Dear IAMFC Members, The holiday season marks a time for gratitude, growth, and reflection. Our division has accomplished many goals to increase services to our members and provide the most current resources for our members. I am thankful to our committee chairs and the IAMFC executive board for all their hard work to create and provide you all with these services throughout the 2017 year. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to our Ethics/ Bylaws Committee. Over the last year they have worked fiercely to produce the 2017 IAMFC Code of Ethics. In addition we received great news from the ACA Governing Council, that the new IAMFC bylaws were approved. You can find both of these documents on our homepage. Continued on page 2 In this Edition Fall 2017 International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors IAMFC NEWSLETTER The Family Digest A newsletter aimed at keeping IAMFC membership up to date on the current activities of the organization and abreast of news and developments that are affecting the field, from changes in mental health legislation to work- shops, institutes, and other professional development op- portunities across the U.S. and around the world. The newsletter also features brief articles on issues relating to marital and family counseling. President’s Corner By Brande Flamez Like us on Facebook! Follow the latest IAMFC news, announcements, webinars, pictures, events and so much more! President’s Corner…………... 1 Greetings from the Executive Director…………... 3 Getting to Know You ……..... 4 Governing Council Report…. 5 Past President's Report……. 6 International Programs ......... 7 IAMFC Awards ....................... 8 Court Corner………………… 10 Featured Members…………. 12 IAMFC Conference ………... 14 Webinars .............................. 17
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Dear IAMFC Members,
The holiday season marks a time for gratitude, growth, and reflection. Our division has accomplished many goals to increase services to our members and provide the most current resources for our members. I am thankful to our committee chairs and the IAMFC executive board for all their hard work to create and provide you all with these services throughout the 2017 year.
I would like to extend a sincere thank you to our Ethics/Bylaws Committee. Over the last year they have worked fiercely to produce the 2017 IAMFC Code of Ethics. In addition we received great news from the ACA Governing Council, that the new IAMFC bylaws were approved. You can find both of these documents on our homepage.
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In this Edition
Fall 2017 International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
IAMFC NEWSLETTER
The Family Digest A newsletter aimed at keeping IAMFC membership up to
date on the current activities of the organization and
abreast of news and developments that are affecting the
field, from changes in mental health legislation to work-
shops, institutes, and other professional development op-
portunities across the U.S. and around the world. The
newsletter also features brief articles on issues relating to
marital and family counseling.
President’s Corner
By Brande Flamez
Like us on Facebook! Follow the latest IAMFC news,
announcements, webinars, pictures, events and so much
Dr. Robert Smith Executive Director Texas A&M University — Corpus Christi [email protected]
Dr. Loretta Bradley Secretary/Treasurer Texas Tech University [email protected]
Dr. Samuel T. Gladding President-Elect Wake Forest University [email protected]
Dr. Bret Hendricks Governing Council Representative Texas Tech University [email protected]
Dr. Cheryl Mark Board Member At Large Colorado Christian University [email protected]
Dr. Brian S. Canfield Chair, IAMFC International Committee Florida Atlantic University [email protected]
Dr. Stephen Southern Editor, The Family Journal Northwestern University
IAMFC Leadership
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We have several great opportunities for our members and hope you will consider joining.
IAMFC will host the annual world conference in February 2018. This is an exciting time to be in New Orleans. We have wonderful keynote speakers including: Drs. Pat Love, Gerard Lawson, and Anthony Chambers that will be joining us. On Thursday we will have the pre-learning institutes and a full day of educational sessions, round tables, and poster presentations on Friday and Saturday. Please remember to register early to secure the early bird rate and take advantage of the discounted hotel rate.
The Oxford and Scotland IAMFC Family Counseling Institute dates for 2018 have been set. Please consider submitting a proposal to present and joining us next year!In addition, IAMFC will be leading a international delegation to Turkey and Israel in March of 2018. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to collaborate with other marriage and family counselors around the world and immerse yourself into a different culture.
During our annual conference we acknowledge the leaders in our field who are making a difference in marriage and family counseling. The awards deadline is December 7th. Please consider nominating someone that you know is positively impacting our field. Also mentoring within IAMFC has been important goal. The Emerging Leader applications have also been extended until December 7, 2017. These applications can be found on our home page.
Each month we offer free webinars for our members. We hope you will join us for our December 7, 2017 webinar in which Dr. Lee Teuful Prida presents on Family stress: Systemic interventions for communal anxiety.
As always if you have any suggestions on how we can make IAMFC stronger and feel more like your home division, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Wishing you all Happy Holidays!
