At the Institute for Family Services, family therapy is rooted in our broader view of healing and therapeutic practice. We understand healing as both a personal and collective process shaped by relationships, culture, history, identity, community, and systems of power. Families today take many forms, including nuclear families, single-parent families, extended families, blended families, same-sex […]
Family Therapy Training Grounded in Liberation Praxis Our training programs are grounded in Liberation Praxis, including the foundational practices of intersectionality, social location, privilege, and decolonizing clinical work. These practices have also been recognized in graduate mental health training literature. Train Future Leaders in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, and Psychology Through comprehensive, […]
Cultivating Equity, Collaboration, and Systemic Transformation At the Institute for Family Services (IFS), our Organizational Change Trainings are designed to help institutions move beyond surface-level diversity initiatives and toward sustainable systems of equity, accountability, and inclusion. Our trainings help organizations to: Join Us on a Journey for Change Whether you’re a social worker, therapist, educator, administrator, or organizational leader, […]
