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Who We Are
We are clinicians passionate about the power of couple and family therapy to transform lives and heal relationships.
We draw from psychodynamic theory and family systems thinking—bringing together what's beneath the surface with how relationships are structured.
Our training, consultation, and community help clinicians deepen their clinical thinking and show up more effectively for the couples and families they serve.
PCFINE is a nonprofit organization created by—and for—clinicians who know this work is too important, and too complex, to do alone.
We're a community grounded in curiosity, reflection, and genuine care for one another.
Welcome from our Co-Presidents
| Practicing couple and family therapy asks a great deal of us. If you're here, you're likely looking for a place to keep learning, refine your craft, and connect with clinicians who understand this work. PCFINE is a professional home for therapists who value ongoing growth, reflection, and dialogue. We offer opportunities to learn together, to question together, and to remain engaged with the evolving theory and practice of relational work. We’re glad you’re here. PCFINE exists to support your ongoing growth as a relational clinician. Sincerely, |
We believe...
Growth happens in relationship,
Leading-edge thinking pairs beautifully with warmth and support, and
The field should be inclusive and responsive to the diverse ways people love and form families today.
Our MISSION
To enrich the experience of individuals, couples, and families—and the professionals who serve them.
The Psychodynamic Couple and Family Institute of New England (PCFINE) advances the understanding and practice of couple and family therapy through integrated psychodynamic and systemic training, professional education, and consultation. We support clinicians in deepening their capacity to understand unconscious processes, relational patterns, and social contexts that impact conflict, shape connection, and influence belonging in families. PCFINE fosters a collaborative learning community grounded in curiosity, reflection, and relational responsibility.
A future where couple and family therapy is accessible, inclusive, equity-driven, and responsive to the full diversity of how people love and form families.
PCFINE envisions a professional community and a broader society in which clinicians are equipped to authentically connect and encourage resilience with a variety of diverse couples and families. We aspire to be a leader in postgraduate education that integrates depth-oriented clinical thinking with systemic awareness, while actively addressing social and structural barriers to relational health. Our vision is a field that is inclusive, reflective, and responsive to the evolving forms of intimacy, family, and identity.
INTEGRATED CRITICAL THINKING
We affirm the essential integration of psychodynamic and family systems perspectives to understand unconscious processes, relational dynamics, and the organizational structures of interpersonal conflict.
RELATIONAL LEARNING AND COMMUNITY
We believe learning happens best in relationship. PCFINE is a community where clinicians can learn, grow, question, and be shaped by one another across experience levels and identities.
EQUITY, INCLUSION, & ACCOUNTABILITY
We are committed to an ongoing process of examining and dismantling racism, classism, ageism, sexism, heteronormativity, and other systems of oppression as they operate personally, relationally, culturally, institutionally, and within our own organization.
BELONGING FOR ALL KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS
We provide a space of belonging for clinicians working with a wide range of family relationships and structures, honoring the complexity and diversity of contemporary relational life.
ACCESS & STRUCTURAL CHANGE
We recognize that socioeconomic barriers limit participation in professional communities. We commit to reducing these barriers through sliding-scale and equity-based membership and training opportunities, and through long-term structural change reflected in our leadership, governance, and programming.
SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION
We are committed to long-term, meaningful change—not symbolic inclusion—by embedding equity, diversity, and relational ethics into our organizational practices, training models, and institutional culture.