ITFSP
The ITFSP – Family Therapy Institute of São Paulo is a non-profit association that trains professionals, serves families and institutions, promoting the strengthening of social bonds and the development of relational skills.
Since 1989, based on the interest of a group of professionals in contributing to the training of people who dedicated themselves to working with families, the ITFSP has been disseminating knowledge about Family Therapy from a relational-systemic perspective and its evolution, integrating postmodern therapies; an approach to mental health and education, which creates a new perspective on an old issue: family relationships.
Over time, the Institute has become a reference for working with families, in aspects involving family and social well-being. The experience has also brought the possibility of contributing to social justice, since the focus on the family and its relationships expands the citizenship of its members and their civic participation. In this way, it began to work on social projects, further expanding its scope of knowledge and action.
"Cooperation in coexistence is what constitutes society"
Humberto Maturana
Our values
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We believe in human beings and in the possibility of improving and transforming their relationships in different contexts;
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We believe in the systemic relational approach and its evolution by integrating postmodern therapies, collaborative and dialogical postures;
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We believe in change based on a perspective and listening that enables the recognition of skills and generates new senses and meanings so that people can better deal with their challenges, strengthening relationships and connections between people, families and social networks;
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We believe that there is much to be done to denaturalize the harmful structures of Brazilian society and to this end we are sensitive and attentive to the issues of racism, gender, violence and power that affect us all.
Our work
To train and qualify professionals who work with human relations, families and institutions.
In tune with a systemic and dialogical vision, recognizing the interdependence and interconnections of contexts and the power of transformative conversations.
Developing work methodologies that contribute to transformation and social justice, attentive and resistant to dominant discourses in order to denaturalize them at every opportunity.
Our mission
Establish itself as a differentiated entity, training and qualifying professionals who work with families and institutions and becoming a reference center for knowledge and social methodologies.
That therapists trained at ITFSP develop a collaborative and ethical attitude, where personal transformation is the first step towards transforming society.
