American Family Therapy Academy

               Public Issues, Private Lives June 23-26, Boulder, CO

                             (AFTA MEMBERS AND INVITED GUESTS ONLY)

                     The Program Book will be sent to all members in April

                                       and can be downloaded below.

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Our Annual Meeting will be held in Boulder, Colorado, in the beautiful foothills of 

the Rocky Mountains. (See attachments below).

We urge you to attend and we invite you to participate. 

The theme is Public Issues, Private Lives. We live in difficult times. They are most 

difficult for the most vulnerable of us. The focus of the plenaries is on innovative 

approaches to therapy with vulnerable populations. We invite you to come to the meeting 

and tell us about the challenges and the successes in the work you are doing to help 

families and larger systems during these times.   

Our keynote speaker is Spero Manson, a Pembina Chippewa cultural anthropologist, who 

directs the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health in the Colorado School 

of Public Health; he will speak on pioneering approaches to outreach and therapy with 

Native Americans. 

There will be dozens of smaller interest and discussion groups planned for the meeting, as 

well as three plenaries:   

• Mental Health Disparities and Cultural issues  

Margarita Alegria researches cultural barriers to Latino mental health. 

William Turner studies African American families and family therapy and worked 

with President Barack Obama when he was a senator, from 2007-2008. 

Douglas Novins works with Native American youth and communities. 

• Vulnerable Youth and Resilience 

 Michael Ungar researches what constitutes resilience with at risk youth. 

 Chris Behan works with the foster care system. 

 Rebecca Harvey co-authored Nurturing Queer Youth. 

• Innovations in Couples Therapy 

Mona Fishbane integrates ideas from neuroscience and attachment theory with 

systems’ approaches to couples. 

Jill Freedman and Gene Combs are internationally renowned teachers of Narrative 

Therapy approaches to couples. 

Jean Malpas writes about working with LGBTQ couples.  

We are pleased to announce that we will be again applying for hours of Continuing 

Education units for all components of the Meeting (i.e., Interest Groups, Brief 

Presentations, Plenary Sessions). 

Boulder, Colorado 

Boulder is the home of the University of Colorado, a beautiful college town in the 

foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We will be staying at the Millenum Hotel in downtown 

Boulder. There are beautiful walking trails and vistas near the city. Visit the website 

http://www.bouldercoloradousa.com/things-to-do/, for pictures and ideas about how to 

make this a vacation get-away for you and your family. We are pleased to announce that 

we have secured a per-night rate of $142 for a single/double, $152 for a triple, and $162 

for a quad. 

Student and Early Career Members 

Students will receive a 2/3 discount and Early Career Members will receive 1/3 discount 

on registration fees. 

The program brochure will follow early Spring 2010 with information on how to 

register and secure your room at the Millenium Hotel.  

Invitations to Colleagues: 

We will continue our Cultural and Economic Diversity outreach and invite 20 AFTA- 

eligible colleagues who are gay, lesbian, or individuals of color to attend the Annual 

Meeting with free registration. We also encourage you to invite other colleagues who are 

not AFTA members to register for the Meeting. If you have recommendations for these 

special invitations, please send their names, addresses, and telephone numbers to the 

AFTA office or e-mail the information to aftaafta [dot] org. 

 John Sargent, President  Corky Becker, Program Chair

Information/Downloads

2010 Program (pdf)

Program At A Glance (pdf)

General Information

Plenary Information

Special Event Information

Call for Interest Groups (pdf)

Call for Brief Presentations (pdf)

Call for Posters (pdf)

Continuing Education Credits (pdf)

President's Welcome Memorandum (pdf)