A Live, Interactive Webconference
Cost: This training is free but open only to supervisors and behavioral health professionals working in agencies contracted with CFBT
Thursday, June 4, 2026, NC IIH ESFT Training Groups via Live Interactive Zoom
8:25am-12:40pm
This workshop is part of our ongoing series devoted to clinical tools developed by the Center for Family Based Training and the Consortium for the Advancement of EcoSystemic Structural Family Therapy (CAESFT) designed to sharpen clinical skills through deliberate practice. These clinical tools, which can be used in supervision or as self-ratings, support the development of clinical competencies by creating a growth promoting feedback loop wherein therapists compare their actions in sessions to those listed in the clinical tool, then self-correct as needed. This workshop introduces the ESFT Treatment Adherence Scale, a 22-item checklist that allows therapists and their supervisors to rate the degree to which their clinical work embodies the eight core ESFT mechanisms of change. The scale answers the question, “What specific actions do I take in sessions to promote change?” Each of the eight core ESFT mechanisms of change and the actions associated with each are described in detail and demonstrated through videotapes of family therapy sessions. Participants will practice using the ESFT Adherence Scale with videotaped family therapy sessions to identify therapists’ actions consistent with ESFT mechanisms of change.
Objectives
As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to:
- Describe how to conduct a family session using ESFT.
- Explain the nature of change mechanisms in treatment and the link with the ESFT Logic Model
- Describe eight core ESFT mechanisms of change.
- Recognize the presence or absence of ESFT mechanisms of change in videotaped family therapy sessions.
This is an intermediate level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within Pennsylvania’s Family Based program and North Carolina’s Intensive In-Home Program. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.
Agenda
8:25am-10:30am: Focus on Objectives 1-2
10:30am-10:40am: Break
10:40am-12:40pm: Focus on Objectives 3-4
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