Alabama
April 25-26, 2008
The Hotel and Conference Center
Auburn, Alabama
Theme: "What Works When Nothing Works"
Speaker: Dr. J. Matthew Orr
Contact: ALAMFT by telephone at 334-844-4478 or email at
zaremla@auburn.edu or
www.alamft.org
Alaska
Unknown
Arizona
February 29 - March 1, 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Phoenix, Arizona
Theme: "How Can I Forgive You? A Radical Approach to
Healing Intimate Wounds"
Speaker: Janis Abrahms Spring
Contact: Frances Bernfeld at 520-299-9666, email frances@theriver.com
or website www.azamft.org
September 26, 2008
Westward Look Resort
Tucson, Arizona
Theme: "Couples Therapy in Good Conscience: Ethical and
Cultural Considerations and the DSM-IV-TR"
Speaker: Pamela Harmell, Ph.D.
Contact: Frances Bernfeld at 520-299-9666, email frances@theriver.com
or website www.azamft.org
Arkansas
Unknown
California
See website at http://www.aamftca.org/
Colorado
September 19, 2008
Doubletree Hotel
Aurora, Colorado
Theme: "Strategic Marriage and Family Therapy Techniques
Utilized with Couples and Families"
Speaker: Cloe Madanes
Contact: Lisa Thomas by email at lisa@onlinecouch.com
or Colorado Division website at http://www.coamft.org/
Connecticut
April 11, 2008
Water's Edge Resort and Spa
Westbrook, Connecticut
Speaker: Janis Abrahms-Spring, M.S.
Contact: Debra Borzellino at 86--868-2800 or dborzellino@sbcglobal.net
Florida
May 16-18, 2008
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Theme: "Thinking about Marriage and Family Therapy"
Speaker: Dr. Brent Atkinson
Contact: Larry Barlow at 850-906-0258, email lbarlow110@msn.com,
or website http://www.famft.org/
Georgia
February 23, 2008
Loudermilk Conference Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Theme: "Working With African-American Clients"
Speaker: Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Ph.D.
Contact: GAMFT at 404-261-1185 or email at gamft@bellsouth.net
or website www.gamft.org
April 30 - May 3, 2009
King and Prince Beach Resort
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Theme: "Internal Family Systems Therapy"
Speaker: Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.
Contact: GAMFT at 404-261-1185 or email at gamft@bellsouth.net
or website www.gamft.org
Hawaii
Unknown
Idaho
September 19-20, 2008
Theme: "The Good Divorce"
Speaker: Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.
Contact: Jill Mitchell at 208-939-0338, email drjillm@msn.com
or website http://www.idamft.org/
Illinois
March 12-14, 2009
Speakers: John Rolland, MD and Sue Johnson
Contact: ILMFT at email iamft@aol.com
or website www.iamft.org
Indiana
May 2, 2008
Indiana Wesleyan University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Theme: "Treating Eating, Sexual, Compulsive Diorders"
Speakers: Don Osborn, M.S., Mitsy Rees, Ralph Waldo, M.D.
Contact: IAMFT by telephone at 317-484-2630 or www.inamft.org
Iowa
April 11-12, 2008
DMACC Conference Center
Newton, Iowa
Theme: "Children, Families, and Trauma: A Relational
Approach"
Speaker: Kenneth V. Hardy, Ph.D.
Contact: Iowa Division website http://www.iamft.com/
Kansas
March 7-8, 2008
Marriott Hotel
Kansas City, Kansas
Theme: "Attachment-Focused Family Therapy"
Speaker: Dr. Dan Hughes
Contact: Christopher Habben at 913-233-8706, email chabben@friends.edu
or website http://www.kansasfamilies.org/
Kentucky
February 21-22, 2008
Louisville, Kentucky
Theme: "Diversity: Piecing It All Together"
Speaker: Sylvia London
Contact: Mike Rankin at mdrankin@insightbb.com,
telephone 502- 494-2929, or www.kamft.org
October 2, 2008
Theme: "The Utilization of Ericksonian Methods in Couples
and Family Therapy"
Speaker: Jeff Zeig, Ph.D.
Contact: Mike Rankin at mdrankin@insightbb.com,
telephone 502- 494-2929, or www.kamft.org
Louisiana
February 7-9, 2008
Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Theme: "Being Systemic in a Predominantly Linear
World"
Speakers: Cloe Madanes, Ph.D., Dorothy Becvar, Ph.D., Ray
Becvar, Ph.D., Charles Figley, Ph.D.
