Instituto de Terapia Familiar de Santiago

Name

Instituto de Terapia Familiar de Santiago

Legal name

Instituto de Terapia Familiar de Santiago

Website

https://itfsantiago.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Instituto de Terapia Familiar de Santiago is a private nonprofit clinical and training institute in Santiago, Chile, founded in 1982, that delivers individual, couple, and family therapy, corporate organizational consulting, and diploma/course programs in systemic-cybernetic psychotherapy to mental health professionals and the public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Therapy Services

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health Counseling & Psychotherapy Services (EDALAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Systemic family therapy
• Couples therapy services
• Psychotherapy training programs
• Organizational consulting services
• Family counseling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Clinical Therapy Services: Direct clinical services providing individual therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, and separation consulting. Services are available in Spanish and English, delivered by experienced therapists and advanced trainees.
2. Professional Training Programs: Revenue from diploma programs (e.g., Diploma in Couple Therapy, 6 months, 193 accredited hours), courses, workshops, and seminars targeting psychologists and psychiatrists. Programs are offered in hybrid (online synchronous + in-person) modality. Pricing at $1,450,000 CLP for the diploma.
3. Corporate Consulting and Organizational Development: Organizational consulting services to companies including diagnostic assessments, action plans, implementation and evaluation; workplace workshops on leadership and communication; talks/conversatorios; and labor mentorship programs targeting corporate clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Instituto de Terapia Familiar de Santiago provides clinical psychotherapy services — individual, couple, family, and separation/divorce consultancy — delivered through its proprietary Modelo Sistémico en Realidades Consensuales (MSRC). It also sells professional development programs (diplomas, courses, workshops, talks) for mental-health practitioners, and organizational consulting services (consultancy, corporate workshops, talks, and workplace mentorship) for companies.

Product overview

The Instituto de Terapia Familiar de Santiago operates as a unified clinical services and professional training institute. Its core offerings center on systemic psychotherapy — individual, couple, and family therapy, plus separation consulting — delivered through its own team of therapists using the institution's proprietary Modelo Sistémico en Realidades Consensuales. These clinical services are complemented by a structured training portfolio (Diplomados, Cursos, Talleres, Charlas/Conversatorios) and an enterprise-facing division (Consultoría Organizacional, Talleres Empresariales, Mentoría Laboral) targeting corporate clients. The training and corporate divisions share the same systemic-constructivist epistemological foundation as the clinical arm.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Modelo Sistémico en Realidades Consensuales: The institute's proprietary therapeutic model integrating second-order cybernetics and the Biological Theory of Knowledge of Dr. Humberto Maturana, centered on co-constructing new realities through therapeutic conversation.