Warmly,Brande’ Flamez, Ph.D. , LPC, NCCIAMFC President (2016-2018)
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Marriage, couple, and family counseling: The role of the International Association of
Marriage and Family Counselors Robert L. Smith, PhD
IAMFC Executive Director
The historical roots of providing counseling ser-vices to couples and families are rich with theo-ry, practice, theorists, practitioners, and profes-sional associations advocating for this unique practice. IAMFC is now a part of that history, as a Division of the American Counseling As-sociation advocating for mar-riage, couple, and family counselors and for their ser-vices. IAMFC became a Divi-sion of the ACA at its annual conference in Cincinnati in 1990. As reported by IAMFC Newsletter editor, Lynn Miller, (1995), the growth of our or-ganization was phenomenal. As an organizational affiliate of ACA, we grew from 173 members in 1987 to 1,200 in 1987. As a division of ACA we grew to over 8,000 members by the mid 1990’s.
Immediate growth was just part of IAMFC’s history. The association and its members were, as they still are, professionally active. Impactful activities of the IAMFC consists of:
The development of The Family Digest, theNewsletter of the International Association ofMarriage and Family Counselors, foundingeditor- Lynn Miller
The development of marriage and familytraining standards subsequently approved bythe Council for the Accreditation of Counsel-ing and Related Educational Programs(CACREP), leading to a specialty accredita-tion program in marriage and family counsel-ing
The initiation of the The Family Journal in1993 as well as an IAMFC monograph se-ries. The Family Journal under its foundingeditor Jon Carlson won the prestigious Gold
Circle Award in its first year of publication
An IAMFC Code of Ethics,developed and approved bythe Board in 1993, chaired byDavid Kaplan and MichelleDennison.
In 1995 a national certifi-cate, created by the NationalAcademy of Certified FamilyTherapists, was endorsed byIAMFC as a separate entity
The establishment of theDistinguished Presenter Se-ries consisting of renownedcouple and family therapistsdemonstrating their work atthe annual ACA conferences.Distinguished professionalsincluded Insoo Kim Berg, Mi-chael White, Augustus Napier,
Bill O’Hanlon, Michael Hoyt, Kenneth Hardy, David Schariff, Marianne Walters, Michelle Wiener-Davis, James Framo, Patricia Love, Cloe Madanes, Gus Napier, Monica McGol-drick, Karl Tomm, Samuel Gladding, Robert Wubbolding, Jeffery Zeig, just to name a few
The establishment of the IAMFC Internation-al Development Committee, emphasizing aglobal presence in a number of countries asTurkey, England, Scotland, Israel, China,Cuba, and Mexico--Chaired by Brian Can-field
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Dr. Robert L. Smith
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Getting to know you:
Cheryl Mark, PhD
Board Member-at-Large
IAMFC continues its impact nationally and glob-ally, through the use of social media, webinars, journals, inter-organizational collaboration, and annual conferences held in New Orleans. With its leaders and board members Brande’ Flamez, Loretta Bradley, Cheryl Marks, Bret Hendricks, Samuel Gladding, and Paul Peluso, IAMFC is in good hands. I am glad you have joined the fun!
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Mark your calendar for
IAMFC Webinars:
For more information, see page 17
Executive Director
I have been a member of IAMFC since 2004. My initial moti-
vation to join IAMFC arose from my desire to be a part of an
ACA division that served families, since the family is a founda-
tional institution in our world. It is the place where children
are shaped and guided, hopefully into healthy and responsible
citizens. The international aspect of IAMF also sparked my
interest to become involved. I have spent 15 years living in
three countries outside of the U.S. and the counseling profes-
sion, as we know and understand it in the U.S., doesn’t exist
in many other countries. I believe what IAMFC has to offer
professionals, and families in the U.S. and across the world is
unique. I am excited to be a part of an organization that works
to support mental health professionals in their professional
development, enhancing their work counseling couples and
families. A future goal I have for IAMFC is to establish rela-
tionships with educational institutions that develop counselors,
helping to bring new professionals into our organization. I am
also developing a procedures manual for the next conference chair.
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The ACA Governing Council (GC) met in Chica-
go October 3-5. During the meeting we dis-
cussed many agenda items. Overall, it was a
very productive meeting. Kudos also to the won-
derful ACA staff for their support and dedication.
