Family Therapy Course
Foundation Course in Systemic Practice and Family Therapy
- Theoretical concepts of family and systemic therapy.
- Observation and discussion of real client/ family sessions.
- Online course.
- Live sessions with expert faculty.
- 50 hours over 10 weeks
- Cost:
- Full fees: ₹55,000*/-
- Scholarship fee: ₹40,000*/- (Applicable upon acceptance.) *all prices are exclusive of GST
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Faculty
Catherine Sanders
Catherine Sanders is a clinical psychologist, family therapist and co-director of Bower Place. With over four decades of experience both as a practitioner and trainer, she has been a part of the changing landscape of multicultural Australian society. She is a member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society and clinical member of the Australian Association of Family Therapy.
Dr Ashlesha Bagadia
Dr Ashlesha Bagadia is a perinatal psychiatrist and family psychotherapist with over two decades of experience in mental health. She’s co-founder of The PARC. She has completed higher training in Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health, Family Systems Psychotherapy and Mentalisation Based Treatment. She trains and supervises therapists in managing personality disorders and complex issues.
Malcolm Robinson
Malcolm Robinson is a social worker, family and systemic therapist, mediator and director of Bower Place. He has over forty five years of clinical, therapeutic, teaching and management experience across the mental health, welfare, education, disability, and justice systems. He has expertise in working with complex co-morbid mental health matters and therapy with fractured and fragmented families.
About the course
This is an introduction to family therapy and systemic practice and is a starting step to working with families both in therapy and case management settings. The theory modules have been co-developed by Bower Place and The PARC with a focus on adapting to the Indian setting. This introductory course can lead to the Advanced Clinical Training Programme in Family Therapy in subsequent years. .
Course schedule
- 20 hours of self-paced learning, reading and testing.
- 24 hours of live clinical sessions with real session observations.
- 6 hours of interactive experiential supervision.
Who is it for?
This course will help counsellors, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and all mental health clinicians understand the theory and practice of family systems therapy, adapted to Indian cultural settings. It is a starting step for those wishing to train further in providing formal family therapy. The course also provides an overview of family dynamics for clinicians who see families of their primary client for education, support and caregiver distress.
Entry criteria
- 2 years of clinical experience post Mphil, MD/DPM Psychiatry.
- 5 years of therapy experience post masters in psychology and/or other recognised training in counselling skills.
- Prior work with families not required but helpful.
- Last date to apply is 30th April 2025.
- Scholarship available to two merit candidates.
- Last date for payment is 7th May 2025 .
- Selected applicants will be notified by 4th May 2025.
- Sessions start from 11th July, 2025.
Testimonials
Psychiatrist
Overall, a good course and I would recommend it to therapists. The facilitators were knowledgeable and interactive and addressed all questions.My biggest take away was being reminded not to localise the problem solely in one person, even if they seemed to be struggling the most. The family sessions in the video were well linked to the theory sessions. I would have liked it if there were videos with grandparents too in the room and more coverage of transgenerational family dynamics.
Partner organisations
Bower Place is renowned for its training programs in Australia, which have supported more than 5000 practitioners seeking post graduate education and professional development in counselling and family & systemic practice. They also run a Family Therapy Complex Needs Clinic and a global subscriber knowledge portal.
The PARC (Psychotherapy Advanced Resource Centre) delivers high calibre multidisciplinary training programmes in mental health for all healthcare workers, mental health professionals and caregivers.
