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, intersectional live supervision and therapeutic training, the Institute for Family Services equips professionals, graduate interns, and students with the skills, tools, and critical awareness needed to address systemic challenges and lead transformative change in their fields.
IFS provides cutting-edge training that enhances professional practice, supports licensing requirements, and prepares clinicians to engage individuals, families, and communities through a liberatory healing lens.
Our training opportunities include:
Systemic and Liberatory Healing Training
Integrate systemic family therapy with liberation-focused approaches to address the complex challenges people experience across diverse communities and life circumstances.
Live Supervision Opportunities
Graduate interns and clinicians pursuing licensure receive hands-on mentorship and supervision to apply liberatory healing practices in real-world clinical settings.
Conference Presentation Opportunities
Trainees and clinicians may have opportunities to present their work at our National Conference, with multiple levels of participation available.
When completing my Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, one of my textbooks mentioned the Institute for Family Services and the work by Dr. Rhea Almeida, the founder of the Institute and creator of the Cultural Context Model. I was fortunate to be accepted into the program and completed my internship at the Institute. The quality of the training I received was unparalleled to what clinicians in training normally get. Dr. Almeida’s clinical skills paired with a two way mirror experience, favors collaboration, insight and learning in ways that truly facilitate the creation of professionals of another caliber. I will be forever grateful that the Institute and Dr. Almeida helped me become the clinician I am today.
– Denise Pflaumer Capici
