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The AAMFT Annual Conference
Marriage: Relational and Societal Perspectives
Atlanta, GA
September 23 - 26, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Seminars
9:00
a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
600
ETHICS TRACK: Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice
Peter D.
Bradley
Larry
Porter
Dale E.
Bertram
Michele L.
Meyer
John W.
Danforth
Lynn J.
Gauger
This
seminar will examine the uniqueness of ethics when applied to
the practice of systems based therapies. Participants will
learn about ethical issues by consulting with members of the
AAMFT Ethics Committee on hypothetical dilemmas. The
presenters will follow the procedures actually used in the
deliberation of an ethics complaint. Frequently asked
questions to the AAMFT Ethics Committee will also be explored.
601
Mindfulness: Applications in Marriage and Family Therapy
Diane R.
Gehart
Eric E.
McCollum
Mindfulness skills are used increasingly in psychotherapy.
This presentation will introduce family therapists to the
concept and history of mindfulness, aspects of its Buddhist
roots that are being integrated into clinical models, its
research base, and the specific implications for utilization
by marriage and family therapists. Participants will have
extensive opportunities to learn and practice a variety of
mindfulness techniques.
602
Helping Christian Parents Accept Gay Kids
Kenneth A.
Burr
MFTs who
understand psychological and spiritual development can make a
difference in religious homes that have difficulty accepting
GLBT children. Historically, theology has adapted to meet
contemporary social concerns. New relational perspectives can
be created to support family bonding and maintain
relationships. Recorded interviews will be shared that reveal
what most helped parents accept and nurture their GLBT kids.
603
MILITARY TRACK: Research Based Conflict Management Skills and
Combat Trauma
Robert P.
O'Brien
Combat
trauma damages the marital relationship, but is particularly
problematic in the area of conflict management. This seminar
will present a research informed understanding of conflict
management and specific interventions to help couples in
managing their conflict. We will present a research informed
treatment process based on the Gottman method of couples
therapy adapted for work with combat veteran.
604
Social Justice in Action: Transformative Family Therapy
Rhea V.
Almeida
Carolyn Y.
Tubbs
Students
and practitioners are continuously challenged to translate
multicultural theory and social justice perspectives into
practice. Few clinical frameworks clearly operationalize these
ideas into clinical practice. This seminar will link
multicultural theory and practice to social justice-oriented
family therapy practice using the Cultural Context Model.
Participants will learn practical strategies for introducing
justice and cultural equity into their practices.
605
Healing Grieving Young Hearts: Transforming the Future of
Bereaved Youth
Cadmona A.
Hall
Heather L.
Hay
This
seminar will provide an overview of grief and loss with an
emphasis on the unique grief reactions of children utilizing a
developmental perspective. Participants will increase their
knowledge base connected to theory, research, and practice of
clinical work with bereaved youth and their families. The
session will provide tools for facilitating a supportive
environment in the context of grief.
606
For Love or Money: How Money Makes Couples Crazy
Pamela G.
Bing Perry
This
interactive presentation explores how past experiences impact
the emotions and meanings couples attach to money, and why
money issues cause substantial misunderstanding.. It examines
how to understand each person’s position regarding money
matters, as well as ways to enhance the relationship by
creating shared monetary meaning. Case studies and
illustrations demonstrate practical skills.
607
SUPERVISION TRACK: Fostering Open-mindedness in Supervision
Thomas G.
Camp
Lacy M.
Camp
Supervision of developing marriage and family therapists—for
effective and ethical therapy with people of differing
ethnicity, religion, gender, economics and culture—requires
conscious awareness of assumptions, stereotypes and emotional
triggers. Participants in this experiential seminar will
consider cognitive learning, expansive consciousness and
parallel process as resources in the training of open-minded
therapists. (This seminar addresses learning objective 7.)
608
Couples in Recovery: Healing Beyond Addiction Treatment
Ann W.
Smith
Couples
where one or both have addressed a primary addiction are often
left with a relationship in shambles and an aftercare plan
that rarely includes consideration of the importance of a
healthy relationship to support life long recovery. This
seminar will offer a step by step approach for MFTs to guide
and facilitate healing old wounds and breaking dysfunctional
patterns.
609
Sexual Desire: Primary Prevention, Therapy Interventions
Barry W.
McCarthy
Sexual
desire is the primary factor in healthy sexuality. This
seminar will explore couple sexual styles and how to prevent
desire problems. The presenter also will address assessment
and intervention strategies based on couple style to
successfully resolve desire problems. Relapse prevention
strategies to ensure desire, pleasure, and satisfaction will
be examined.
610
MEDICAL FAMILY THERAPY TRACK: Bridging the Cultures of MFT and
Medicine
Tai J.
Mendenhall
Angela L.
Lamson
Jennifer L.
Hodgson
Biopsychosocial/spiritual models of personal and family
experience long-ago established the rationale for mental
health and biomedical providers to work together. This seminar
will introduce participants to common obstacles in
interdisciplinary collaboration. Strategies for maintaining
working relationships with medical colleagues in the provision
of culturally sensitive care will also be highlighted.
611
Distressed Children Trapped in High Conflict Marriages
Steven G.
Simms
Edward
Igle
Working
with symptomatic children trapped in high conflict marriages
creates three major challenges. Assess how martial impasses
are embedded in broader patterns of avoidance and abdication.
Recognize how negative perceptions cement these gridlocks.
Intervene to block this pattern while helping parents respond
to the child’s symptomatic behavior through effective
leadership and connection. A videotaped case illustrates the
approach.
612
Implications of Social Neuroscience for Couples Therapy
Suzanne Midori
Hanna
This
seminar surveys work in social neuroscience and its
implications for couples therapy. Concepts in this emerging
field explain how marital therapists can maximize their
effectiveness in treating couples. Participants will learn how
attachment, martial conflict and neuroscience relate and what
models of marital therapy use these new findings. Group
discussion will help clinicians integrate these innovations
into their practices.
613
PARENTING AFTER DIVORCE: Parenting Coordination: Healing
Fractured Two Home Families
Ann Marie B.
Termini
Susan M.
Boyan
New
developments in family law have led to methods of
collaboration between the fields of family law and family
therapy. Parenting Coordination is a systemic intervention
blending law and psychology to minimize post-divorce conflict
on children. This seminar highlights differences between
therapy, co-parenting counseling and parenting coordination.
The roles and responsibilities of a parenting coordinator will
be explored.
614
Developing Scholarly MFT Articles: Tricks of the Trade
Ronald J.
Chenail
Mark B.
White
Mudita
Rastogi
Developing interesting ideas into published articles is a
satisfying albeit challenging experience for most authors.
This process of manuscript development requires clear vision,
organizational dexterity, writing expertise, and interpersonal
skills. In this session, the presenters will draw upon their
experiences writing, reviewing, and editing papers to share
tricks of the trade for becoming successfully published
authors of scholarly MFT articles.
615
The Use of Play Therapy in Family Therapy
Trudy Post
Sprunk
This
seminar will provide participants the opportunity to learn and
experience the advantages of family play therapy. It will
include 20 techniques, discussion, group opportunities, video
and lecture. Attendees will explore a variety of simple and
inexpensive approaches that integrate play therapy with family
therapy.
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