Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena

What Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena does

Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena (ITFS) is a privately held Italian psychotherapy institute founded in 1992 in Siena, operating as a S.r.l. with approximately 11 employees and a broader clinical and didactic staff of around 21. The institute combines two interlocking business lines: (1) direct clinical services providing individual, couple, and family psychotherapy using a systemic-relational approach; and (2) professional training, anchored by a MIUR-recognized four-year Specialization School in Family and Relational Psychotherapy (admitting 15 students per year) and an extended portfolio of short- and medium-format courses covering family mediation, forensic psychology, social work, foster care/adoption, child maltreatment, group leadership, and supervised clinical practice.

ITFS's underlying clinical methodology is a proprietary Symbolic Tri-Generational Model that integrates structural-experiential (Minuchin, Whitaker), tri-generational (Boszormenyi-Nagy, Bowen, Andolfi), attachment, EMDR, and Sensory Motor Psychotherapy techniques. The institute delivers services across three physical locations in Tuscany (Siena headquarters, Grosseto since 2011, and Poggibonsi), supplemented by online workshops for select courses. Its distribution model relies on Open Days, professional seminars, university internships, and a referral network anchored by its founding-membership status in AITF (Association of Family Therapy Institutes) and AIMS (Italian Association of Systemic Mediators).

The revenue model is a hybrid of recurring tuition (Specialization School at €4,000/year, Psychotherapy Training at €1,800/year, plus €300 annual memberships), one-time fees for short courses and seminars (€50–€2,800), and fee-for-service clinical sessions. Institutional revenue comes from conventions with public bodies such as the Comune di Siena, COeSO Grosseto, regional ASL units, and Italian courts that procure ITFS staff for technical consultation and expert witness work. The company has no external investors, no funding rounds, and operates as a founder-/clinician-managed professional practice.

Name

Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena

Legal name

Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena S.r.l.

Website

https://itfs.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena is a MIUR-recognized Italian psychotherapy institute and clinical practice founded in 1992, offering systemic-relational psychotherapy services and professional training — including a four-year Specialization School — across three Tuscany locations to individuals, families, and mental-health professionals.

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Product category

Family Psychotherapy Training and Clinical Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAKAFAM

OT Evaluations, Assessments & IEP/504 Planning Support

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Occupational Therapy (OT) & Sensory Integration Services

Keywords

• Family psychotherapy training
• Clinical psychotherapy services
• Systemic-relational therapy
• Family mediation courses
• Forensic psychology training

Headquarters

HQ city

Siena

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Specialization School Fees: The 4-year Specialization School in Family and Relational Psychotherapy generates revenue through annual tuition fees of €4,000 plus €300 annual membership, with 15 students admitted per year.
2. Professional Training Courses: Various annual and biennial courses including Family Mediation (€1,800/year), Social Operator Training (€1,400/year), Technical Consultation courses (€2,500-2,800), and Supervision Training (€1,500). Fees are typically paid in installments.
3. Psychotherapy Training: Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy Training Course spanning 3 years at €1,800 annual plus IVA, with optional 4th year for clinical supervision.
4. Seminars and Workshops: Single seminars and workshop events with varying fees, typically ranging from €50-€350 depending on duration and accreditation.
5. Clinical Services: Individual, couple, and family psychotherapy services provided at the institute's locations in Siena, Grosseto, and Poggibonsi.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena (ITFS) is a psychotherapy institute that delivers clinical psychotherapy services (individual, couple, and family therapy using the systemic-relational approach) at three locations in Tuscany, alongside a MIUR-recognized four-year Specialization School in Family and Relational Psychotherapy and a broad portfolio of professional training courses covering family mediation, forensic/technical consultation, social work, foster care and adoption, trauma, and group leadership.

