MASP: An Intensive Psychotherapy Certification Program in the Principles and Practice of Control-Mastery Theory
This 24-week, intensive class focuses on the fundamentals of CMT, how to apply it clinically, and how to develop effective case formulations for what your patients need to optimize therapeutic responsiveness. The class features multiple instructors with clinical and research experience in CMT and includes ongoing case conferences that promise to be clinically enriching and enjoyable.
Live Lecture Series on Zoom:
24-weekly meetings every Monday, 12:00 - 1:30 pm PST
October 27th, 2025 through April 27th, 2026
(with 3 Mondays off for Holidays)
Registration Open From August 11th, 2025 to October 24th, 2025
At a Glance
Course Level: Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced
Registration Costs:
$975 for SFPRG Members
$1,175 for General Public
$850 for Students (Unlicensed or within two years post-licensure; comes with free SFPRG membership)
Continuing Education Credits:
36 APA-approved CE Credits Available
If you would like CE credits, please indicate so during registration!
Why This Course?
Research has shown that some therapists are significantly better than others: their patients improve faster, they are more satisfied with their therapy experience, achieve better outcomes, and they are far less likely to drop-out of therapy.
What are these effective therapists doing that their less effective counterparts are not?
We have distilled SFPRG’s fifty years of empirical research and clinical experience into an online intensive psychotherapy training course that aims to answer this important question and offer you the framework to put it into practice in your therapy work. Control-mastery theory (CMT) is an integrated psychodynamic-cognitive-relational model about how and why psychotherapy works.
It does not privilege any one set of techniques or approach to doing psychotherapy. Rather, it provides a way of understanding each patient's unique needs in therapy and how to adjust one's approach to be responsive to that patient’s individual needs.
Topics Will Include:
Elements of Control Mastery Theory
Adaptation, Safety, and Attachment
Pathogenic Beliefs
Responsiveness, Coaching, and Testing
Plan Formulation
Culture and patient-specific variables
Use and Evaluation of the Plan
