Training
The Family Bridges Institute offers two types of training:
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For workshop leaders - licensed mental health professionals with extensive experience working with high conflict divorcing families
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For aftercare providers - licensed mental health professionals in good standing within a reasonable geographic distance to the alienating parent in a Family Bridges case
For Workshop Leaders
Family Bridges workshops are conducted by licensed mental health professionals with extensive experience working with high conflict divorcing families. All workshop leaders are licensed by professional regulatory bodies.
There is a 4-step training process to become a Family Bridges workshop leader.
Phase 1
32 hours approximately
Prospective workshop leaders attend a four-day educational and experiential training program in which they learn the scientific underpinnings and methodology of the Family Bridges workshop syllabus.
Phase 2
100 hours minimum
Prospective workshop leaders attend a minimum of two Court-ordered workshops to audit the Family Bridges methodology as it unfolds live with a family. Extensive supervision takes place pre-workshop, throughout the four daily team meetings, and during post-workshop follow-up with the family.
Phase 3
100 hours minimum
Prospective workshop leaders take the primary lead in a minimum of two Court-ordered workshops under supervision. This phase continues until the prospective workshop leader and their supervisor feel confident that they are ready to conduct workshops without supervision as part of a two-leader team.
Phase 4
Trained workshop leaders continue to discuss their cases with other trained workshop leaders to ensure fidelity to the methodology.
For Aftercare Providers (30 hours minimum)
Aftercare professionals are Court-appointed. They are chosen by the target parent, their lawyer and the Family Bridges director on a case-by-case basis. The professional must be a licensed mental health professional whose practice is within a reasonable geographic distance to the family.
All aftercare providers are trained by the developer of the Family Bridges Aftercare Protocol to ensure fidelity to the methodology. Aftercare provider training occurs in an educational and experiential manner as the Aftercare Protocol is conducted with the family. Trainees learn the scientific underpinnings of the methodology in a series of three-hour consultations with the supervisor and then conduct the module with the family. This process continues until the case is resolved by the Court.
To learn more about training, as either a workshop leader or an aftercare provider, please contact us.
114 Maitland Street, Suite 418
Toronto, ON M4Y 1E1
Tel: 416.934.7907