Learn to work with Incarcerated Families

Expert Guidance

Gain insight from experienced professionals who understand the complexities of the justice system.

Practical Skills

Equip yourself with practical tools and strategies to effectively support incarcerated families.

Continued Support

Enjoy ongoing resources and support to ensure your continued success in this field.

Imagine being the beacon of hope for families impacted by the justice system.

Signing up for our course will empower you with the knowledge and skills to make this dream a reality.

Who is this course for?

What are the learning objectives of this course?

After completing this comprehensive training program, participants will be able to:

Integrate systemic therapeutic frameworks with the administrative constraints, safety protocols, and operational realities of correctional environments.
Apply the Person of the Therapist (POTT) model to identify personal 'signature themes' activated by high-intensity settings and maintain therapeutic presence during institutional interruptions.
Formulate evidence-based self-regulation and mindfulness techniques to manage therapist anxiety, prevent compassion fatigue, and address vicarious trauma resulting from exposure to violence narratives.
Analyze the historical continuum of mass incarceration in the United States and its specific systemic impact, generational trauma, and structural oppression on BIPOC individuals and families.
Differentiate between ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief in children and family networks separated by incarceration, identifying specific barriers to healthy attachment.
Adapt Structural Family Therapy concepts (boundaries, hierarchies, and roles) and Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) principles to conduct clinical sessions within phone, video, and in-person prison visitation constraints.
Navigate complex ethical boundaries in corrections, including informed consent modifications, multi-audience documentation requirements, and mandatory reporting limits (such as escape plans, contraband, and Prison Rape Elimination Act [PREA] guidelines).
Implement present-focused, evidence-based trauma-informed care models (including Seeking Safety, TARGET, and TREM) that prioritize stabilization and coping skills within a restrictive prison culture.
Design multi-disciplinary treatment and release plans that balance the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) framework with systemic family assessments and community-based transitional care linkages.
Synthesize systemic clinical models (Narrative, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Bowen Family Systems) to support families through post-release role renegotiation, parent-child reunification, and identity reconstruction beyond an incarcerated status.