Bringing Science and Creativity to the Training Experience

All IOWA-PCIT trainings are designed for master’s-level mental health clinicians and student clinicians looking for a rigorous, yet flexible, approach to family therapy.

  • Flexibility for Real-World Practice: Designed to help clinicians figure out how to make this model fit the specific populations they serve, accounting for diverse demographics, cultural backgrounds, and unique family structures.
  • A Supportive Environment: Founded on the belief that therapists learn best when they feel free to explore, all trainings provide a playful, supportive environment where practitioners can practice new skills, discuss difficulties, and prepare to handle the challenges of helping families in clinical practice.
  • A Lifelong Community: Dr. Troutman loves seeing clinicians return for advanced trainings and hearing their stories of the families they’ve helped and the transformations they’ve witnessed in their local communities.
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IOWA-PCIT Training

For licensed or license-eligible mental health providers with a minimum of a master’s degree in a mental health field.

This year-long training provides mental health providers with the training and consultation needed to deliver IOWA-PCIT.

Providers learn:

  1. to administer and interpret standardized assessments of parent-child interaction based on attachment and behavioral principles
  2. to administer and interpret standardized assessments of disruptive behavior
  3. to coach parents in Child-Directed Interaction (CDI) and Parent-Directed Interaction (PDI)

This training includes 8 days of in-person or virtual small group training and monthly consultation calls. Mental health providers are encouraged to begin utilizing IOWA-PCIT following the initial training covering the basics of IOWA-PCIT. Subsequent training and monthly consultation calls provide support for implementation of IOWA-PCIT, including how to tailor the intervention based on attachment, presenting problems, cultural considerations, and other aspects of the families seen in IOWA-PCIT.

  • Next Offered: April 12 to 16, 2027 (Part I), July 12 to 14, 2027 (Part II)
  • Length: 1 Year
  • Cost: $4,000

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IOWA-PCIT Updates and Refresher

For providers who have completed training in IOWA-PCIT.

This single-day workshop reviews recent changes to the IOWA-PCIT protocol and handouts, reviews the core components of IOWA-PCIT, and addresses common questions experienced IOWA-PCIT therapists have about implementation.

  • Next Offered: November 6, 2026
  • Length: 1 Day
  • Cost: $200

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Wellness Retreat for IOWA-PCIT Therapists

For providers who have completed training in IOWA-PCIT.

Are you interested in exploring wellness activities within a community of IOWA-PCIT therapists? This two-day retreat is for you! This refreshing weekend escape includes dance, yoga, and writing experiences designed to prevent burnout and facilitate self-care.

  • Next Offered: October 10 and 11, 2026
  • Length: 2 days
  • Cost: $700

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Attachment Workshop for PCIT Therapists

For providers who have completed training in PCIT.

This workshop is designed for PCIT therapists interested in integrating behavioral and attachment-informed approaches when addressing problems in parent-child interactions. This three-day training explores how attachment theory and behaviorism conceptualize parent-child interactions. It will introduce PCIT therapists to research on attachment and research-based methods of assessing patterns of child-parent attachment. Participants will learn to recognize patterns of secure and insecure attachment and how to incorporate these observations into their PCIT coaching. Therapists who have completed training in PCIT-TF, PCIT International, or PCIT, Inc. protocols meet the criteria to be listed as IOWA-PCIT therapists after completing this workshop.

  • Next Offered: December 2, 3, and 4, 2026
  • Length: 3 days
  • Cost: $700

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Advanced Training in Integrating Clinical Application of Attachment into PCIT Coaching

For therapists who have completed training in IOWA-PCIT.

This training provides additional practice in interpreting clinical assessments of attachment and how to use observations of attachment to tailor PCIT coaching. In addition, research on adult attachment and identifying adult working models of attachment will be presented. Trainees learn how adult working models of attachment influence caregivers’ resistance to intervention and therapists’ countertransference reactions.

  • Next Offered: August 4, 5, and 6, 2027
  • Length: 3 days
  • Cost: $700

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