of in-home family therapy for
social action professionals.
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About us
We are a team of five entities dedicated to creating an innovative model of in-home family therapy.
Our mission is to provide social action professionals with a solid foundation for effective home interventions. Through the stages of theoretical design, practical implementation, and specialized training, we aim to enhance both professional development and the quality of life of the families involved.
Hedera’s objectives are structured along two lines: the construction of a model for in-home family therapeutic intervention and the development of training for professionals in the model for their proper qualification.
Develop an in-home family therapy model to impact family relational health, especially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conceptualize and promote a therapeutic intervention that simultaneously treats the relational health of the entire family and each of its members.
Design and implement the in-home family therapy model as a complementary service to standard public mental health services as well as public social services, with the aim of adding a therapeutic resource that promotes the relational health of parents so they can develop their ability to meet the health and development needs of their children.
Evaluate the constructed model through pilot experiences in the different partner countries of the project by collecting and analyzing evidence, under the coordination of experts in the field of research, with the aim of implementing improvements in the model.
Build a training proposal aimed at family therapy and social action professionals that provides them with the knowledge, tools, and techniques of the evaluated model for proper therapeutic practice at home.
Implement the constructed training proposal to professionals both in online and face-to-face actions.
Evaluate the training proposal through the realization of different training meetings in both online and face-to-face modalities.
Carry out a timed communication plan throughout the project.
Define the contents of dissemination both on social networks and on the web with the aim of developing the project with total transparency.
Plan the different events, having a reference briefing developed among the partners and adapting it to the idiosyncrasies of each country.
Disseminate and share knowledge, experiences, and the established model, as well as training appropriate to the different sociocultural contexts of the countries that are part of the partnership, through each of the planned communication actions.
Establish the bases to give continuity and exploit the project once the three years of duration are completed.
Progress
Management
Production of management documents and the quality plan at the start of the project; process and quality reports; periodic reports to the agency; results evaluation; and the organization of the various in-person and remote meetings of the project.
Communication
Project dissemination actions, with the creation of a dissemination plan, a graphic charter, and a transparency website at the beginning of the project; the execution of different social media campaigns at the end of each project phase; the exploitation of results activities; and the final dissemination events.
Construction of the in-home family therapy model and the design of the intervention and applied research.
Development
Implementation of the model developed, with a succession of actions in 3 phases (initial, intermediate, and final) involving intervention with families, application of questionnaires and data collection instruments, and data analysis. In the intermediate phase, an adjustment in the model is also planned, and at the end of the work package, the preparation of the final document of the model (once implemented and evaluated) is envisaged.
Implementation
Construction and implementation of training aimed at professionals in the family intervention model developed and evaluated in the previous work packages. It includes the activities of designing the training and the teaching-learning resources, as well as the realization of different training events (online and in-person).
Training
A transdisciplinary training in professional competencies to work on the relational health of families at home.
Based on the Hedera Model of Family Therapy at home.
Free training
Training sheet
Cost: FREE training · Co-funded by the European Union.
Aimed at: Professionals in psychology, social work, social education and psychotherapy who preferably have a background in systemic family-relational therapy.
Online start: Monday 4 May 2026 · Online introductory session from 13:00–14:00h.
In-person or online modules: Thursday 7 and Friday 15 May 2026 · 9:30–14:30h (hybrid sessions: choose between attending in person or online).
Format: Hybrid · synchronous sessions in person or online via Zoom + self-directed work on the Moodle platform.
* Exceptionally, if someone justifies their interest in the training and their inability to attend synchronously, they may contact the EDUVIC · ITINERE secretariat (gemma.sanz@eduvic.coop) to discuss justified reasons.
Location: Hybrid room 01+02 at the Institut de Formació Contínua IL·3 – Universitat de Barcelona · Carrer de la Ciutat de Granada, 131, 08018, Barcelona.
Registration: You can register until 30 April.
A few days before the start you will receive the Zoom link for the online sessions.
Total approximate duration: 36 hours: 10h synchronous + self-directed work on the platform + assessment.
Base model: Hedera model of systemic family intervention in the home (evidence-based).
Programme
📅 Monday 4 May · 13:00h–14:00h
Introduction
Introductory session to the training. Presentation of the Hedera Project.
📅 Thursday 7 May · 9:30h–14:30h
Modules 1 and 2
Technical foundations: Systemic-relational bases applied to home-based intervention. The relational health triangle. Role, functions and boundaries of the systemic home therapist: operative transdisciplinarity. Introduction to third-order factors in relational diagnosis. Ethics in high-proximity contexts. Protocol for entering, positioning and leaving the home. Verbal and non-verbal communication: presence, rhythm, tone, distance, gaze. Neuroscience applied to bonding: safety, emotional regulation and alliance. Diagnosis as a therapeutic process. Contextual systemic assessment, relational and environmental observation, systemic objectives and hypotheses in the home. Management of physical space as a therapeutic/socio-educational tool.
Workshops: Family electrocardiogram and OSCE – simulation of entering the home.
Light evaluative closing.
📅 Friday 15 May · 9:30h–14:30h
Modules 3 and 4
Technical foundations: Designing the therapeutic plan in the home and applying techniques to promote relational health. Designing the intervention route: objectives, sequence, coordination and follow-up, closure and feedback to the family.
Workshops: Initial relational intervention plan (PIRI) and transfer plan.
Light evaluative closing.
36 hours are accredited, divided into: 10 synchronous hours (in person or online) + self-directed work on the platform + assessment.
