Training in Systemic Therapy and Interventions – Cycle 1
Sessions
In person, 15–19 March 2027
30 April 2027
In person, 26–28 May 2027
17–18 June 2027
In person, 5–9 July 2027
15–17 September 2027
20 September 2027
13–15 October 2027
9 November 2027
In person, 17–19 November 2027 (colloquium on the 19th)
8–10 December 2027
20 December 2027 — year closing
Year 1 — Foundations of systemic thinking
The entry point into a long, 1400-hour certifying cycle, designed to train systemic therapists and practitioners with depth, rigour and progressiveness.
This first year lays the indispensable groundwork. It does not merely introduce a few concepts: it installs a framework of thought, an emerging clinical stance, first interviewing landmarks and a way of reading human situations in their relational complexity.
The hybrid format plays a central role here. In-person sessions allow human embodiment, experimentation, role-playing, work on oneself, the experience of the group and lively learning. Remote sessions bring flexibility, continuity of follow-up, progressive integration of theoretical input and a more sustainable organisation over time.
Year after year, the journey rises in clinical responsibility. This first stage is therefore both a complete training in itself and the gateway to a particularly ambitious certifying cycle.
Monthly payment possible • Institutional funding possible
Because in systemics, the quality of practice depends first on the quality of the framework of thought
This first year gives you the epistemological foundations, the major systemic models and a first capacity for building useful hypotheses.
The work does not stay theoretical: workshops, simulations, role-playing, first interviews, supervision and placement establish a professionalising dynamic from the very first year.
Year 1 is designed as the foundation of a particularly broad, progressive and demanding certifying cycle, leading towards greater clinical autonomy over the 4 years.
What you will develop from the first year
- Describe and mobilise the epistemological foundations of the systemic approach.
- Identify the main systemic models and their postulates.
- Conduct a basic systemic interview under supervision.
- Develop simple, useful systemic hypotheses.
- Bring out a reflective clinical stance.
- Link theory, practice, ethics and context in a first logic of intervention.
In person for embodiment. Remote for continuity.
This training is neither a simple condensed in-person course nor a theoretical distance-learning programme. The hybrid format is designed here as a genuine pedagogical choice.
- In-person time supports the group experience, work on stance, experiential workshops, simulations and the quality of the human bond.
- Remote time facilitates regular follow-up, progressive integration of content, organisational flexibility and continuity of the journey over several months.
The theoretical, clinical and experiential foundations of systemic thinking
The programme is organised into major progressive blocks, identical from one session to the next; the detailed calendar is communicated upon registration.
Epistemology and systemic thinking
- General systems theory
- Fundamental principles of the systemic approach
- First- and second-order cybernetics
- Constructivism and phenomenology
Communication and the Palo Alto legacy
- Communication theory
- Major contributions of the Palo Alto school
- First interactional readings of problems
- Landmarks for observing relational loops
The major systemic currents
- Structural approach
- Strategic approach
- Solution-focused approach
- Narrative and process approaches, Milan school
Family, life cycle and contemporary contexts
- A systemic reading of the family
- Contemporary families and the life cycle
- Family map, boundaries, roles and functions
- First landmarks of interculturality and context
The systemic interview and first techniques
- Structure of the systemic interview
- Genogram
- Foundations of the strategic resolutive method
- Organisation of the therapeutic process
Work on oneself, supervision and placement
- Exploratory work on the family of origin
- Introduction to social justice and intersectionality issues
- Beginner supervision and intervision
- Clinical placement and experience feedback
Teaching methods
- Interactive theoretical courses
- Experimentation workshops
- Role-playing and simulations
- Reading notes and guided personal work
Clinical guidance
- Individual and group supervision
- Progressive intervision
- Supervised placement or clinical practice
- Learning through feedback on situations
Validation
- Progressive validation of skills
- Written work and clinical reflections
- Continuous assessment of learning
- Active attendance expected throughout the journey
For which professionals
This Year 1 is aimed at professionals in the mental-health, social, medico-social or corporate fields who wish to deepen their practice from a systemic perspective.
A long, structured and recognised training
- Certifying cycle over 4 progressive years for a total of 1400 hours.
- Double certification in collaboration with Le Lien Systémique.
- Training aligned with EFTA and SFTF standards and registered within AEP frameworks.
- International dimension with two parallel cohorts and exchange opportunities between them.
- Eligible for institutional funding under Qualiopi certification.
A first year carried by a solid clinical team
The cycle's main trainers are Yara Doumit Naufal, Julien Besse and Gisèle Abi Chahine.
The training is part of a wider teaching environment that also includes leading guest trainers, among them Robert Neuburger, Jacques Pluymaekers, Ivy Daure, Bernard Filleul, Damien Légère, Marie-Jeanne Schon, Cinthe Lemmens, Stessie Fougeroux, Marie-Christine Cabié-Jacquemin and Lola Pernot.
With the group limited to 15 participants, the guidance can remain demanding, lively and personalised.
Entering systemic thinking seriously
This first year is designed to give a strong foundation to those who want to train seriously in systemic therapy and interventions, within a hybrid, progressive and professionalising framework. The training is delivered in French.
