May / June 2025 Volume 24, No. 3
Recap of Leadership Symposium in San Diego, CA
AAMFT held its Leadership Symposium March 20-22 in beautiful San Diego, CA. The leadership development program is specifically designed to cultivate leadership excellence and structured to facilitate dynamic interactions with fellow trailblazers and thought leaders, enabling attendees to confront and surmount the unique challenges and prospects that emerge in the professional journey. The event is [...]
Read MoreMarch / April 2025 Volume 24, No. 2
Contemporary Family Therapy Practices and Practitioners
A Resource for CMFT Educators and Students with Steven M. Harris, PhD, LMFT, & Ronald Asiimwe, PhD, LAMFT at the University of Minnesota A CMFT video training series is available on YouTube, produced by Steven M. Harris, PhD, and Ronald Asiimwe, PhD, at the University of Minnesota. It was designed to update a media base [...]
Read MoreNovember / December 2024 Volume 23, No. 6
Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Authored by the AAMFT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Oversight Committee 2023 and 2024 (in alphabetical order): Ronald Asiimwe, PhD, Adrian J. Blow, PhD - Chair, Katie Heiden-Rootes, PhD, Naveen Jonathan, PhD, Silvia Kaminsky, MSEd, Debbie Manigat, DMFT, Erin C. Schaefer, MAEd, Isha D. Williams, PhD, Monique E. Willis, PhD and AAMFT Staff Melanie A. Gibson, [...]
Read MoreSeptember / October 2024 Volume 23, No. 5
Code of Ethics Update
One of the hallmarks of a profession is a code of ethics designed to prevent harm by practitioners of the profession to those who seek their services and to hold practitioners accountable to standards of prudent and responsible practice by which their professional conduct is judged. As times change, so do the ethical issues that [...]
Read MoreMay / June 2024 Volume 23, No. 3
Leadership Symposium Recap & A Member Poem
Leadership Symposium Recap March 13 - 16, AAMFT held its 2024 Leadership Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona. Attendees began the event with a community service project, packing hygiene kits for Veterans in need with the organization Veterans Helping Veterans - Hygiene for the World. Later that afternoon, everyone gathered for a networking reception where attendees had a [...]
Read MoreMarch / April 2024 Volume 23, No. 2
Updates from Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
We are celebrating 50 years of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (JMFT)! Throughout the coming year, be on the lookout for fun facts and highlights featuring JMFT’s rich history. Lenore M. McWey, PhD, Professor and Program Director of the MFT program at Florida State University, has officially begun her tenure as editor of [...]
Read MoreJanuary/February 2024 Volume 23, No. 1
A Fond Farewell to JMFT Editor Dr. Steven M. Harris
Any agent of change in our field and beyond must be able to provide others with both a) nurturing support, encouragement, and reassurance; and b) challenge—inviting, even “requiring” a higher level of functioning. Reflecting on Steve’s time as the JMFT editor, it is easy to note examples of both characteristics in his leadership and professional [...]
Read MoreNovember / December 2023 Volume 22, No.6
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Award Winners
Each year, the editor of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, in consultation with the advisory council, selects an article to honor as the “Article of the Year.” This year, two articles have been selected. Article reviewers consider impact, originality, and quality of the scholarship in each manuscript. 2022 Award Winners Article of the Year [...]
Read MoreJuly / 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 [...]
Read MoreMay / 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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