Contact: LAMFT at www.lamft.org
or Annie Forsyth at forsyth99@cox.net
Maine
To Be Announced
Massachusetts
May 16, 2008
The Conference Center at Waltham Woods
Waltham, Massachusetts
Theme: "Strengthening to Meet What's Given: Fostering
Resilience and Hope in Our Clients and Ourselves"
Speaker: Kaethe Weingarten, Ph.D.
Contact: Massachusettes Division email at info@mamft.org
or website www.namft.org
Michigan
March 28, 2008
Eagle Eye Country Club
Lansing, Michigan
Theme: "Reaching Out in Family Therapy: Understanding the
African American Experience"
Speaker: Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Ph.D.
Contact: Carolyn Dykstra at 616-366-6983, email mamftmi@yahoo.com
or website http://www.michiganfamilytherapy.org/
Middle Atlantic (Delaware,
District of
Columbia and Maryland)
January 30, 2009
Loyola College
Columbia, Maryland
Theme: "Mating in Captivity"
Speaker: Esther Perel
Contact: Erica Larson at 800-909-9607 or email AAMFT_MiddleAtlantic@yahoo.com
or www.middleatlanticaamft.org
Minnesota
April 11, 2008
Embassy Suites
Bloomington, Minnesota
Theme: "The Power Play in Family Therapy: The Filial
Therapy Approach"
Speaker: Rise VanFleet, Ph.D.
Contact: MNAMFT at 651-278-846 or website www.minnesotafamilies.org
Mississippi
February 14-15, 2008
Lake Terrace Convention Center
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Theme: "Family Therapy and Teens"
Speaker: Thomas D. Robbins, Ph.D.
Contact: Denease Bishop at 601-278-6790
or email deneasebishop@comcast.net
or website http://www.mamft.com/
Missouri
March 28-29, 2008
Maryville University
St. Louis, MO
Theme: "Home Improvement: Building Hope for
Families"
Contact: MOAMFT at 573-634-8760 or email ckemna@bardgett.net
or website at http://moamft.org
Montana
Unknown
Nebraska
May 9, 2008
River View Lodge
Eugene Mahoney State Park
Ashland, Nebraska
Theme: "Work with Difficult Couples" and
"Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Families"
Speaker: Terry Hargrave, Ph.D.
Contact: Nebraska Division Anne Buettner at 308-383-7000 or www.nebraskaamft.org
Nevada
May 16-17, 2008
Sunset Station Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Theme: "Reach, Respect, Respond,,,Reflections of the
Therapist/Client Relationship"
Speaker: Robert Del Campo, Ph.D.
Contact: Capa Casale at 775-356-0371 or email ccasalemft@sbcglobal.net
or website http://www.namft.net/
New Hampshire
June 20, 2008
UNH Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire
Theme: Demystifying Successful Outcomes: Common Factors in
Therapy"
Speaker: Walter Lowe, Ph.D.
Contact: Shawn Hassell by telephone 603-223-4062.
New Jersey
May 9, 2008
The New Jersey Hospital Association Conference Center
Princeton, New Jersey
Speaker: Carol Tavris, Ph.D.
Contact: Tarcila Sutterley by telephone 973-361-7146 or
website www.amftnj.org
New Mexico
November 8, 2008
Hotel Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Theme: "Reel Love: Therapy and the Movies"
Speaker: Bill O'Hanlon
Contact: James Zacharias at 505-463-3128, email jzacharias1@gmail.com
New York
May 1-3, 2008
Embassy Suites Hotel
East Syracuse, New York
Theme: "A License Is Not Enough: Best Practices for MFTs
in 2008"
Contact: NYAMFT by telephone at 315-569-7664, email sonya_vs@yahoo.com,
or website at www.nyamft.org
North Carolina
February 29 - March 1, 2008
North Raleigh Hilton
Raleigh, North Carolina
Theme: Children, Families and Trauma: A Relational
Approach"
Speaker: Kenneth Hardy, Ph.D.
Contact: North Carolina Division website http://www.ncamft.org
June 6, 2008
North Raleigh Hilton
Raleigh, North Carolina
Theme: "Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples"
Speaker: Wayne Denton, M.D., Ph.D.