ACA Governing Council continues to discuss the
implementation of the portability plan that was
passed by the ACA Governing Council in July,
2016. This plan has been pub-
lished by ACA and disseminated to
all ACA members, along with plans
created by other
entities. At this point, ACA staff is
contacting state counseling boards
to encourage them to adopt the
plan endorsed by ACA.
A large portion of the recent Gov-
erning Council meeting in Chicago
was devoted to developing the
ACA
Strategic Plan. This plan, to be
implemented next year, is currently
being created with Governing Council. The Gov-
erning Council Executive Committee is also inte-
gral to the
creation of the plan. As a member of the Govern-
ing Council Executive Committee, I am working
with a small group to craft the ACA Mission and
ACA Vision statements. The mission and vision
statements will be
discussed by the general Governing Council be-
fore final approval. Once these statements are
approved, the council will work to define strategic
directions. The final plan will be finished by June
30, 2018, for
immediate adoption. This work is very important,
because all of the ensuing activities of the organ-
to try to offer a vision of the future that was both
realistic and uplifting. I shared several facts
about the current state of counseling (like how
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs
in counseling are likely to grow at
faster than the national average). I
also looked at the threats for the
future of counseling (from changes
to the way that counseling will be
done, to artificial intelligence). Ulti-
mately, the future is potentially
bright (as evidence by projections
that the human services field, like
counseling, will be the last to be
“automated”). But there is one
threat that looms: counselors fail-
ing to make the smart decisions
today about the field, and dividing
themselves. During the speech, I
highlighted my accomplishments as IAMFC
president (admittedly seeming to narcissistically
take SOLE credit for things that we accom-
plished like the IAMFC World Conference in
New Orleans). However, this was a rhetorical
gimmick as I revealed my TRUE message at the
very end. The reality is that the future of coun-
seling is not dependent on one “great per-
son” (or a series of “great persons”) leading the
way or saving us all. The real future of counsel-
ing is dependent on us ALL working together. I
highlighted IAMFC’s accomplishments in setting
up international partnerships and our joint spon-
sorship of our conference with other divisions
within ACA. I also discussed how I couldn’t have
done ANY of it without the support of a great
board who work hard for the needs of IAMFC
members, and their interests. So while the future
of counseling is bright, it is brighter if we work
together! I am happy to say that the speech was
well received, and the feedback was very posi-
tive.
And that brings me to another point. IAMFC
doesn't work unless WE work to-
gether. OUR future is dependent on
YOU! Your decision to join (and
stay) in IAMFC is critical for us to
build a future together. The need for
couples and family counseling will
only grow in the future, but the envi-
ronment that couples and family
counselors is likely to change. As-
sociations like IAMFC, where practi-
tioners can band together and share
information, struggles, and get addi-
tional training will become increas-
ingly important. You can lend your
support by telling a colleague who
might have in interest in couples and family
counseling about IAMFC, and personally inviting
them to join. Or you may consider joining your
colleagues this coming February at the IAMFC
World Conference in New Orleans. It is an op-
portunity for counselors with shared interests to
come together, train in family systems-based
approaches, and share their visions of the fu-
ture.
Past President’s Report By Paul Peluso, PhD
Dr. Paul Peluso
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2018 IAMFC Oxford Family Counseling Institute and Scotland Counseling Institute
IAMFC will sponsor two annual events in the United Kingdom in July 2018. The 17th Annual Oxford Family Counseling Institute will be held July 16-23 at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford Univer-sity. Immediately following the IAMFC event in Oxford, the Scotland Counseling Institute will be held July 23-28th at the Pollack Halls, University of Edinburgh. Both events bring together an in-ternational group graduate stu-dents, educators, and practicing professionals who wish to share and expand their understanding current clinical practice and re-search on a variety of topics relat-ed to relationship, marriage, cou-ples, and family issues. Partici-pants may attend either or both programs. Both events are limited to a maximum of 60 participants and early registration is recom-mended. To obtain a program packet, email [email protected] or visit the Oxford Institute website at www.IAMFC-UK.com
IAMFC Delegation to Turkey and Israel
IAMFC invites delegate applications for participa-tion in a seven-day delegation visit to Turkey and Israel, March 9-16, 2018. The 2018 IAMFC Del-egation to Turkey and Israel will be led by Dr. Brande’ Flamez, IAMFC President. The IAMFC delegation will be limited to a maximum of eight participants with a balance being sought among Association leaders/emerging leaders, educa-
tors, graduate students, and practic-ing counselors. The purpose of the delegation visit is to advance collab-orative research, education, and clinical application projects and build relationships with counseling col-leagues in the host countries. The $2,500 delegate fee covers housing, in-country transportation, and trans-portation between Turkey and Israel. Each delegate (or their sponsoring university or organization) will be responsible for the cost of the dele-gate fee and International airfare. To obtain program information and an application packet, email Dr. Brian S. Canfield, IAMFC Director of Inter-national Education and Develop-
The International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination process for the annual practice awards. The recipient of this award will be recognized at the IAMFC World Conference, February 1-3 in New Orleans. The award recipient and his or her accomplishments will also be featured on the IAMFC webpage and the Family Digest. The decisions for the award recipients are based on the criteria and requirements that are outlined below.
