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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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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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What the Genogram Reveals: Understanding Family Rules Around Identity and Belonging

#esft #familyassessmenttools #genogram Family stories often contain important information that has never been spoken aloud. In ESFT, the Genogram is more than a family tree. It is a tool for understanding patterns, relationships, and family culture is transmitted across generations. When working with LGBTQ+ youth and their families, the Genogram …

Using Timelines to Build Understanding Between LGBTQ+ Youth and Caregivers

Critical Events Timeline #esft #pcfttc #familyassessmenttools #timelines A common experiences reported by caregivers when a child comes out is the feeling that the information appeared suddenly. For the youth, however, the experience is often very different. Many LGBTQ+ young people have spent months or years exploring, questioning, understanding, and making …

Working Your Growth Edge

#supervision #systemicfamilytherapists Using the Person of the Therapist to Understand the Isomorphic Process One of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of becoming a systemic family therapist is learning that the work is not just about understanding families—it is also about understanding ourselves. In Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT), therapists …

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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.

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