Contact: NCAMFT by telephone at 919-518-1919, cami@nc.rr.com
or www.ncamft.org
North Dakota
Unknown
Ohio
Unknown
Oklahoma
April 25, 2008
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Theme: "Helping the Homefront"
Speaker: Charles R. Figley, Ph.D.
Contact: http://www.okamft.org
Oregon
Unknown
Pennsylvania
April 11, 2008
Union League
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme: "Understanding Cultural Diversity and Development
in Marriage and the Family"
Contact: PAMFT by telephone at 215-274-1340 or email pamftpacp@aol.com
or www.pamft.com
Rhode Island
Unknown
South Carolina
May 29 - June 1, 2008
Holiday Inn, Patriots Point
Charleston, South Carolina
Theme: "Families in Later Life: Issues, Challenges and
Therapeutic Responses"
Contact: SCAMFT at 803-779-0343 or email marie.queen@queencommunicationsllc.com
or www.scamft.org
October 24-26, 2008
Embassy Suites
Greenville, South Carolina
Themes: "Ethical Dilemmas We Don't Want to Talk
About" and "Shadow Dancing: Healing Couples Wounded
from Childhood Abuse"
Speaker: Mary Jo Barrett, MSW
Contact: SCAMFT at 803-779-0343 or email marie.queen@queencommunicationsllc.com
or www.scamft.org
South Dakota
Unknown
Tennessee
February 22-23, 2008
Theme: "Emotional Intelligence in Couples Therapy:
Advances from Neurobiology and the Science of Intimate
Relationships"
Speaker: Brent Atkinson, Ph.D.
Contact: Catherine Robbins at (865) 980-7032, email admincoord@tnamft.org
or website www.tnamft.org
Texas
March 27-29, 2008
San Luis Resort and Conference Center
Galveston, Texas
Theme: "The Original Marriage and Family Therapy
Conference in Texas"
Speakers: Michael White, Harlene Anderson, Terry Hargrave,
George Pullman, Leslye Mize, Rober Hochschild, Sam Buser and
Warren Holleman.
Contact: TAMFT by telephone at 512-708-1593, email
ericdenner@tamft.org or website www.tamft.org
Utah
May 16-17, 2008
Landmark Inn
Kimball Junction, Utah
Theme: "In the Presence of Grief"
Speaker: Dorothy Becvar, Ph.D.
Contact: Utah Division at http://www.uamft.org
Vermont
None - Division Not Active
Virginia
April 11, 2008
Ramada on the Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Theme: "Resolving Trauma Without Drama"
Speaker: Bill O'Hanlon
Contact Ed Hendrickson by email edhendrickson@comcast.net
or website http://www.vamft.org/
Washington
March 8, 2008
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, Washington
Theme: "Internal Family Systems (IFS)"
Speaker: Dr. Richard Schwartz
Contact: Kirk Roberts at 888-553-1228, email wamft@wamft.org
or website http://www.wamft.org/
West Virginia
None
Wisconsin
April 27-28, 2007
Location to be announced
Theme: "Children, Families and Trauma: A Relational Approach"
Speaker: Ken Hardy, Ph.D.
Contact: WAMFT at 608-848-1994, email wamft@mailbag.com
or www.relationshiphelp.org.
Wyoming
None
Canadian Registry
April 25-26, 2008
University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manatoba, CANADA
Speakers: Kark Tomm, M.D., Maureen Leahey, Ph.D. and Jann
Derrick, M.A.
Contact: Canadian Registry at 905-936-3338 or website http://www.marriageandfamily.ca
Alberta
Unknown
British Columbia
May 22-24, 2008
ACTS of Trinity Western University
Langley, British Columbia
Theme: "Gottman Method Couples Therapy"
Speaker: Peter Vaughan, M.A.
Contact: BCAMFT at http://www.bcamft.bc.ca
Manitoba
April 25-26, 2008
University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
Speakers: Kark Tomm, M.D., Maureen Leahey, Ph.D. and Jan
Derrick, M.A.
Contact: Canadian Registry at 905-936-3338 or website http://www.marriageandfamily.ca
Ontario
November 22, 2008
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Theme: "Reconcilable Differences"
Speaker: Cate Cochran
Contact: OAMFT by email at ad_oamft@yahoo.com
or www.oamft.on.ca
Quebec
Unknown
Saskatchewan
Unknown
