American Family Therapy Academy

Scheduled Time

Event

Wednesday May 16

9:00-2:00

AFTA Board Meeting

AFTA Annual Meeting Begins (AFTA Members, Early
Career Members, Students, and Invited Guests)

3:30-4:45

AFTA Committee Meetings

5:00-7:00

Annual Meeting Opening and Keynote I:

Welcome: Hinda Winawer, AFTA President

Keynote I:

Mindy Thompson Fullilove: Family Roots: An
Investigation of the Effects of Upheaval on Family Systems 

7:00-8:30

Meet and Greet

Thursday May 17

7:00-7:30

Centering Practice

7:30-8:30

Light Breakfast

8:30-10:30

Plenary I: Ellen
Pulleyblank Coffey (Moderator), Thandiwe Dee Watts-Jones, Carmen
Knudson-Martin, Robert-Jay Green:

Resilience in Couples
Up Against Personal and Political Stressors

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-12:15

Interest Groups

12:15-1:45

AFTA Town Hall Luncheon

1:45-3:30

AFTA Working Forums

AFTA Conference Begins (Conference is Open to AFTA
Non-Members and Members, Students, and Invited Guests)

4:00-6:00

Welcome: Hinda Winawer, AFTA President

Introduction to the Conference Theme: Michael Ungar,
Conference Chair

Keynote II:

Gabor Maté: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: A
Biopsychosocial View of Addictions, from Heroin to Workaholism

6:30-11:00

Special Event at the Maritime Museum

Friday May 18

7:00-7:30

Centering Practice

7:30-8:30

Light Breakfast

8:30-10:30

Plenary II: Deidre Ashton (Moderator), Andrae Brown,
Michal Shamai, Michelle Contreras

The Crocodile Lives in the Water Yet Breathes the Air: Adaptation of Families Across Cultures and Contexts

10:30-11:00

Break

10:30-12:00

Family Process Board Meeting/Brunch

Option 1: 11:00-12:30

Plenary Debrief

Option 2: 11:00-12:30

Brief Presentations

12:30-2:00

Network Conversations I: Conversation on White Privilege
and Accountability; People of Color Network

2:00-4:00

Plenary III: Family Resilience: Advancing Systemic Theory,
Research, and Practice

4:00-4:30

Break

Option 1: 4:00-5:30

Book Signing and Reception;

Poster Presentations; Information on Community Programs;
Discussion on getting a book published

Option 2:
4:30-5:30

Plenary Debrief

Option 3: 4:30-5:30

Brief Presentations

5:30-6:00

Break

6:00-7:00

Spiritual Reflections

7:00-10:00

Women's Institute, Men's Institute

Saturday May 19

7:00-7:30

Centering Practice (open to all)

7:30-8:30

ECM's and Student's Breakfast

7:30-8:30

Light Breakfast

Linked
Poem by AFTA Membership with Coordination from Robert Carroll

8:30-10:00

Keynote III:

Arvind Singhal: Positive
Deviance, Social Complexity, and Generative Relationships

Discussant: Evan Imber-Black  

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-12:00

Interest Groups

Dialogue:
Diane Ehrensaft and Arlene Lev: From Gender Identity Disorder to Gender Identity Creativity: The Gender Creative Family 

10:30-12:00

Teachers of Family Therapy (Discussion and exchange)

Option 1: 12:00-2:00

AFTA sponsored New Members/potential members Welcome
Luncheon

Option 2: 12:00-2:00

Network Conversations II: LGBTQ Network; Latina Women's
Network

2:00-3:30

Brief Presentations

2:00-3:30

Dialogue:

Froma Walsh and Michael Ungar: The Resilience of the Therapist

3:30-4:00

Break

4:00-5:30

Pearls of Wisdom

5:30-6:30

Facilitated Listening Circle

6:30-7:00

Reception for 2012 Award Recipients

7:00-9:30

Awards Dinner

9:30-1:00

Dance