Family Therapy Foundations

Consolidate your self-paced online learning with a 4-day in-person or live-streamed workshop. For several decades ‘Introduction to Family Therapy’ was our flagship 4-day training. We are excited to present Family Therapy Foundations in a similar format, with four full days of training delivered by a group of Bouverie’s experienced Family Therapists/Trainers.

Family Therapy Foundations will introduce you to the field of family therapy, taking you from its origins in systemic thinking, through its different influences and conceptual developments, to its contemporary applications to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities.

This course  reimagines The Bouverie Centre’s well-known Introduction to Family Therapy. The live option remains true to the traditional “Intro” delivering it in an engaging 4 day format. The live delivery parallels the eLearning package and is complimented by full access to these online modules.

The live training days cover all content; engagement with the eLearning modules is not required.

This course represents the culmination of decades of experience from the clinicians and academics at the Bouverie Centre and will be brought to life in the room by experienced family therapists.

What will you learn?

On completion of this course, you will gain foundational knowledge of:

  • Core conceptual and practice skills of family therapy
  • The origins and evolution of key family therapy concepts and practices
  • Contemporary family therapy and systemic thinking and applications to diverse practice settings and presentations

Relevant Audience

Professionals interested in understanding family therapy and systemic thinking, and their applications to enhance outcomes for individuals and families. This includes health care and allied health practitioners, supervisors, and managers from a diversity of disciplines and settings.

This will be available for individuals via our Professional Development Calendar, and groups via our enquiry page.

Workshop Style

Two experienced Family Therapist trainers will guide participants through 4 full days of interactive learning. Together exploring conceptual frameworks and practical skills of Family Therapy through didactic teaching, small group work and practice based activities. Learning is supported by full access to the online eLearning course.

Community of Practice

Upon successful completion, you will receive a year’s free membership to The Bouverie Centre’s Family Therapy Community of Practice. This is an exclusive online forum every second month with one of our expert family therapists and an opportunity to ask questions live.

Expression of Interest

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For organisations and large group bookings

Blended learning

We have created a blended learning modality especially for organisations seeking to train a staff group. It combines the self-paced online learning with two in-person or live-streamed workshop days.

The training days are delivered by two of Bouverie’s experienced family therapist/trainers and complement the self-paced content with an opportunity to put ideas into practice, ask questions of experienced practitioners, and consider applying concepts within your work context.

Participants access the training as a cohort, completing the online course work and live training days together.

On completion of this course, you will gain foundational knowledge of:

  • The origins and evolution of key family therapy concepts and practices
  • Contemporary family therapy and systemic thinking and applications to diverse practice settings and presentations
  • Core conceptual and practice skills of family therapy

Professionals interested in understanding family therapy and systemic thinking, and their applications to enhance outcomes for individuals and families. This includes health care and allied health practitioners, supervisors, and managers from a diversity of disciplines and settings.

This will be available for groups and large workforces.

Enquire now

Experienced Family Therapist trainer/s will support participants to deepen their engagement and learning through 2 full days of interactive learning. The 2 live workshop days are scheduled during participants completion of the eLearning modules aligning activities with their stage of progress.

Together the group will explore the conceptual frameworks and practical skills embedded in the course, emphasising small group work and practice-based activities. Staggered completion of the eLearning course is a pre-requisite.