July / August 2023 Volume 22, No. 4

Meet the 2023 AAMFT Foundation and AAMFT Award Winners

The 2023 Awards Committee received many thoughtful and inspiring nominations that highlight the important work being done by AAMFT members to advance the profession of marriage and family therapy. We thank the Committee, chaired by Sarah Lyon, PhD and comprised of members Erica E. Hartwell, PhD, Heather Laird, PsyD and Silvia Kaminsky, MSEd for reviewing [...]

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May / June 2023 Volume 22, No. 3

Common Misconceptions About Portability

  Easy licensure portability—it is something everyone in a licensed profession wants, but it is not always easily understood. And as AAMFT embarks on a strategic effort to expand licensure portability for the MFT profession, it has never been more important to understand this process and to correct misconceptions that often circulate about it. Misconception: [...]

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March / April 2023 Volume 22, No. 2

Meet Your Central Staff

Membership Department Cecile David, Director of Membership Cecile has been with AAMFT since 2007 and has over 25 years of association and member services experience. Before AAMFT, she worked in a travel association where she created a library system for quick access to information and improved efficiency in service. She brought this same dedication to [...]

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January / February 2023 Volume 22, No. 1

AAMFT Welcomes Lenore M. McWey, PhD, LMFT, as New JMFT Editor-Elect

AAMFT is very pleased to announce that Lenore, M. McWey, PhD, LMFT, has been selected as editor-elect of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Dr. McWey will officially take over duties of the Journal in January 2024. Dr. McWey is a professor and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral program at Florida State [...]

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November / December 2022 Volume 21, No.6

AAMFT Announces New Chief Executive Officer: Christine Michaels

After a 10-month process, with the aid of world-class Consulting and Executive Search Firm Korn Ferry, the AAMFT Board of Directors is pleased to announce the successful hiring of the next AAMFT Chief Executive Officer Christine Michaels. Tracy Todd, CEO, will be retiring after 15 years of staff service with AAMFT, 10 of those years [...]

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November / December 2022 Volume 21, No.6

AAMFT Foundation Awardee Spotlight

The AAMFT Foundation can improve outcomes by supporting the groundbreaking work of licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs). One of the ways we do this, is through our awards program. To support future awards, consider a charitable gift. Today, we are highlighting a past awardee: Aimee Hubbard, MS, PhD, PLMFT Foundation: Which award did you [...]

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September / October 2022 Volume 21, No. 5

JMFT Awards Announced

  JMFT editor Steven M. Harris, PhD, in consultation with the JMFT advisory council, has announced the “Article of the Year.” This year’s 2021 “Article of the Year” goes to “An Evaluation of Mechanisms of Change in Multisystemic Therapy for Juvenile Justice-Involved Youths A Decade Following Treatment,” written by authors Kaitlin M. Sheerin, Charles M. [...]

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January / February 2022 Volume 21, No. 1

global perspectives Family-based Intervention for Chinese Families with Children with ADHD AAMFT Professional Member Joyce L. C. Ma, PhD, reviewed the clinical utility of family-based treatment (FBT), comprised of multiple family therapy (MFT) and structural family therapy (SFT), in helping Hong Kong Chinese families with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ma identifies the [...]

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November / December 2021 Volume 20, No. 6

Ethical Practice & Global Perspectives

data note global perspectives A Multifamily Therapy Model in Havana, Cuba Interfamily therapy (IFT) is a specific model for multifamily therapy of recent expansion in Latin American and European countries. The term multifamily therapy refers to a range of therapeutic interventions carried out in multifamily groups, which are therapeutic environments in which both patients and [...]

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September / October 2021 Volume 20, No. 5

Obesity, Nutrition, & Global Perspectives

data note therapy talk In “What MFTs Should Know About Nutrition, Psychosocial Health, and Collaborative Care with Nutrition Professionals,” by Josh R. Novak, Lindsey P. Robinson, and Leslie E. Korn, published July 15, 2021 in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, the authors note that “MFTs should consider the client's sociocultural context when it [...]

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