond the presenting symptom and asking which Resource State was actually connected to the problem. That gave me a more precise way to understand what was happening, what might be maintaining it, and where therapeutic attention was required.
Instead of approaching the client's problem only at the level at which it appeared, I had a structured way to identify the relevant state, understand its condition and work more directly with what that state was carrying.
The Difference in My Practice
In my own clinical experience, that greater precision made my work with clients more efficient and more effective.
Why Teach It
That experience is one of the reasons I became a Resource Therapy trainer. I want practitioners to have access not simply to more interventions, but to a clearer way of determining where and how to intervene.
Learn Resource Therapy
Start with the clinical map. Build from there.
NARTI provides a progressive pathway for learning Resource Therapy. Foundation Training is the formal starting point: two days focused on the personality theory, Resource States and foundational clinical procedures that begin changing how you understand and approach client problems.
Start Here
Foundation is Days 1–2 of the Clinical Qualification. You can begin with these two days without committing to the remaining eight Clinical training days.
01
Discover
Introduction to
Resource Therapy
Explore Resource Therapy through webinars, seminars and introductory learning before entering the formal training pathway.
Optional introduction
02
Foundation
2-Day Resource Therapy
Foundation Training
Begin the formal Resource Therapy training pathway. Develop a practical understanding of Resource Therapy's personality theory, Resource States and foundational clinical procedures through teaching, demonstration and guided practice.
Days 1–2 · 12 training hours Formal Starting Point
03
Continue
Resource Therapy
Clinical Qualification
Continue through eight additional Clinical days, developing diagnosis across Resource State Conditions and learning the Treatment Actions, clinical applications and practical skills within the RTI training curriculum.
Days 3–10 · 60 hours total with Foundation
04
Develop
Advanced Training &
Practitioner Development
Continue developing Resource Therapy competence through advanced clinical training, supervision, case discussion, skills refinement and ongoing professional development.
Post-qualification development
Begin With Foundation
You don't need to decide on all 10 days today.
Complete the two-day Foundation Training first. Experience the Resource Therapy model, begin applying its clinical framework and see how it fits with the work you already do. Then decide whether continuing through the remaining Clinical training is right for you.
Methodology & Lineage
Developed by Professor Gordon Emmerson. Connected through Resource Therapy International.
Resource Therapy has an established methodology, international professional structure and recognised training pathway. NARTI provides Resource Therapy education and practitioner development across North America within that broader international ecosystem.
01
The Origin
Professor Gordon Emmerson
Professor Gordon Emmerson, PhD, developed Resource Therapy from his earlier work with Ego State Therapy into a complete personality theory and structured clinical model with its own diagnostic framework and Treatment Actions.
Resource Therapy founder · author · psychologist
02
International Framework
Resource Therapy International
Resource Therapy International provides the international professional framework for Resource Therapy, supporting standards, recognised training pathways, practitioner and trainer development, certification and connection across the international Resource Therapy community.
Standards · training pathways · certification · international community
03
North American Education
NARTI
The North American Resource Therapy Institute provides professional Resource Therapy education and practitioner development across North America, with training aligned to RTI standards and recognised training pathways.
Resource Therapy education · practitioner development · North America
The Relationship
NARTI is the North American education environment. Resource Therapy International remains the international professional framework connecting the methodology, standards, training pathways and wider Resource Therapy community.
Upcoming Training
Ready to begin? Start with Foundation.
The next NARTI Foundation Training takes place November 21–22, 2026. Begin with two days, experience the Resource Therapy clinical framework for yourself, and decide afterward whether you want to continue through the Clinical Qualification.
Registration Open
November
21–22
2026
Resource Therapy Foundation Training
Begin learning the clinical map.
Two days of structured Resource Therapy education, trainer demonstration and guided foundational practice. Begin learning how Resource Therapy understands Resource States and how that framework changes the way you identify and approach the therapeutic work required.
Dates
November 21–22, 2026
Duration
2 Days · 12 Hours
Training Path
Days 1–2 of Clinical Qualification
Trainer
David Galloway
Registration
C$795
View November Training & Register
Your November registration is for the two-day Foundation Training only. You do not need to commit to the remaining Clinical training to begin.
Looking Ahead
Continue when the timing is right.
January 23–24, 2027
Resource Therapy Foundation Training
An additional two-day Foundation Training is provisionally planned for January. Final details and registration will be released once confirmed.
Planned start · February 14, 2027
Clinical Qualification · Days 3–10
Clinical Qualification continuation is planned for eligible participants who have completed Foundation Training. February 14 is the planned start; the remaining Clinical training schedule will be confirmed separately.
January and February dates are shown for planning purposes and remain subject to confirmation. Participation in practical training, qualification and subsequent professional use remains subject to applicable Resource Therapy International training requirements, professional qualifications and scope of practice.
Begin With Foundation
Better work starts with a clearer map. Learn to see what needs help.
Resource Therapy gives practitioners a structured way to look beyond the presenting symptom and understand which Resource State requires therapeutic attention.
You do not need another collection of techniques.
Begin by developing greater precision about
where and how to intervene.
November 21–22, 2026 · 2 Days · 12 Hours · C$795
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