South West and International Family Therapy Training Portfolio
Welcome to the South West & International Family Therapy Training Portfolio page.
Innovative family therapy and systemic training have taken place in the South West for well over 30 years. Since 2011, our Director, Professor Hannah Sherbersky, and Mark Rivett have worked together to develop a portfolio of programmes that support systemic training from foundation, through to qualifying level and supervision training.
This training centre has become one of the most prolific and successful systemic training providers in the UK and beyond. It now also includes extensive research and evaluation activity.
We collaborate closely with national and international colleagues in the field, including a fully-funded research pilot with the Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) team at Drexel University, USA, and Asster Hospital, Belgium and an on-going collaboration with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) in the delivery of the evidence-based Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT-AN) training.
You can explore our portfolio of programmes below.
Our training courses have always been integrative and this is built into the core of many of our programmes. Our teaching is evidence-based and evidence-informed, which is a crucial aspect of recommended psychological treatments and NICE guidelines. We support our trainees and therapists to effectively reflect on their own practice and bring their own personality and sense of self into their work.
We believe that the diversity our trainees bring are a strength, resource and benefit. It’s our intention that trainees from all backgrounds and perspectives are well served by our training courses, with their learning needs being addressed both in and outside of teaching sessions.
We intend to present materials and activities that are respectful of diversity: gender and gender identity, sexuality, disability, age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, and culture. Your suggestions are invited, encouraged and appreciated.
As a systemic learning community, we aim to create a safe environment that fosters open and honest dialogue for all. We are all expected to contribute to creating a respectful, welcoming, and inclusive environment. To this end, teaching discussions are always conducted in a way that shows respect and dignity to all members of the group. This allows for rigorous intellectual engagement and a deeper learning experience for all.
Systemic portfolio and family therapy training programmes
- Systemic Supervision*
- MSc Psychological Therapies Practice and Research (Systemic Therapy)*
- PGDip CYP IAPT: Systemic Family Practice*
- Family Interventions in Psychosis*
- CYP IAPT Inpatient Whole Team Training
- FT-AN Eating Disorder Training
- PGCert Youth Intensive Psychological Practitioner (not currently accepting new trainees)
- CPD training via Cedar Create
*Programmes with an asterisk are accredited by the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (formerly AFT)
Our team
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Portfolio team
| General enquiries: | admin-systemicstudies@exeter.ac.uk |
| Bob Williams | B.Williams4@exeter.ac.uk |
| Rachel Coles | R.Coles3@exeter.ac.uk |
| Kate Bird | K.Bird@exeter.ac.uk |
| Jenny Cove | J.L.Cove2@exeter.ac.uk |
| Marta Caballero | M.C.Costa-Caballero@exeter.ac.uk |
| Thomas Reid | T.L.Reid@exeter.ac.uk |
| Liz Wareing | L.Wareing@exeter.ac.uk |
| Dan Hallett | |
| Sophie Ellis | |
| Tayaba Nicholson |
In this documentary, Professor Hannah Sherbersky works with 23-year-old Dammy and her mum, using family therapy to discuss their relationship and Dammy's anxiety issues.