Product overview

The Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Siena (ITFS) operates as a unified psychotherapy institute combining clinical services with professional training. The core offerings include a MIUR-recognized four-year Specialization School in Family Relational Psychotherapy, direct clinical interventions (individual, couple, and family psychotherapy using systemic-relational approach), and an extensive portfolio of training courses including Family Mediation (AIMS-recognized), Technical Consultation/Expert Witness, Social Operator, Foster Care/Adoption, Sexual Abuse/Maltreatment, Group Leadership, and thematic laboratories. The institute also provides Neutral Space services for supervised parent-child visits and runs a continuous seminar program with national and international experts. The ITFS model is distinguished by its symbolic-trigenerational approach integrating attachment theory, trauma psychology, and experiential techniques including EMDR and Sensory Motor Psychotherapy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 30+ years of clinical and training experience
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

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

• AITF - Associazione Istituti di Terapia FamiliarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerITFS is a founding member of AITF, which includes 8 family therapy institutes across Italy: ITF Florence, Veneto ITF (Treviso, Padova, Verona), IMePS, ITF Bologna, ISCRA Modena, and IRIS Milan. The association provides mutual recognition of training and supervision across member institutes.
• AIMS - Associazione Italiana Mediatori SistemicicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember since April 1995 of AIMS (Italian Association of Systemic Mediators). AIMS provides recognition for ITFS family mediation training courses and certification for family mediators.
• Università Cattolica di MilanomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration from 2010-2014 on a biennial Master in Legal Psychology: Clinical Interventions in Judicial Settings, with teaching facilities at ITFS Siena. Also collaboration with Centro Studi sulla Famiglia on technical consultation in civil matters and family mediation.
• Comune di SienamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvention since 2003 with the Direction of Social Services for promotion and implementation of interventions for maternity, childhood, and family protection. Includes family mediation, socio-therapeutic support, family therapy for abuse cases, Neutral Space service, and support for adoptive/foster parents.
• Università di CassinominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in 2007 for organization and management of the Level II Master in Family Mediation.
• Università degli Studi Milano-BicoccaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvention defined for conducting joint research and training programs.
• COeSO Grosseto (Società della Salute)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConvention from 2012-2015 for training and supervision activities for social-health operators in the Grosseto area.
• Centro Studi Famiglie Università di LosannaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Prof. Elisabeth Fivaz for application of Lausanne Triadic Play methodology to Family Mediation and Divorce Therapy.
• Centro LOGOS GenovaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in family mediation field contributing to the book 'La Mediazione Familiare' (Raffaello Cortina Ed., 2002) by Dott. Dino Mazzei.
• Various Italian UniversitiesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaborations with Universities of Siena, Rome, Florence, and Milan through seminars, lectures, and courses. Accepts psychology graduates for post-graduation internships from major Italian universities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: UK-based psychotherapy and family-therapy training institution with national recognition. Comparable as a much larger incumbent operating in the same psychotherapy training category.
• Ackerman Institute for the Family: Established US family therapy training and clinical institute with substantially larger scale than ITFS. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the same family-therapy training category internationally.
• Centro Studi sulla Famiglia (Università Cattolica di Milano): University-affiliated Italian center for family studies and family mediation training, with which ITFS partnered on technical-consultation training. Comparable because it offers overlapping training and certification but anchored to a large university.

Direct peers

• Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Firenze: AITF co-founding member based in Florence delivering identical model: MIUR-recognized specialization school, clinical services, and family mediation training. Closest geographic and structural peer to ITFS.
• Centro LOGOS Genova: Italian family-mediation organization explicitly named as ITFS's partner and collaborator. Comparable because it operates in the same systemic-mediation training and clinical niche in Liguria.
• IMePS: AITF co-founding member providing family therapy training and clinical services in Italy. Operates the same AITF mutual recognition of qualifications as ITFS.
• Istituto Veneto di Terapia Familiare: AITF co-founding member offering the same systemic-relational family therapy training and clinical services in Veneto (Treviso, Padova, Verona). Direct comparable: ITFS's external didactic staff includes its Director Aldo Mattucci, confirming tight operational similarity.
• Istituto di Terapia Familiare di Bologna: AITF co-founding member in Bologna with the same MIUR-recognized specialization and clinical practice profile. Comparable in size and modality to ITFS.
• ISCRA Modena: AITF member institute in Modena offering systemic-relational psychotherapy training and clinical services. Same business model and AITF mutual-recognition framework as ITFS.
• IRIS Istituto di Ricerca e Intervento per la Salute: AITF co-founding member based in Milan offering systemic-relational family therapy training and clinical services. Comparable because it operates the same AITF framework in a different Italian region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Itfsiena
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/istituto-di-terapia-familiare-di-siena

Compliance2 records

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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