Introductory Training
Foundational training for professionals new to Systemic Family Therapy or experienced professionals wishing to update their knowledge and practice.
Workshops:
Key Skills in Family Therapy (2 days)
Introduction to Systemic Family Therapy & Practice (1 day)
What is Family Therapy (2 hours)
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Key Skills in Family Therapy
Systemic Approaches to Working with Individuals, Couples and Families
Do you want to work more confidently and effectively with families?
Do you know how to troubleshoot when treatment gets 'stuck'?
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​This two-day workshop is aimed at practitioners who work with children, young people, adults, couples, families, and/or organisations supporting clients with mental health issues. This workshop introduces participants to core Family Therapy concepts and broadens practitioners' understanding of how to view 'the client’s problem', as well as providing practical skills and interventions for use with the client groups.
Built on theoretical constructs from systemic, structural, solution focused and narrative family therapy models to teach core thinking and interviewing skills in family therapy, it makes complex theory easy to grasp and the related techniques easy to implement.
The workshop is interactive, dynamic, experiential, and self-reflective in nature using a variety of teaching tools and modalities to enhance the learning experience. Offering guidance on everything from intake and assessment to treatment planning, the nuts and bolts of specific interventions, the nuances of establishing therapeutic relationships, and how to troubleshoot when treatment gets “stuck".
You will learn:
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Theoretical underpinnings of the major family therapy models
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How to understand and effectively use key tools such as hypothesizing, reframing, circular questioning, and genograms
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How to engage all family members in therapy
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How to use Family Therapy skills when working with individuals
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How to understand the presenting problem in a family context vs the identified patient
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Understanding the family life cycle, influences of family origin and multigenerational patterns
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Guidelines for conducting assessment, initial interviews, therapy plans and termination of treatment
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Unpacking relationship issues and understanding the influence of triangulation and alliances
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Demonstrations by experienced family therapists
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Linking theory to practice features strongly throughout each component of the workshop, as does developing practical skills to take away from the workshop.
To arrange this workshop for your organisation, please contact Dr Leonie White at drleoniewhite@gmail.com or 0401002544
To attend a public event, please search the Compass Seminars Australia website at https://www.compassaustralia.com.au/family-therapy-training-and-family-based-program
Introduction to Systemic Family Therapy & Practice: Theory and Practice
This one-day workshop is aimed at practitioners who work with children, young people, adults, couples, families, and/or organisations supporting clients with emotional, relational, social and/or mental health issues.
This workshop will introduce participants to Systemic Family Therapy as a framework for practice that is helpful for individuals of all ages as well as couples and families, and ways of working that broaden our understanding of the “client’s problem” and provide practical skills for intervening to help our clients with the challenges they are facing. This workshop will be interactive, experiential and self-reflective in order to enhance participant learning.
This workshop will cover:
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What is Family Therapy & how does it fit in the broader community of psychotherapies?
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What are the different schools of Family Therapy?
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Contemporary Family Therapy practice including Integration with other Psychotherapies
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The evidence base for Family Therapy How does Family Therapy help achieve change in the lives of those we work with?
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How to engage clients in therapy, including when there is more than one person/family member in the room
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Key foundational concepts/language in Family Therapy relevant to practice
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The process of therapy
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Guidelines for conducting the assessment session and using assessment as an intervention
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Guidelines for formulation
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Guidelines for an initial session
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Essential micro-skills for assessment and intervention
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Skills for inviting change in patterns
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Skills for solution building
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Skills for inviting new meaning
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Skills for inviting structural and relational changes
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To arrange this workshop for your organisation, please contact Dr Leonie White at drleoniewhite@gmail.com or 0401002544
What is Family Therapy?
This two hour presentation will introduce participants to Systemic Family Therapy as a framework for practice that is helpful for individuals of all ages as well as couples and families (of any make up).
Participants will be introduced to:
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The context of Family Therapy
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The defining characteristics and unique aspects of Family Therapy
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An overview of the origins and evolution of Family Therapy
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An understanding of how Family Therapy helps achieve change in the lives of those we work with
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The evidence base for Family Therapy
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Core Systemic Family Therapy concepts that can help clinician’s think ‘systemically’/’in systems’
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Orientation to different Family Therapy approaches & contemporary practice in Family Therapy​
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Participants will start to learn the language of family therapy and how to "think systemically" in order to open up possibilities for change.
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This presentation will help participants put the various schools of Family Therapy in context and give some practical ideas which can be immediately put into practice.
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To arrange this presentation for your organisation, please contact Dr Leonie White at drleoniewhite@gmail.com or 0401002544