Deadline for Submission: December 7, 2017. Nominees will be informed of the decision on Decem-ber 15, 2017.
The nomination may be made by colleagues, students, supervisees, or mentees. The nominator may or may not be an IAMFC member. The nominee must be an IAMFC member. The nomination is re-viewed by the awards committee. A worthy nominee will be recognized by the awards committee. The awards committee reserves the right to not recognize an award recipient in a given year, if a worthy nomination is not received that year.
Nominations are invited for the following awards:
Training and Mentorship Award: The purpose of the Training and Mentorship Award is to honor the contribution of an IAMFC member whose role as a trainer and mentor has helped to ensure the future of the family counseling profession. This award will be presented to an educator who has succeeded in nurturing the talents of students entering the field.
Letters of nomination should provide examples illustrating creativity, excellence, and caring in the indi-vidual's approach to teaching. Descriptions of the individual's efforts to increase the diversity of the population of new professionals are especially welcome.
Practitioner Award: The purpose of the Practitioner Award is to recognize excellence in the practice of family counseling. Professional couple and family counselors form the heart of our association but tend to receive very little glory. This award will honor an IAMFC member whose work as a family coun-selor has been outstanding in meeting the unique needs of clients.
Letters of nomination should provide examples illustrating the individual's use of innovative strategies to involve families in counseling and to help them attain their goals. Descriptions of the individual's ef-forts to adapt practice to the needs of a diverse client population are especially welcome.
Student Practitioner Award: The Student Practitioner Award serves to recognize excellence in the practice of family counseling by an IAMFC Graduate Student member. This award will honor an IAMFC Graduate Student whose work as a counselor, including internship and practicum experience, has been outstanding in meeting the needs of families in counseling.
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IAMFC Awards
By Tracy Calley, PhD
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examples illustrating the student counselor's use of innovative strategies, family-based interventions, and the ability to meet the needs of diverse populations.
Outstanding Leadership Award: The purpose of this award is to recognize the efforts of an individ-ual whose ongoing efforts have helped to advance the profession of family counseling. An IAMFC member whose endeavors have promoted excellence in the practice of family counseling and en-hanced recognition of the profession will be honored.
Letters of nomination should provide examples illustrating the individual's ongoing contributions to the profession.
IAMFC Member Research Award and IAMFC Graduate Student Research Award: IAMFC offers annual awards to recognize recent high quality quantitative and qualitative research in marriage, cou-ples, and family counseling, and to recognize recent high quality quantitative and qualitative research in the training and supervision of family counselors and trainees. Nominations may be made by members of ACA, IAMFC, or another division of ACA. Self-nominations are eligible for consideration. Research awards will be presented at the IAMFC World Conference (February 1-3) in New Orleans.
Letters of nomination should clearly state the name and address of the nominator, the name and
address of the nominee, and the award category for which the individual is being nominated (seeform below).
Nominees must be current members of IAMFC.
For the Graduate Student Research Award, a letter of nomination from a University Professor should be submitted, along with an abstract of the student’s research.
IAMFC Lifetime Achievement Award: The IAMFC Lifetime Achievement Award honors a lifetime of exemplary and selfless service to IAMFC and the profession of Marriage and Family Counseling. The recipient has devoted countless hours and immeasurable energy to further the organization and the profession it serves. Held in high esteem by colleagues and peers, the recipient has contributed sig-nificantly to the professional development of others by providing invaluable mentorship and guidance. The honoree is firmly established as a pioneer of IAMFC, providing extraordinary commitment and leadership to the organization. This momentous award is truly reserved for the best of the best.
Letters of nomination for any of the above awards should:
clearly state the name and email and physical addresses of the nominator
the name and email and physical addresses of the nominee
the award category for which the individual is being nominated (see form below).
Each nomination requires at least two supporting letters. Nominees must be current members of IAMFC.
