Continuing Education
To help mental health practitioners stay up-to-date on the most current advances in clinical treatment, The Family Institute offers continuing professional education through workshops, seminars, conferences and clinical consultation.
AAMFT Approved Supervisor Refresher Course
To maintain the highest quality supervisors in the field, the AAMFT requires AAMFT Approved Supervisors to take a refresher course prior to the renewal of their designation. This one-day course is designed specifically to meet that requirement, and to keep participants on the cutting edge of clinical supervision practice.
The course will include case examples, didactic, and interactional instruction methods and will focus on current resources available to supervisors, management of ethical and legal issues likely to arise during supervision, utilization of supervision contracts, cultural competence in supervision and therapy, and discussion of the current Approved Supervisor requirements.
 AAMFT Refresher Course 2010 - Registration Form
Course Schedule:
Friday, December 3, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm & 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location:
The Family Institute at Northwestern University
618 Library Place
Evanston, Illinois 60201
Room 300
Fee: $ 200.00 (waived for staff and supervisors of The Family Institute)
This course provides 5 hours of continuing education.
 Douglas Breunlin is licensed both as a clinical social worker and a marriage and family therapist and is a certified mediator. Currently, he holds the McCormick Tribune Foundation Chair in Marriage and Family Therapy and is Director of the Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy program at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. In addition, he is a clinical professor of Psychology and teaches graduate classes in Northwestern University's Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy program. Mr. Breunlin is a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed marriage and family therapist as well as an approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
 William Pinsof is President of The Family Institute, clinical professor in the Department of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences at Northwestern University, and the director of the Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies at Northwestern. He currently teaches in the Northwestern University Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy Program and also teaches both undergraduate and post-doctoral courses for Northwestern University students. Dr. Pinsof is a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist as well as an approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Clinical Consultations
Psychotherapists of The Family Institute provide clinical consultation to mental health professionals in group or individual format on a variety of topics as needed, including:
- Community agencies working with economically disadvantaged and underserved populations. *
- Supervisors-in-training needing supervision mentorship from AAMFT-approved supervisors. *
- New graduates needing clinical supervision from licensed psychotherapists.*
- Professionals working with adoptive families; LGBT individuals, couples and families; and individuals and couples at midlife and beyond and their families.
Continuing Education Units
The Family Institute at Northwestern University is approved by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation to provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for the following professions:
- Licensed (Clinical) Social Worker (LCSW/LSW)
- Licensed (Clinical) Professional Counselor (LCPC/LPC)
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
The number of CEUs granted for continuing education activities will vary according to the length of the program attended.
For more information, please email: family-institute@northwestern.edu
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