The Institute was established in 2005 to further the development of the research and practice of couples and family therapy in China and throughout Asia in collaboration with western scholars and therapists. The Institute strives to foster collaborative relationships between scholars, clinicians, and students in the US and China through education, research, and exchange programs. One of the main activities of the Institute is the delivery of rigorous, high quality, competency-based clinical trainings for students and scholars learning the practice of marriage, couples, and family therapy.

中美家庭治疗中心的成立，是为了进一步发展中国和亚洲伴侣及家庭治疗，在心理健康领域的研究和实践，加深与西方学者和治疗师之间，在学术和实践上的合作。本治疗中心旨在通过，教育、研究、交流项目，来促进中国与美国学者、临床医生、学生之间的合作关系。 中美家庭治疗中心的核心目标之一是：为学生在婚姻、伴侣、家庭治疗的理论和实践的学习过程中，提供严谨、高质量、以能力为本的临床培训课程,。

The Institute also fosters opportunities for faculty and students to engage in academic writing, research, and scholarly collaborations. Additionally, students from the US and China are eligible to pursue professional intercultural experiences which include cross-cultural scholarly exchanges in family therapy in Asia. These exchanges have been carried out annually by Dr. Miller and other collaborating faculty members from across Asia since 2005.

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中美家庭治疗中心同时提倡教师和学生之间，在学著撰写、研究、学术方面的合作。 此外, 来自美国和中国的学生可以从事专业的跨文化交流, 包括参与在亚洲进行的家庭治疗的跨文化交流。 自2005年以来, 米勒博士和来自亚洲各地的其他合作教员，每年都在进行这些学术交流活动。

The Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the Sino-American Family Therapy Institute (SAFTI) is an accredited training program approved by the International Accreditation Commission for Systemic Therapy Education (IACSTE).

中美家庭治疗研究所 (SAFTI) 所颁发的婚姻和家庭治疗毕业证书，是经国际系统心理治疗教育认证委员会(IACSTE)认可的培训证书。

The IACSTE is the educational accrediting branch of the International Family Therapy Association (IFTA), the leading professional organization related to international family therapy.

IACSTE：国际家庭治疗协会 (IFTA) 的教育认证部门, 是国际家庭治疗的主导专业机构。

LINK: International Accreditation Commission for Systemic Therapy Education

LINK: INTERNATIONAL FAMILY THERAPY ASSOCIATION (IFTA)

Graduates of the certificate program are qualified to pursue membership with the IFTA, and are prepared to work with a wide variety of client populations as marriage, couples, and family therapists. The curriculum of the certificate program has been modeled in line with the top graduate programs in the US. For students to successfully graduate from the certificate program they must earn a passing evaluation in at least 230 hours of theory and substance-based classroom instruction, complete simulated case training (Objective Structured Clinical Exercises (OSCEs), pass a Comprehensive Examination process, complete 250 hours of direct client contact (clinical practicum, 125 hours of which must be relational client contact) and 100 hours of clinical supervision, and pass a Formal Case Presentation (Clinical Defense). Students of the program must apply and be formally accepted to study at the Institute. Admission is competitive and limited.

从本培训课程毕业的学生有资格成为 IFTA组织的成员, 并能胜任咨询各类来访者的婚姻、夫妻和家庭的心理治疗工作。此培训课程的设计和规划，是与美国顶尖研究生的课程相符合的。 学生在获得毕业证书之前，必须达到以下各项要求：积累了230个小时或以上的，获得合格评估的，理论和课堂专业教学的时间；完成模拟案例培训 (客观结构的临床练习 ，OSCEs)； 通过综合考试；完成250个小时或以上，咨询来访者的时间（临床实习中, 125 个小时内是同时咨询2个或2个以上的来访者) ；100个小时的临床督导；通过正式案例报告 (临床答辩)。期望加入本培训项目的学生需要经过申请和录取的过程, 录取具有竞争力且名额有限。

The Sino-American Family Therapy Institute (SAFTI) Post-Degree Certificate Program in Couples, Marriage and Family Therapy is designed to provide graduates in the area of social work, counseling, psychology, psychiatry, and therapy access to a certificate program specifically in couples and family therapy. The program is predominantly carried out by Chinese and US faculty. The curriculum focuses on traditional face-to-face coursework and training on systemically based, empirically validated, interactional models of couples and family therapy to prepare those who complete the certificate to practice couples and family therapy and pursue professional certification.

中美家庭治疗中心 (SAFTI) 的伴侣，婚姻和家庭心理治疗学位后证书项目，是为在社会工作、 咨询、心理学、精神病学和心理治疗学等教育领域毕业的学生，提供伴侣和家庭心理治疗的专门培训。 培训课程是由中美双方教员联合授课。授课形式主要是以传统的面对面上课和培训方式。课程以系统的、实践验证的、互动模式的伴侣和家庭治疗的模板为基础。目的是更有效地帮助学生完成结业课程并取得证书，同时为学生能够成为具有胜任力的伴侣和家庭心理工作者做好充分准备。

The program will be offered through classes in both English and Chinese language (simultaneous translation of lectures and class discussion). Or, when Chinese professors are teaching the curriculum may be offered only in Mandarin (Chinese language). When needed other translators (for other languages) may be employed to assist with instruction.

