Systemic Training, Supervision, Consulting & Education

ECOSYSTEMIC STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY

Elevate your career with systemic family therapy training at PCFTTC. Grounded in Dr. Salvador Minuchin’s legacy, our programs prepare you to apply a strength-based, relational, context-sensitive and trauma-informed approach across the continuum of care. Join us and become part of a transformative professional alliance!

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Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT)

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What is ESFT ?

ESFT is an empirically supported clinical treatment model for families, clinical supervision, and training developed by Marion Lindblad-Goldberg.

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Our Mission

The Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center promotes effective, strength-based, systemic services through training, education, supervision, and consultation. The Center embraces innovative and ethical practice, and the use of data to inform training and competency development. Our mission is to collaborate with professionals, clinicians, and organizations to strengthen relational functioning and promote healthy family development for children and adults within the context of their social ecology and family culture, which shapes how families grow, connect, and heal.

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From Child to Family to Community: Understanding Trauma Through an ESFT Lens

Any time you have a traumatized child, you have a traumatized family.Any time you have a traumatized family, you have a traumatized community. #traumainformed #esft From an Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) perspective, the interconnectedness of trauma is not just a metaphor—it’s a lived reality. Trauma doesn’t reside in one …

2026 Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award Nominee: Amber Berkoski, Supervisor

#ESFT #MLGAWARD #faculty #supervisor Dear PCFTTC, It is with deep respect and wholehearted enthusiasm that we nominate Amber Berkoski, LMFT, PhD, ACS, for the Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award. Amber embodies the spirit, mission, and relational philosophy that Dr. Marion Lindblad-Goldberg championed throughout her life, the belief that through systemic and relational …

2026 Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award Nominee: Zack Elisio, Trainer

#image_title Dear committee members, I am honored to nominate Zack Elisio for the Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award. Zack exemplifies a deep and unwavering commitment to maintaining a systemic perspective, balancing professional boundaries with authentic collaboration, and fostering meaningful change across every level of the eco-systemic model. His work consistently reflects the …

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The Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award

This award has been established by the Philadelphia Child and Family Training Center in honor of Dr. Marion Lindblad-Goldberg whose personal and professional mission was to make the world a better, brighter, and more connected place one family at a time. She believed wholeheartedly in each of us – in our ability, through systemic and relational interventions, to heal disengagement and cultivate belonging.

MLG Award Nominations 2026

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