Ackerman Institute for the Family is excited to announce a new Faith-Based Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program starting in September 2025. This program is designed to enhance the skills of faith-based leaders in providing guidance and support to individuals, couples, and families experiencing problems.
The purpose of the Faith-Based Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program is to provide knowledge of couple and family systems theory and therapy with direct application to faith-based functioning and practice. The Faith-Based Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program requires a one-year commitment to advanced training.
This online course will enhance the skills of clergy, priests, rabbis, imams, and other religious leaders who provide spiritual guidance to families across diverse communities. This training will help clergy support families, couples, and congregation members through life’s joys and challenges.
The Faith-Based Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program is held online and is comprised of 4 sequential courses, each of which is 10 weeks. Classes will meet on Mondays from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (ET) starting September 2025. Tuition for the year-long program is $3,995.00.
Applicants must serve as a faith leader or be an aspiring faith leader. A faith leader is defined as anyone in their religious or spiritual environment who has a role in affecting attitudes, behaviors, and/or counseling of faith-based community members or anyone in their religious or spiritual environment aspiring to serve as a faith leader.