Certificate Programs

Welcome to the Competency Development Program at the Training Center!

We are thrilled that you’re interested in learning more about our certificate programs. Our programs are designed for working professionals, allowing you to develop your skills at your own pace. Let’s explore the various certificates we offer:

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Systemic Thinking Certificate

Our Systemic Thinking Certificate is designed to be completely self-paced and is completed asynchronously through our learning portal. This certificate focuses on understanding the concept of being systemic, a term often used but not always fully understood. During this course, you will learn:

• What is social ecology?
• What it means to be relational.
• How to view individuals within their family’s culture.
• The importance of being strength-based, context sensitive, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate.
• Why it is beneficial to see families as their own best resource for change.
• How to help them find hope rather than becoming dependent on professionals.

Family System Certificate

The Family System Certificate is self-paced and completed asynchronously. This certificate delves into systemic intervention specifics and teaches professionals how to create feedback loops to ensure they are doing what is best for their clients and families. Key learning points include:

• Value and use of deliberate practice.
• Using family assessment tools to foster joining, reframing, enacting and anchoring.
• Using the modified family assessment form for data-driven treatment planning.
• Understanding the enactment scale to foster deliberate practice.
• Distinguishing between second-order change and first-order change to unbalance structures collaboratively and meaningfully.

Systemic Family Therapy Certificate

Our Systemic Family Therapy Certificate builds on the skills developed in the previous two certificates. This program requires a monthly commitment for at least one year and includes group supervision with our faculty experts. During this process, you will:

• Hone your clinical ability as a systemic family therapist.
  • Adherence
  • Fidelity
• Integrate your competency project into your presentations during group supervision.

Systemic Family Therapy Certificate for Supervisors

For those looking to enhance their supervisory skills, the Systemic Family Therapy Certificate for Supervisors focuses on applying systemic family therapy principles isomorphically in supervision. This program includes synchronous and asynchronous work designed to:

• Grow your ability to intervene during supervision using:
  • family assessment tools
  • therapist assessment tools
  • video recordings of therapist’s sessions
• Utilize the person of the therapist to promote growth and development for the supervisee.
• Enhance your abilities as a supervisor to work isomorphic processes.

Systemic Family Therapy Certificate for Trainers

The Systemic Family Therapy Certificate for Trainers is accessed by invitation only. This certificate is for professionals seeking further development of their leadership skills and facilitating process across multiple levels of engagement.

Join Us on This Exciting Journey

Our team is dedicated to providing you with the support and expertise you need to succeed. Don’t hesitate—reach out today and let’s embark on this exciting journey together.