Products and services

• Terapia Individual One-on-one psychotherapy for adults delivered through the institute's systemic Modelo Sistémico en Realidades Consensuales, addressing personal emotional, relational, or life-transition issues.
• Terapia de Pareja Systemic psychotherapy for couples experiencing conflict, communication issues, or relational transitions, delivered via the MSRC model in person or online.
• Terapia Familiar Systemic family psychotherapy involving multiple family members, focused on relational dynamics, parenting, life-cycle transitions, and conflict resolution.
• Consultoría en Separación Specialized consultancy service for individuals and couples navigating separation or divorce, applying the institute's systemic approach to manage the relational and practical transition.
• Diplomado en Terapia de Pareja Year-long postgraduate diploma program in couple therapy, priced at $4,400,000 CLP with 11 installment payments, designed to credential mental-health professionals in the MSRC-based systemic approach to couple therapy.
• Cursos Shorter-format continuing-education courses for mental-health professionals covering topics in systemic therapy and the MSRC model, eligible for the institute's 10% multi-course loyalty discount.
• Talleres Workshop-format training sessions for mental-health professionals offering hands-on practice and applied learning in systemic therapy techniques.
• Charlas y Conversatorios Public talks and discussion-format sessions for professionals and the wider community on topics related to systemic therapy, family dynamics, and mental health.
• Consultoría Organizacional Organizational consulting service delivered through Coddou Méndez Consultores, applying the MSRC systemic lens to workplace dynamics, leadership, and team challenges for corporate clients.
• Talleres Empresariales Corporate workshop offerings for organizations, focused on interpersonal dynamics, team cohesion, and leadership development, delivered on client premises.
• Charlas y Conversatorios Empresariales Corporate talks and discussion-format sessions for organizations on workplace mental health, team dynamics, and relational topics.
• Mentoría Laboral Workplace mentorship offering for organizations, providing individual or group mentoring to support professional development and interpersonal performance.
• Modelo Sistémico en Realidades Consensuales (MSRC) The institute's proprietary theoretical-practical framework, developed by its founders, which underpins all clinical therapy, training, and consulting offerings and serves as a recognizable intellectual asset for the brand.
• Coddou Méndez Consultores Corporate consulting arm associated with the institute's leadership that delivers the organizational consultancy, corporate workshops, talks, and workplace mentorship offerings to corporate clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Near 800 professionals (psychologists and psychiatrists) trained over 43 years
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Universidad San SebastiáncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2008Universidad San Sebastián has partnered with the institute on multiple events: the 2008 International Congress 'Realidades Emergentes en Familia y Pareja', the 2010 Clinical Encounter, and the 2012 Workshop on Infidelity and Social Networks. The university provided venues and institutional backing.
• Universidad MayorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2008Universidad Mayor hosted the 2008 Clinical Encounter (July 9-10) at its Manuel Montt campus and the 2006 Clinical jornadas at its Alameda campus, providing venues and institutional support for institute events.
• Embassy of Italy in ChileminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 November 1993The Embassy of Italy cooperated with the institute on the 1993 International Conference 'Sistema, Interacción Humana y Lenguaje', which featured the Grupo de Milán (Boscolo and Cecchin).
• Colegio de Psicólogos de Chile A.G.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 November 1993The Chilean Psychologists Association (Colegio de Psicólogos de Chile A.G.) provided patronage for the 1993 International Conference organized by the institute.
• Colegio Médico Regional SantiagominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 November 1993The Santiago Regional Medical Board (Colegio Médico Regional Santiago) provided patronage for the 1993 International Conference.
• UNICEFmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 May 1990UNICEF provided patronage for the 1990 International Congress 'La Familia en Proceso de Cambio' organized by the institute, alongside other sponsors. This was a landmark event in Latin American systemic therapy.
• Fundación AndesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 May 1990Fundación Andes provided patronage/sponsorship for the 1990 International Congress organized by the institute.
• INACAPminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 1983INACAP (Instituto Nacional de Capacitación) provided auspices/sponsorship for the institute's 1983 seminar 'Familia – Un Sistema Unitario' delivered by Dr. Carlos Sluzki at INACAP's Aula Magna.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• BetterHelp: Large-scale teletherapy platform serving Spanish-speaking clients across Latin America. Compares as a tech-enabled, scaling therapy delivery model that competes for the same clinical therapy demand that ITF serves with an in-person/systemic approach.

Direct peers

• Ackerman Institute for the Family: New York-based nonprofit family therapy training and clinical institute offering postgraduate training, supervision, and clinical services. Highly comparable to ITF as a founder-anchored training and treatment center with proprietary clinical models and an alumni-network-driven reputation.
• Mental Research Institute (MRI) Palo Alto: Pioneering systemic and strategic family therapy institute founded in 1958, with deep historical ties to ITF (Carlos Sluzki, its former director, is an ITF consultant). Compares as the foundational systemic-therapy research and training center that ITF's MSRC draws from.
• Center for Family Systems (formerly Brief Therapy Center): Boulder-based training and clinical institute teaching strategic/interactional family therapy. Comparable as a private training-and-treatment center offering intensive workshops, diploma-style training, and systemic clinical services with proprietary method.
• Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center (Minuchin Center): Family therapy training and clinical center descended from Salvador Minuchin's structural family therapy lineage. Comparable to ITF as a training-and-treatment institution rooted in a named founder/method tradition and serving systemic therapy professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Tavistock Clinic: UK NHS-anchored mental health training and clinical institution where ITF co-founder Fernando Coddou previously worked. Comparable as a major systemic/psychodynamic training and treatment institution with alumni networks and accredited programs.
• Marlborough Family Service: London family therapy training and clinical service formerly led by Alan Cooklin (ITF international consultant). Directly comparable as a founder-linked UK family therapy training institution with similar postgraduate training programs.

Others

• Family Process (journal): Leading peer-reviewed family therapy journal formerly edited by Carlos Sluzki (ITF consultant). Not a direct peer but an adjacent ecosystem participant that channels intellectual authority between systemic therapy training institutes like ITF.

Regional players

• Instituto de la Familia (IF): Mexico-based family therapy training and clinical institute with postgraduate diplomas and clinical services. Directly comparable as a Spanish-language regional peer offering systemic therapy training and direct clinical care in Latin America.
• Centro de Estudios Sistémicos (CES): Chilean systemic therapy training center offering postgraduate programs and clinical services. Closest domestic peer to ITF Santiago within Chile, competing for the same Spanish-language systemic-therapy student market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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