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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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 …

Coming Fall 2026: A New Resource for Systemic Family Therapists

This highly anticipated book offers a practical guide to understanding and applying systemic family therapy in today’s complex clinical environments. #ESFT #Fall2026 #thinksystemic For decades, Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) has helped clinicians, supervisors, and organizations create meaningful change with children, youth, adults, and their families. Now, for the first …

2026 Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award Nominee Staff- Christi Taylor

#mlgawardnominee The Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center is proud to recognize Christi Taylor as a nominee for the 2026 Marion Lindblad-Goldberg (MLG) Award. Christi’s work reflects the heart of Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) through her compassionate, family-centered, and relational approach to healing and growth. Building Trust Through …

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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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