培训课程以英语和中文两种语言进行（英语的课程及课堂讨论会提供同步翻译）。中国教师用中文讲课。 如涉及其它语种时，会提供翻译服务。

Students pursuing the international certificate in family therapy are typically applicants holding (minimally) a master’s degree from a regionally or nationally recognized university (usually a Chinese university) in the areas of social work, counseling, therapy, psychology, psychiatry, or similarly related field. Applicants to this certificate program should already hold a basic certificate to conduct counseling or therapy in China. If they do not already hold a certificate to conduct counseling or therapy in China they should be able to earn the locally issued Chinese certificate before beginning the clinical practice part of SAFTI certificate program. Students will submit proof of their current Chinese counseling certificate at the start of the program or before beginning the clinical practice part of the SAFTI certificate program.

在家庭心理治疗学位后项目中培训的学生，通常已经在公认的地区性或全国性大学（一般是中国的高等院校）的社会工作系、咨询系、心理治疗系，心理学系、精神病学系、或者类似专业领域获取了硕士学位。学生应该已经持有，在中国进行咨询或治疗工作的执业证书。 如果学生在中国还没有拿到这个证书的话, 在SAFTI学习临床实践课程前，必须要拿这个证书。 学生在培训项目开始时（已有证书的学生），或者最迟在临床实践开始前，将执业证书的证明提供给SAFTI中心。

The Institute was founded by Dr. John K. Miller in 2005 during the time that he served as Program Director of University of Oregon’s nationally accredited Graduate Couples and Family Therapy Program (accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) in 2000 under the leadership of Dr. Miller). In 2006 Dr. Miller led a special delegation of prominent western therapists to meet with some of the leading Chinese family therapy scholars from across China, establishing relationships and fostering future collaborations.

此中心是由约翰 K. 米勒博士于2005年创办的。当时他担任俄勒冈大学国家认可的伴侣和家庭治疗系硕士学位的项目主任 (此系于2000年，在米勒教授的带领下，成功获得了美国婚姻家庭治疗教育认证委员会COAMFTE的认证) 。 在2006年, 米勒博士率领由西方著名治疗师组成的特别访华代表团，与来自中国各地的权威家庭治疗学者建立起了合作关系，并开始了发展未来的持续性学术交流互动。

In 2009 Dr. Miller was awarded a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar award that included funding from the US Department of State to conduct a year-long family therapy training and direct clinical service project in Beijing, and throughout China. Dr. Miller has been teaching and conducting research in China each year since 2005 and serves as adjunct or visiting faculty of some of the top Chinese universities in the field. The institute has hosted numerous students, scholars, and professors from China and Southeast Asia on academic and clinical collaboration projects to the US. Most of the faculty members at the Institute have collaborated and worked together for over a decade.

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在 2009年, 米勒博士被美国国务院授予富布赖特高级研究学者奖，在北京和中国其他地区开始了长达一年的家庭治疗培训和直接临床服务项目。 米勒博士自2005年以来，每年都来中国进行教学与研究, 并在一些顶尖大学的家庭治疗学科领域里担任了短期或访问学者。 本培训中心已经接待了来自中国和东南亚的许多学生、学者和教授，在学术和临床项目方面与美国同行进行了积极地合作。 本中心的大多数教员已在一起合作或工作达十多余年。

The faculty members of the Sino-American Family Therapy Institute (SAFTI) Post-Degree Certificate Program in Couples, Marriage and Family Therapy

have worked together with Dr. Miller and collaborated on research, teaching, grants，student/faculty exchanges and writing projects since 2006. This group originally met during a delegation visit of Western scholars to Shanghai in 2006. The delegation was led by Dr. Miller and included meetings regarding the development of Chinese family therapy and collaborative teaching and research projects. All faculty members hold advanced degrees in psychology, family therapy or other relevant field and maintain active clinical practices. The faculty members are all AAMFT Clinical Fellows and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.

自2006年以来，米勒教授与中美家庭治疗中心 (SAFTI)的教员，在研究、教学、资助、学生/教员交流、联合撰写项目方面保持着长期的合作。 这个合作团体的成员，是在2006年美国访华代表团访问上海时结识的。 当时该代表团的带领者是米勒博士。访华团与当地的有关学术界人士，就发展中国家庭心理治疗教学和研究方面，进行探讨和开展项目合作。 目前在中国还未设有，被国家级或地区级认可的认证学位后培训项目的组织机构, 像类似于中美家庭治疗中心学位后认证培训课程。 所有在本中心授课的教员，都获有精神病学或其他相关专业的高等学位（博士）, 并同时从事临床心理咨询工作。 美方所有教员都是美国AAMFT协会的成员，同时还是AAMFT 认可的督导师。

