ICF
The ICF community gathered in front of the Guatemalan flag

Who we are

We are a humanistic and scientific educational institution that fosters the development of Guatemalan society through the university-level training of specialist psychotherapists at the service of the person and the family.

ICF graduation pins in their presentation boxes
+990Graduated professionals

+30

years pioneering Logotherapy in Guatemala

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graduated professionals

+200

patients served at our Clínicas de Sentido between 2025 and 2026

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institutions have been part of our Practice Network since 2005

ICF students in class

Why choose ICF?

At ICF, we train professionals with academic excellence, scientific rigor, and an integral vision of the person and the family, grounded in Guatemala's reality. Our professors specialize in Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Logotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Systemic Family Therapy, preparing students to understand, accompany, and intervene in highly complex cases.

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Academic endorsement from Galileo University

In alliance with Galileo University, we offer university programs with academic validity and endorsement that integrate our specialized training in Psychology, Logotherapy, and Family Studies.

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Clinical practice in real care settings

160 annual hours of supervised practice in hospitals, foundations, specialized centers, and our Clínicas de Sentido, accompanying different populations and realities across Guatemala.

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Pioneers of Logotherapy in Guatemala

More than 30 years training professionals in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. We are accredited members of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Vienna's international network, with an extensive academic history connected to Logotherapy and Personalism.

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Dr. Eduardo Suger and Dr. María de los Ángeles de Mollinedo during the signing of the Educational Agreement.
ICF · Instituto de Ciencias de la FamiliaUniversidad Galileo
Academic alliance

We created the first bachelor's degree in Family Sciences with a specialization in Logotherapy.

ICF and Galileo University maintain an academic alliance that combines academic excellence, innovation, technology, and a humanistic and personalist vision, focused on training professionals at the service of the person, the family, and Guatemalan society.

Through this alliance, ICF's academic work in Family Sciences, Logotherapy, and Family Psychology received university recognition and evolved into our current academic offering.

Our Programs

University education in Psychology, Family Studies, and Logotherapy at bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, complemented by diploma and continuing-education programs for professionals committed to mental health.

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ICF Clinical Psychology students
Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Psychology

Evidence-based clinical training to understand human behavior and address psychological processes and psychopathological manifestations through prevention, assessment, and intervention.

  • Once a week
  • Saturdays
  • 7:00 am – 3:30 pm
  • Zoom · live
Clínica de Sentido

Clínicas de Sentido

As part of our social outreach and supervised clinical practice, ICF students provide psychological care to the community under professional guidance.

Care is available for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families through approaches including Logotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Systemic Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

Viktor Frankl mural at the Clínica de Sentido

Professional Practice Network

ICF training extends to hospitals, foundations, specialized centers, and community programs, where our students apply their knowledge with different populations and realities across Guatemala.

  • Clínica de Sentido · ICF
  • Hospital General San Juan de Dios
  • Fundal
  • Operación Sonrisa
  • Instituto Neurológico de Guatemala
  • Fundación de Amor
  • Luz del Paraíso
  • Fundación Alberto Marvelli
  • Range of Motion Project (ROMP)
  • Centro de Rehabilitación Renacer
  • Asociación Guatemalteca de Esclerosis Múltiple (ASOGEM)
  • Fundación Juan Francisco García Comparini
  • Municipalidad de Guatemala · Jardines Infantiles
  • Dirección de la Mujer · Municipalidad de Guatemala
  • Complejo CETACH
Testimonials

For me, ICF is…

This master's degree helped me rediscover myself and the meaning of life, even in pain. Logotherapy stopped being theory and became my way of being in the world.

Claudia

Master's in Logotherapy, 2025

Logotherapy is not only a way of working in psychotherapy — it becomes a way of living. Being able to study it and internalize it as part of life is priceless.

Analizzette

Master's in Logotherapy, 2025

This path has been a journey to the heart of what truly matters in life: learning to live with purpose and to value every moment. It is a formation that changes lives — yours first.

Fernando

Master's in Logotherapy, 2025

"Because Guatemala needs me, because at ICF I know I can."

Professionals with Meaning · 2027

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