In-Home Family Therapy Symposium

This presentation will offer an overview of the world of in-home therapy using a family systems perspective. Three family therapists will each speak to an aspect of this work, followed by an instructive role play of a home visit to a family. The program will continue with each panelist sharing ideas about case conceptualization along with thoughts on specific treatment strategies. It will be useful for people working with families, kids as well as parents and other primary caretakers in home based settings.

Panelists

Liz Brenner, LICSW, has been training helping professionals for 30 years in psychiatric hospital, residential, home based, outpatient and child welfare agencies and conference settings. A faculty member of the former Family Institute of Cambridge, she continues to host and provide relevant training events that refuel and inspire helping professionals as the Director of Therapy Training Boston. Liz is the Program Director and primary instructor of TTB’s Intensive Program in Family Systems Therapy. At her office in Watertown, MA, Liz’s clinical work integrates family systems, trauma, interpersonal neurobiology and ancient healing traditions, including yoga and mindfulness practices. More information is available at www.therapytrainingboston.com.

Howard Wolfe, LMFT, has been practicing for 36 years in a variety of settings, including street work with youth, clinics (as a clinician, supervisor, and director), and in private practice in Arlington, MA. He has directed two successful Center for Substance Abuse Prevention substance abuse prevention grants and spends about 20% of his time providing training and consultation on child guidance and substance abuse prevention and treatment for youth. Howard’s career is dedicated to helping children grow up and changing the things that keep them from growing up. He believes that MFTs can play a unique role by promoting healthy parenting through couple and family therapy and parent education. Other workshops include, Understanding Teenage Obnoxiousness, Parenting Wiggly Boys, Preventing and Treating Inhalant Abuse, and Floor Time for Parents.

Maria Zygmont, MA, LMFT, has over 30 years of mental health experience.  She graduated from Springfield College with a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.  She is an approved supervisor and clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.  Maria has been the Director of the Brightside Family Support Programs since 1993.  In November of 2009, the Children's Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) services of In-home Therapy and Therapeutic Mentoring were added.  Under her direction the program has grown from three employees to 40 staff and master's level interns.  Maria also has experience in out-patient mental health clinics, as a Special Education Teacher, and an Occupational Therapist Assistant.