China’s current practice of counseling and therapy has developed rapidly since 2005 as a product of collaborative scholarly and academic relationships with international scholars and therapists. Family therapy clinics in China were opened as early as 1994 in Kunming by early Chinese pioneers of family therapy (Chang, Tong, Shi, & Zeng, 2005). The Chinese government has sponsored educational and psychoeducational campaigns beginning in 1998 to help overcome the common barriers to therapy services such as cost, access and stigma (Kou, 1998; Miller 2010). In 2002 the Ministry of Education called on all elementary and high schools in China to establish “psychological counseling rooms” in response to the increasing rates of psychological problems reported among Chinese youth and students (Chang et al., 2005). Recent studies indicate that about 17.5% (about 238 million) of the Chinese population suffer from some form of diagnosable disorder , yet few receive any counseling or therapy support due to stigma, a lack of qualified providers, financial concerns and a fragmented clinical service delivery system (often because the people don’t know who is qualified to provide services). Ever increasing economic development and the subsequent precipitating social changes have fueled an increase in work stress, tensions in the home, addictions, substance abuse, and diminished communal supports (Guo, 1987; Phillips, Liu, & Zhang, 1999).

自2005年以来，中国在心理咨询与心理治疗领域开始了快速的发展。这主要是通过中国与国际同行学者及治疗师，在学术上进行紧密合作的成果。中国首家家庭心理治疗所，是由中国早期家庭心理治疗行业的先锋人士，于1994年，在云南省昆明市正式成立(Chang, Tong, Shi, & Zeng, 2005)。在1998年，中国政府就阻碍家庭心理治疗普及化的一些常见问题，如费用、门槛、耻辱感等，向社会做教育与心理健康推广运动 (Kou, 1998; Miller 2010) 。针对中国青少年学生日益增长的心理问题，在2002年，中国教育部长呼吁所有中小学校需要开设“心理咨询室”(Chang et al., 2005) 。近期研究显示，中国目前约17.5%的人口，患有可诊断的心理障碍症，但却只有少数患者会求助于咨询或心理治疗。其中原因是耻辱感，缺乏有胜任力的心理治疗师，临床服务提供系统的不健全（患者分不清治疗师的好和差）。随着经济的高速发展，伴之而来的是社会变革所产生的职场压力，家庭冲突，成瘾，物质滥用和社区支持的萎缩(Guo, 1987; Phillips, Liu, & Zhang, 1999)。

In the limited situations where they have been made available, the most popular modalities for therapy in China are family based, community oriented, short-term, problem-focused, solution oriented, and directive approaches. Professional associations have advocated for increasing the integration of clinical services throughout China (Li, Duan, Ding, Yue, & Beitman, 1994). The demand for therapy services is on the rise, as is evidenced by the increased utilization of outpatient and hospital-based therapy services and the tremendous popularity of radio call-in shows, online services, and counseling hotlines (Chang et al., 2005; Min, 2001). However, there are few training programs that offer post-degree training in professional, competency based, couples and family therapy counseling.

在有限的情况下，心理治疗帮助解决了家庭及个人的心理问题。从这些案例中观察到，在中国，最受欢迎的心理治疗模式是基于家庭、社区导向、短期、注重问题焦点、以结果为导向、以及指导性的治疗方法。相关专业组织和协会呼吁，要加快促进中国临床服务的联合统一性（Li, Duan, Ding, Yue, & Beitman, 1994）。中国心理治疗需求量的不断上升已成定局。从医院心理门诊和医院心理部门就诊率，从深受欢迎的电台心理咨询热线节目，从在线咨询服务的便利性，从心理咨询电话热线使用率，都证明了这个趋势 (Chang et al., 2005; Min, 2001) 。然而，在中国，专业的、基于胜任力的伴侣与家庭治疗学位后教育培训项目却非常缺乏。

The Institute embraces training methodology that focuses on student competency evaluations and direct feedback (see Miller, Todahl, and Platt, 2010 and Miller, 2011 for descriptions of this competency based orientation). Students who successfully complete the program must demonstrate competency in clinical and professional practice to earn certification. The Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the Sino-American Family Therapy Institute is an accredited training program approved by the International Accreditation Commission for Systemic Therapy Education.

本培训中心采用的是，注重学生能力评估和直接反馈的培训方法（参见Miller，Todahl和Platt，2010和Miller，2011，描述基于能力导向的培训）。成功完成课程的学生必须具备临床和专业实践能力才能获得结业证书。中美家庭治疗研究所的婚姻和家庭治疗课程，是经国际认证委员会批准的系统治疗教育认证培训课程。

The International Family Therapy Association (IFTA) is the leading international professional association in the field of family therapy. Graduates of the Institute are eligible to apply for membership with the International Family Therapy Association after completing the certificate. Currently there is no comparable organization for Chinese professionals to join.

国际家庭治疗协会（IFTA）是家庭治疗领域的领先国际专业协会。完成证书后，本中心的毕业生有资格申请加入国际家庭治疗协会。目前，还没有相似的组织可以提供中国专业人士加入认证机构。。