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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Post-Graduate Training Program in Couple and Family Therapy, at Council for Relationships (CFR), is a comprehensive experience, bringing together course work, clinical practice, and supervision at one of the nations pre-eminent couple and family therapy centers. Council for Relationships continues to be a leader in the field, providing a broad range of clinical services, conducting clinical research and advancing the professional literature in the areas of couple and family therapy.

Our affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, the intermingling of our mental health and clergy training tracks, and our multi-disciplinary faculty, provides a stimulating and diverse learning environment. 

Highlights

• Established in 1948, the couple and family therapy Training Program is one of the oldest and most respected training programs in the nation
• Approved by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy since 1972
• Specialized tracks for mental health professionals and clergy
• An experienced, diverse, multi-disciplinary faculty, comprised of leaders in the field of couple and family therapy
• Intensive live and videotaped supervision
• Cases provided at our on-site clinic
• Full-time (one year) and part-time (2-4 year) training options available
• Financial aid opportunities available, based on need

 Program Options

The program is designed to fulfill a variety of training needs for clinicians and clergy.

• Completion of the AAMFT certification program in couple and family therapy (meets partial requirements for AAMFT membership)
• Completion of individual didactic courses for clinicians who want to extend their knowledge of systems-oriented therapy (graduate-level credit available through Widener University)
• Partial fulfillment of the requirements for MFT licensure in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
• Ongoing supervision options

Our Treatment and Training Approach

The treatment and training model that guides our approach to couple, sex and family therapy is the Intersystem Model. This model, developed by Council for Relationships' training faculty, is an integrated multi-systems approach that attends to individual, interactional, intergenerational and larger systems dynamics.

Faculty

The Training Program is staffed by a highly experienced and distinguished team of over 20 AAMFT-approved supervisors, all of whom maintain active clinical practices and provide a wide range of expertise in the field of couple and family therapy. Many faculty members have clinical appointments with the Department of Psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University, Widener University and other colleges and universities throughout the region, and have significantly contributed to the professional literature in the field.

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