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IFS is a team of family therapists The Institute is well known throughout New Jersey and the nation for its innovative programs.

The Institute for Family Services (IFS) is a team of family therapists committed to producing change that embraces safe, respectful, nurturing and empowering relationships for all individuals, communities and families. These programs support family members around issues of loss, chronic illness, substance abuse, marital conflict, divorce, post-divorce, single parenthood, youth, children and parenting in crises, and workplace challenges. The programs also encourage healing by embracing life-affirming choices, based on a strong foundation of empowerment and accountability. Mindful of the resilience embodied by those who struggle, our therapeutic process anchors the problems presented within a system of support, care, and action strategies. Because junior and senior therapists work as a team, clients receive the same high-quality treatment, regardless of their ability to pay. In this regard, the Institute differs from most therapeutic centers where senior clinicians are privileged to serve higher-paying clients while junior clinicians are assigned to lower-paying clients. IFS participates with all private, non-managed care insurance companies and offers a sliding scale.

10/23/2026

Care rooted in connection and community. 💛

The Institute for Family Services is now accepting new therapy clients for secure online sessions throughout New Jersey.

Our therapy is grounded in Liberation-Based Healing, supporting individuals, couples, children, adolescents, parents, and families through care that recognizes the importance of relationships, lived experiences, and community.

✓ PPO insurance & sliding-fee options
✓ Early & late-evening consultations
✓ Services in Spanish
✓ Online therapy for New Jersey residents

With 30+ years of clinical practice, a strong publication record, and decades of experience training mental health professionals, IFS brings a deeply rooted approach to healing and care.
📞 Call us at **732-873-1663** or scan the QR code to request an appointment today.

10/21/2026

How do we connect struggles across borders while remaining accountable to their distinct histories and demands?

Chandni Desai, Jairo Fúnez-Flores, Zahra Billoo, and Clifton Matias are among the featured presenters gathering for the 21st Annual Liberation-Based Healing Conference.

Join scholars, educators, practitioners, and organizers to interrogate colonial structures and explore what collective healing and liberation demand of our institutions and everyday practices.

Invite someone whose work belongs in this conversation.

NOVEMBER 6–7, 2026
Online via Zoom | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern, both days
Professionals $160 | Students $40 | Activists $40
15 CEUs advertised; confirm eligibility for your profession before registering.

COURAGE – RESIST – CELEBRATE

Register today—and personally invite one colleague to join you:

https://conta.cc/4wu2oSb

📲 Link in bio for easy access!

10/20/2026

What would it take to restructure the institutions where we teach, practice, organize, and seek healing?

Join us for the 21st Annual Liberation-Based Healing Conference: two days of scholarship, dialogue, and liberatory praxis confronting colonial power and building possibilities for collective healing and liberation.

For therapists, educators, students, organizers, supervisors, and organizational leaders.

NOVEMBER 6–7, 2026
Online via Zoom | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern, both days
Now at a reduced price: Professionals $160 | Students and Activists $40
15 CEUs advertised; confirm eligibility for your profession before registering.

Register today—and personally invite one colleague to join you:

📅 November 6–7, 2026
💻 Online | 🎓 15 CEUs Available

Register today:
https://conta.cc/4wu2oSb

📲 Link in bio for easy access!

COURAGE – RESIST – CELEBRATE

10/19/2026

When education reproduces the structures it claims to challenge, what must change?

David Stovall, Michelle Fine, Sakeena Everett, and Lisa Werkmeister Rozas are among the featured presenters at the 21st Annual Liberation-Based Healing Conference.

We invite educators, field instructors, supervisors, students, and institutional leaders into two days of dialogue about colonial power, accountability, and the possibilities of liberatory praxis.

Bring these questions from your classroom, field placement, or institution into the conversation.

NOVEMBER 6–7, 2026
Online via Zoom | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern, both days
Professionals $190 | Students $40 | Activists $50

COURAGE – RESIST – CELEBRATE

15 CEUs advertised; confirm eligibility for your profession before registering.

Register today—and personally invite one colleague to join you:

https://conta.cc/4wu2oSb

📲 Link in bio for easy access!

COURAGE – RESIST – CELEBRATE

10/16/2026

What would it take to restructure the institutions where we teach, practice, organize, and seek healing?

Join us for the 21st Annual Liberation-Based Healing Conference: two days of scholarship, dialogue, and liberatory praxis confronting colonial power and building possibilities for collective healing and liberation.

For therapists, educators, students, organizers, supervisors, and organizational leaders.

NOVEMBER 6–7, 2026
Online via Zoom | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern, both days
Professionals $190 | Students $40 | Activists $50
15 CEUs advertised; confirm eligibility for your profession before registering.

Register today—and personally invite one colleague to join you:

📅 November 6–7, 2026
💻 Online | 🎓 15 CEUs Available

Register today:
https://conta.cc/4wu2oSb

📲 Link in bio for easy access!

COURAGE – RESIST – CELEBRATE

10/14/2026

We're honored to welcome Sonalee Rashatwar as a featured presenter at the 21st Annual Liberation-Based Healing Conference.

A clinical social worker, s*x therapist, political educator, and organizer, Sonalee is the co-founder of Radical Therapy Center. Their work centers fat-positive s*xual healthcare, trauma-informed healing, and anti-violence advocacy, inspiring new possibilities for a more decolonial future.

Join us this November as we explore Building Futurisms Together.

Courage. Resist. Celebrate.

📅 November 6–7, 2026
💻 Online Conference
🎓 15 NJ–NY CEUs Available

Register today:
🔗 https://www.instituteforfamilyservices.com/event/liberation-based-healing-conference-2026/

📲 Link in bio for easy access!

10/11/2026

The work is not to become more comfortable within oppressive systems—but to transform them.

Join us this November as we explore Building Futurisms Together.

Courage. Resist. Celebrate.

📅 November 6–7, 2026
💻 Online | 🎓 15 CEUs Available

Register today:
https://conta.cc/4wu2oSb

📲 Link in bio for easy access!

10/07/2026

We’re honored to welcome Clifton Matias as a featured presenter at the 21st Annual Liberation-Based Healing Conference.

A Taíno/Quechua activist, cultural teacher, and artist, Clifton has spent more than 28 years advocating for Indigenous communities, land protection, and cultural integrity.

Join us this November as we explore Building Futurisms Together.

Courage. Resist. Celebrate.

📅 November 6–7, 2026
💻 Online Conference
🎓 15 NJ–NY CEUs Available

Register today:
🔗 https://www.instituteforfamilyservices.com/event/liberation-based-healing-conference-2026/

📲 Link in bio for easy access!

Address

3 Clyde Road
Somerset, NJ
08873

Telephone

+17328731663

Website

http://www.instituteforfamilyservices.com/

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