Research has shown that some therapists are significantly better than others: their patients improve faster, they are more satisfied with their therapy experience, achieve better outcomes, and they are far less likely to drop-out of therapy. 

What are these effective therapists doing that their less effective counterparts are not?

We have distilled SFPRG’s fifty years of empirical research and clinical experience into an online intensive psychotherapy training course that aims to answer this important question and offer you the framework to put it into practice in your therapy work. Control-mastery theory (CMT) is an integrated psychodynamic-cognitive-relational model about how and why psychotherapy works.   

It does not privilege any one set of techniques or approach to doing psychotherapy. Rather, it provides a way of understanding each patient's unique needs in therapy and how to adjust one's approach to be responsive to that patient’s individual needs.

This 24-week, intensive class focuses on the fundamentals of CMT, how to apply it clinically, and how to develop effective case formulations for what your patients need to optimize therapeutic responsiveness. The class features multiple instructors with clinical and research experience in CMT and includes ongoing case conferences that promise to be clinically enriching and enjoyable.