The Family Institute of Westchester (FIW) is a postgraduate family therapy training
institute for mental health professionals. It was organized in 1977 by a group of family
therapists and was granted an absolute charter by the Board of Regents of the
University of the State of New York. The original faculty was headed by
internationally renowned therapist and author Betty Carter who served as director until
her retirement in 1997. She was succeeded by Elliott J. Rosen, Ed.D., L.M.F.T., who
is currently the director.
FIW’s Mission and the FIW Model of Family Therapy…
For 30 years Family Institute of Westchester has devoted itself to the training of new
generations of family therapists, tailoring that training to the individual needs of
clinicians who come to learn here. Professionals at various levels of their development
as clinicians will always find an opportunity for expanding their skills. FIW is well-known
for its high level of therapy supervision and its challenging didactic seminars, as well as
for its warmth and support of trainee needs. If you want to know if you have the
qualifications to train at FIW, take a look at Who Can Train? We believe that the
family is the most accessible and most responsive unit of therapeutic care. While the
FIW approach supports the notion that psychological problems are developed and
maintained in the social environment of the family, the FIW Multicontextual Model also
puts great emphasis upon the larger social influences of class, culture, race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation and gender. A pioneering institution in the development of feminist
family therapy, FIW has long supported the view that the family is a reflection not only
of its own three-generational experience but also deeply influenced by the larger world
in which it lives. To this end we have supported special programs in cross-cultural
therapy, working with gay and lesbian families, Orthodox Jewish families, and families
struggling with life-threatening illness. FIW owes a great debt to its founder, Betty
Carter, whose groundbreaking work in many areas of family therapy occupies the core of
the FIW approach.
INTERNATIONAL & AGENCY HOSTING
Upon request, FIW offers specialized short-term clinical training and supervision for
individuals and groups from abroad as well as for staffs of local agencies. These
programs are specifically tailored to meet these groups' needs and gives them an
opportunity to spend time with Institute faculty and trainees.
To learn more about our philosophy you may want to read Family Therapy in the Age of
Managed Care: Where does FIW Stand? which will give you an insight into who we are.
institute for mental health professionals. It was organized in 1977 by a group of family
therapists and was granted an absolute charter by the Board of Regents of the
University of the State of New York. The original faculty was headed by
internationally renowned therapist and author Betty Carter who served as director until
her retirement in 1997. She was succeeded by Elliott J. Rosen, Ed.D., L.M.F.T., who
is currently the director.
FIW’s Mission and the FIW Model of Family Therapy…
For 30 years Family Institute of Westchester has devoted itself to the training of new
generations of family therapists, tailoring that training to the individual needs of
clinicians who come to learn here. Professionals at various levels of their development
as clinicians will always find an opportunity for expanding their skills. FIW is well-known
for its high level of therapy supervision and its challenging didactic seminars, as well as
for its warmth and support of trainee needs. If you want to know if you have the
qualifications to train at FIW, take a look at Who Can Train? We believe that the
family is the most accessible and most responsive unit of therapeutic care. While the
FIW approach supports the notion that psychological problems are developed and
maintained in the social environment of the family, the FIW Multicontextual Model also
puts great emphasis upon the larger social influences of class, culture, race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation and gender. A pioneering institution in the development of feminist
family therapy, FIW has long supported the view that the family is a reflection not only
of its own three-generational experience but also deeply influenced by the larger world
in which it lives. To this end we have supported special programs in cross-cultural
therapy, working with gay and lesbian families, Orthodox Jewish families, and families
struggling with life-threatening illness. FIW owes a great debt to its founder, Betty
Carter, whose groundbreaking work in many areas of family therapy occupies the core of
the FIW approach.
INTERNATIONAL & AGENCY HOSTING
Upon request, FIW offers specialized short-term clinical training and supervision for
individuals and groups from abroad as well as for staffs of local agencies. These
programs are specifically tailored to meet these groups' needs and gives them an
opportunity to spend time with Institute faculty and trainees.
To learn more about our philosophy you may want to read Family Therapy in the Age of
Managed Care: Where does FIW Stand? which will give you an insight into who we are.
Our Training Program
Family Institute of Westchester
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