Training for the Advanced PACT Practitioner
The PACT Institute’s commitment to education and training has long helped clinicians move forward in the practice of couple therapy.
PACT Level 3 Online Training helps you expand your skills, gain deeper understanding, and develop a more complete command of advanced PACT interventions.
PACT Level 3 provides an innovative curriculum and proven organizational structure to support your growth and development as a couple therapist. This level of training prepares you to become a top PACT provider. Successful completion of Level 3 training also enables you to seek PACT certification.
The next PACT Level 3 course will be offered in 2024, which makes 2023 the year to endeavor more deeply in the application of your current PACT knowledge and abilities. As a Level 2 alum, use 2023 to actively practice, apply, and expand what you have learned in Levels 1 and 2.
We want nothing more than for you to enter Level 3 successfully, complete Level 3 successfully, and complete our certification program successfully. We believe in setting you up for success, setting your couple clients up for success, and healing as much of the world as we can together.
The PACT Institute offers many opportunities right now that are designed to help you advance and prepare for the rigors of Level 3.
With Level 3 requirements like these in mind, we encourage you to develop a strategy and a timeline to tackle the application checklist. Use 2023 to prepare for acceptance into the program and the work needed to complete this advanced training in 2024.
As you prepare for Level 3 in 2024, think: Grad School. The Level 3 program is vigorous and challenging, much like a good graduate school program. Level 3 has high academic expectations along with dedicated faculty support. The training combines online learning consisting of four two-day experiential teaching blocks with PACT founder Dr. Stan Tatkin and core faculty member Dr. Hans Stahlschmidt.
Stan and Hans are committed to nurturing your professional and clinical development and helping you deepen your clinical knowledge and skills.
In addition to the training weekends, Stan and Hans lead a series of book discussion groups for Level 3 students. These groups meet outside of the scheduled class time and foster self-reflection as well as the introduction and integration of new ideas.
Support is a cornerstone throughout the training. In Level 3, the majority of the training sessions are spent workshopping new skills and getting instruction in real time. Stan and Hans provide frequent feedback on each student's work and complete written evaluations of their final papers.
PACT Level 3 training emphasizes developing a more complete command of advanced PACT skills and deepening the integration of PACT into your clinical practice.
Building on what you learned in Level 2, you’ll gain new insight, develop your assessment strategies and intervention techniques, and enjoy collaborating with colleagues on particularly thorny cases.
Learn how to handle common difficult situations, including: sexual issues, personality issues, acting out, staging, betrayal, deal breakers, Islands and Waves, disorganized presentation, additions, and situations where one partner doesn’t want to play.
Take PACT even further in your work with couples. Successful completion of Level 3 training rewards you with the designation as a PACT Level 3 clinician/therapist, indicating knowledge of and proficiency in integrating basic and advanced PACT skills and principles in a clinical setting. Successful completion of Level 3 training also opens the door for you to seek PACT certification.
Level 3 was designed for high-level PACT practitioners who have been using PACT in their practice for a minimum of three years and is ready for in-depth learning to integrate their knowledge, expand their skills, and deepen the integration of PACT into their clinical practice.
The training is limited to a maximum of 20 students. The low student to teacher ratio enables a different type of training experience with a high level of attention and support from each instructor for each student. In Level 3, the majority of the training sessions are spent workshopping new skills and getting feedback in real time.
To determine if you qualify for this advanced training, please read about PACT Level 3 requirements and expectations here.
Level 3 Training includes all Level 1 and 2 materials and resources plus:
Cost: $5,700
PACT training is intended for fully licensed marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists (or those who have earned an equivalent degree outside of the United States).
Requirements for Participation in PACT Level 3:
In addition, before registering for Level 3, you will be asked to:
"The course exceeded my expectations. I was in a work slump of sorts and it really brought me back to life in my work."
"The whole training has inspired me and rekindled a love for learning. My teaching and supervising has improved and clinical skills have advanced. The work is deep at a digestible pace. Would love to do it again."
"Both Hans and Stan are excellent teachers and their differing styles complemented each other both in the didactic portions … and especially in providing feedback after practice sessions as a therapist."
"I found all instructors to be very effective in modelling clinical thinking and how to use PACT skills more deeply and effectively."
"Stan and Hans were excellent instructors, both thoughtful, sensitive, and clear in their feedback, both creating a sense of safety, curiosity, and support for learning and trying new things … They were energetic and good at pivoting when the circumstances required it. Their brief demos were extremely helpful."
"I found PACT Level 3 training to be a remarkably rewarding experience and I am proud to have been a part of the cohort who completed the training during this extraordinary year..."
"Stan and Hans were attentive, thorough, and generous in their feedback and managed the flow of the course well."
At the end of PACT Level 3 Training, participants will be able to:
The next PACT Level 3 course will be offered in 2024, which makes 2023 the year to endeavor more deeply in the application of your current PACT knowledge and abilities. As a Level 2 alum, use 2023 to actively practice, apply, and expand what you have learned in Levels 1 and 2.
We want nothing more than for you to enter Level 3 successfully, complete Level 3 successfully, and complete our certification program successfully. We believe in setting you up for success, setting your couple clients up for success, and healing as much of the world as we can together.
The PACT Institute offers many opportunities right now that are designed to help you advance and prepare for the rigors of Level 3.