Deadline: December 7, 2017
Link to submit nominations: https://form.jotform.us/72568927039166
It can be challenging to cultivate a therapeutic alli-
ance with a family group, especially when individ-
ual members of the family seem to have compet-
ing interests or agendas. When working with a
couple or members of a related unit, the art of de-
veloping rapport and trust in equal proportions is
important so one party does not feel less favored
than another. Failure to strike this balance often
results in a less-preferred
member of the group feeling
overwhelmed and isolated. Of
course, showing support for a
family member who otherwise
feels targeted by other family
members is not about condon-
ing bad choices or self-
destructive behavior, but rather
about helping the larger unit
cope with maladaptive behav-
iors from one of its members
and navigate complicated in-
terfamilial relationships.
Family counselors are masters
at juggling a multitude of is-
sues, personalities, and layers
of relationships – and yet, not
value-neutral. Unconditional
positive regard and empathy
don’t always come easy. It is
human to have an opinion
about who is right and who is
wrong in the context of family
conflict. Accordingly, when a
family counselor is subpoenaed to testify in a
court proceeding built on the conflict amongst
family members, several questions arise. When a
subpoena is received for testimony in a matter
involving one client, it is helpful to seek and re-
ceive consent and a waiver of confidentiality from
the client before testifying. Without consent or a
waiver, the counselor may still be compelled to
testify. However, when the client is a couple or a
family unit made up of several individuals – from
whom should the counselor seek consent? From
whom should the counselor seek a waiver of con-
fidentiality? What happens when an attorney is-
sues a subpoena on behalf of one member of the
family for testimony against another?
In one case, a marriage counse-
lor was subpoenaed by the
wife’s attorney to testify on her
behalf at a custody hearing.
The attorney sought to have the
counselor testify about the hus-
band’s alleged erratic behavior
during joint sessions. The hus-
band objected to any testimony
by the counselor on the wife’s
behalf, claiming that he (the hus-
band) was owed a duty of confi-
dentiality that he would not
waive. In this case, the counse-
lor continued to see the wife af-
ter the husband terminated the
marriage counseling and the
counselor saw the wife as his
client. The husband argued that
the marriage counselor could
not testify about anything that
occurred in marriage counseling
without his consent – and that
because the counselor seeing
the wife individually was the
same person as the counselor seeing the couple,
the counselor should not be allowed to advocate
for the wife to the husband’s detriment, as doing
so would be contrary to the best interests of the
husband, who had also once been his client. At
first, the court ruled that the counselor could testi-
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Court Corner by Ann Ordway, JD, PhD
Therapeutic Alliances, Taking Sides, and Potential Exceptions
Ann Ordway, JD, PhD
“The important concept is that the resolution –
whatever it is – should be one fashioned by the
clients, not crafted by the counselor.”
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fy only regarding sessions he had with the wife
individually. However, the substantive information
was so overlapping that it quickly became impos-
sible to determine what the counselor knew from
joint sessions with both parties and what he
learned while working only with the wife.
After some deliberation, the Judge noted that con-
fidentiality could be pierced even over the objec-
tion of one of the clients when the testimony of
the counselor was necessary for the court to de-
termine the best interests of the children involved
in the case. The court honored the subpoena and
compelled the counselor to testify. The Judge
noted that the probative value of the testimony
outweighed the prejudicial nature of what the
counselor might have to say about one party or
the other on an individual basis. Nevertheless,
the husband threatened to file a licensing board
complaint against the counselor, noting that he
never would have made himself vulnerable had
he known the counselor would one day advocate
for the wife against him.
It is noteworthy that the law, and interpretations of
roles and what testimony should and should not
be allowed will vary from legal jurisdiction to legal
jurisdiction. While it can be ordinary to feel more
compelled to advocate for one party or the other
in the context of family counseling, taking sides in
a therapeutic setting can compromise the counse-
lor’s relationship with a member or members of
the group. While advocacy takes place outside
the therapeutic setting and in a courtroom, even
when testimony is compelled by subpoena, it can
put the counselor at risk for a board complaint. A
judge can, in most jurisdictions, compel testimony
under a subpoena, even over the objection of a
client/litigant. When family counselors morph
from counselor for the couple or the whole family
into counselor for just one member, advocacy can
become somewhat of a tightrope without a net. It
is always critical to understand the rules in the
jurisdiction of professional practice, but to also
tread carefully when evolving into dual or compet-
ing roles in the same case and with members of
the same family. Though most counselors en-
deavor to avoid becoming involved in court pro-
ceedings, high conflict families carry that risk.
