The faculty of the Family Institute of Westchester is available to provide training for agencies and agency staff at our facility or on site for the agency.
Trainings are designed to meet the needs of the program, presenting family systems theory and the FIW multi-contextual model. Faculty members have also been invited presenters and keynote speakers at conferences throughout the United States
WORKSHOPS
Trainings have been done in the form of individual workshops on topics ranging from the family as a system, the family life cycle, and understanding genograms; to special issues from a family systems perspective, such as substance abuse, illness and death, eating disorders, parenting, divorce and remarriage, family resilience, affairs, and most recently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the family system.
Workshop series have also been presented to help agencies shift treatment focus to family-centered practice, or just to help strengthen staff skills in thinking systemically in their work with families.
CASE CONSULTATION
Case consultations are used to assist staff in applying a family systems approach and expanding treatment options for difficult cases. These consultations may, or may not, be presented in conjunction with a workshop series.