The AFTA Podcast

We discuss the impacts of working in a broken system, the experience of a developing career, and the role of communal care

We discuss the how painting elephants has paved the way to discussions about oppression

We discuss what it means to be a supervisor, starting at square one, and creating a safety net for supervisees

We discuss systemic failures in crisis response, centering community experiences, and the relational context of distress

We discuss managing urgency, fear and the influence of our political environment on our work

We discuss failures when working with siblings, confronting the therapists' anger, and giving permission to stretching your therapy style

David Trimble reflects on failures in therapy in the context of more than 7 decades of life, a spiritual journey in which his enthusiasms lead him to stumble

We discuss how intersectionality, cultural identity, and mistakes all come together.

Ron shares about two couples sessions that didn’t go as planned, and how he manages both the clinical and self-of-therapist work.

Dr. Knudson-Martin shares about her newest book and a challenging case

Season 2! Stories of "failures" and what the therapist learned. We kick off this season with Dr. Tabitha Webster

We discuss engaging with intercultural/interracial/interfaith intimate partnerships, focusing on systems, strengths and critical processes across the lifecycle

We discuss families in the context of the environmental crisis, environmental activism in couples work, and the conditions for profound work.

We discuss the troubled history of family therapy, the always effective lunch session, results based accountability and the great promise of family therapy

We discuss the application of sexual health for Muslims, the role of the soul, and the revival of tradition.

We discuss hypnobreath, the trance of dominant stories, and the cultural power of narcissism

In this session, we discuss meetings with remarkable people, explicit and implicit constraints, and the importance of attunement.

In this session, we discuss the social matrix diagram, how it can support an examination of personal, familial and societal issues, and the effects of neoliberalism on family therapy

This episode was recorded at the 2024 AFTA Conference in Denver, CO. Host Navid Zamani interviews multiple attendees of the conference

We discuss the therapist's state of mind as shaped by the relational field of the psychotherapy and fluid shifting between wordless awareness and language understanding

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Arthur Nielsen about different approaches to couples therapy, the challenges of asking for things in relationships, and couples' education.

Host Kern Haug interviews guest Navid Zamani about the challenges of the domestic violence field and the critical inclusion of family therapy as a road to healing in domestic violence.

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Vicki Dickerson

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Eman Tadros about incarceration and family systems work, practices of necessary resistance, and an invitation to MFTs to join

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Judith Landau about intergenerational and community resilience, the application of transitional family theory and therapy, and the centrality of hope and relational connection.