Systemic Training, Supervision, Consulting & Education
ECOSYSTEMIC STRUCTURAL FAMILY THERAPY
Elevate your career with systemic family therapy training at PCFTTC. Grounded in Dr. Salvador Minuchin’s legacy, our programs prepare you to apply a strength-based, relational, context-sensitive and trauma-informed approach across the continuum of care. Join us and become part of a transformative professional alliance!
“Every family is their own best resource for change…”
Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT)
What is ESFT ?
ESFT is an empirically supported clinical treatment model for families, clinical supervision, and training developed by Marion Lindblad-Goldberg.
Our Mission
The Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center promotes effective, strength-based, systemic behavioral health services through training, supervision, consulting, and competency development. The Center embraces innovation, ethical practice, and the use of data to inform training and competency development programs. Our mission is to collaborate with systemic behavioral health clinicians and organizations to build on and support the healthy development and relational functioning of children and families with an appreciation of socio-political contexts and its impact on children and families.
Exclusive Blog Content
Protected: Why Behavior Happens in Context -Moving from Symptom Focus to Systemic Understanding
Protected: August 2025 Newsletter
Families Don’t Exist in Isolation: How ESFT Brings Healing Through the Whole System
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The Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award
This award has been established by the Philadelphia Child and Family Training Center in honor of Dr. Marion Lindblad-Goldberg whose personal and professional mission was to make the world a better, brighter, and more connected place one family at a time. She believed wholeheartedly in each of us – in our ability, through systemic and relational interventions, to heal disengagement and cultivate belonging.
Current Research & Literature about ESFT
Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy
Creating Competence From Chaos: A Comprehensive Guide To Home-Based Services