FTTIM's Master Trainer and Deputy Director, Silvia Kaminsky, has been elected 2011 Treasurer for the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT)! Ms. Kaminsky has lobbied on state and national levels regarding issues and legislature that impact marriage and family therapy and the mental health care of clients. We are so proud of Silvia!
Silvia Kaminsky
Last Updated on:: 08 / 17 / 2010
FTTIM - The Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami™
Welcome to The Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami™
Home of the award winning Brief Strategic Family Therapy Training (BSFT)
FTTIM takes great pride in providing certification training on the award-winning evidence based practices Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) and Family Effectiveness Training (FET). Our goal is to maximize the effectiveness of treatment of troubled children and adolescents by all relevant community, social service, and mental health care givers. To that end we hope you will find our website informative, user-friendly, and thought-provoking. And don't forget to review the Funding Links at right!
CAN'T KEEP FAMILIES IN THERAPY? -Learn how our course "STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS ENGAGEMENT MODEL", extracted from our BSFT certification program, retains 75% of families in therapy.Learn more and visit our other Skill-Building Workshops.
NOTICE-JUNE 30th --The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a FINAL REFUSAL to register the term BSFT. The examiner concluded once again that the terms Brief Strategic Family Therapy and BSFT are merely descriptive, and provided multiple examples in support of his decision. The Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami is pleased that once again the USPTO sides with our position, one that provides freedom for all BSFT providers. For further details visit ourFAQpage.
District Heights Family and Youth Services Center partners with the Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami to provide Brief Strategic Family Therapy for at-risk youth and their families.
The District Heights Family and Youth Services Center, a longtime partner of the Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami, runs a family counseling service called the Children in Need of Supervision Program, also known as CINS. CINS is run in partnership with Prince George\'s County Department of Juvenile Services.
"CINS began in April 2008 in District Heights as a way to prevent troubled youths from entering the juvenile justice system", said Priscilla
