The Family Institute of Neve Yerushalayim offers an intensive two-year, 33-semester hour program leading to a Certificate in Mental Health and Family Studies. Successful completion of the certificate requirements will grant eligibility to apply to The Institute’s advanced training program in Counseling and Family Therapy. 

The Mental Health and Family Studies Program develops initial competencies in professional counseling skills across a broad spectrum of practice fields, and provides a strong conceptual foundation for future clinical practice. Although this is a non-degree program of studies, it is nevertheless both intensive and demanding in its training of future counseling professionals.

The objective of the program is to help religious men and women (in separate tracks) develop a high level of "culturally sensitive clinical competency" in the field of counseling and family therapy in preparation for service to the Dati/Charedi community in Israel. It is intended as a path to a meaningful professional career in counseling. 

Courses offered in the Certificate Program include:

¨ Basic Counseling Skills

¨ Counseling Theories

¨ Developmental Processes and Strategies

¨ Psychological Aspects of Marital and Family Therapy

¨ Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy

¨ Couple Counseling

¨ Advanced Psychopathology

¨ Clinical Practicum

¨ Parent-Child Interaction

¨ Seminar on the Israeli Family

¨ Social and Cultural Foundations of Human Behavior

¨ Personal Growth Laboratory