The European Family Therapy Association is an international non-profit association (AISBL) established in 1990 at the initiative of the European Family Therapy Network. This network, formally established in 1986, grew through informal meetings held at major conferences since 1983. From 1990 to 2001, the association was exclusively composed of qualified and experienced family therapists practicing systemic family therapy in Europe and Israel.
Since 2001, EFTA has established a new structure made up of three “chambers” (the Chamber of: Individual Members – CIM; National Associations – NFTO; Training Institutes – TIC,) thereby giving space for national associations for family therapy and training institutes to represent their particular interests.
Today, the EFTA Chamber of Individual Members (EFTA CIM) has approximately 900 individual members (in 29 European countries and some countries outside Europe).