Best practices for preparation include avoiding
taking sides, and being aware of potential excep-
tions that might compel testimony in favor of one
family member and against another.
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Ann M. Ordway was a practicing family law
attorney in New Jersey for more than 20
years. She is a parenting coordinator, mediator,
and child advocate. As a counselor educator,
Ann focuses on increasing counselor
competency for court-involved roles particularly
in family court.
We appreciate her sharing her expertise with us.
Please Contribute:
We are looking for any information in re-
lation to IAMFC activities; in particular,
upcoming events, spotlights of new
members or of long-time members, rele-
vant research, intriguing practices, and
international efforts to include in future
newsletters. Please send articles as a
Microsoft Word document and pictures
as a jpg file attachment. Articles from
students, clinicians, and educators are
equally appreciated. Feel free to contact
us.
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Hello IAMFC! Thank you for featuring me as member of the month. I am an Associate Professor in the Counseling Pro-gram at Governors State University and have had the oppor-tunity to work as a counselor and counselor educator in 5 states. My work has also taken me across the globe, several opportunities of which were made possible by involvement with IAMFC. For the last 5 years, I have attended and serve as a co-director for the Northampton/Oxford Summer Insti-tutes and now am Coordinator for the newly launched IAMFC Scotland Institute. I have met many wonderful people en-gaged in fascinating work all over the world at these insti-tutes, and several of those relationships have grown into re-search partnerships and lasting friendships. I am also excited to be able to facilitate students’ involvement in the institutes as this has provided a significant personal and professional learning experience that many carry into their work and iden-tity as professional counselors.
When I’m not “Instituting,”I write and conduct research relat-ed to narrative therapy, social justice, and couples and family work. Recently my attention has turned towards expanding conflict reconciliation concepts towards community building, with a specific emphasis on bridging difficult intercultural dia-logues. As an educator, much of my work focuses on how to enhance the training and development of future counselors, especially towards encouraging and reclaiming the “art” of counseling. If you’re interested in seeing some of my work in action, feel free to visit the website for my documentary film, Parrhesia (2014). Along with describing the film, the website also links to my behind-the-scenes directors blog, and to oth-er narrative-based projects my team and I have developed for reclaiming identity from experiences of oppression.
This year I serve as IAMFC’s social media chair; my hope is to help increase IAMFC’s presence and also utilize social media to further the work and interests of IAMFC members. Technology and social media can be an influential and effec-tive platform for raising awareness, sharing stories, and forming community. Have an idea for a YouTube series? Want to start a podcast? Would you like to showcase client success stories? Contact me! I am excited to hear your ide-as and get creating!
Hello IAMFC! Thank you for featuring me as member of the month. I am a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in California, a licensed mental health counselor and qualified supervisor in Florida, and a national certified counselor (NCC) with the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC).
I am currently an assistant director of training and core faculty member with Counseling @ Northwestern; the Family Insti-tute at Northwestern University. My current research focuses on children and families. Specifically, my interest centers on advocating for children with neurodevelopmental disorders and how counselors and counselor educators may best in-crease services and initiatives for children and families im-pacted by neurodevelopmental disorders.
This year I serve as IAMFC's membership co-chair. Member-ship is important to any organization. I am so appreciative of IAMFC members and all that the members do for IAMFC. My hope is to help increase IAMFC's membership in the coming year. Have an idea about membership? Contact me! I am ex-cited to hear your ideas!
IAMFC Featured Member
December: Lee A. Teufel-Prida
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Early bird registration discounts are
available through December 1, 2017.
Members can register for $150, students
for $50, and nonmembers for $200.
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IAMFC’s 2018 World Conference is just around the corner! We are returning to New
Orleans, LA, February 1 – 3! Our theme for this year’s conference is “Promoting Cou-
ple & Family Counseling in the 21st Century.” The Military and Government Counsel-
ing Association (MGCA) and the International Association of Addictions and Offender
Counseling (IAAOC) are partnering with us to bring you an outstanding three days of
learning and professional development. Thank you to these co-sponsors for their sup-
port of this year’s conference.
Further thanks to the following organizations and institutions for their support.
Pine Grove, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Wecounsel, Seaside
Health System, and Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Counselor Education
for their sponsorship and support of our conference. .
This year we have three highly esteemed keynote speakers. Dr. Pat Love will speak
on “The State of Our Unions.”
ACA President, Dr. Gerard Lawson will speak Saturday on “The New Normal: Disaster
Mental Health and Trauma Counseling.”
Dr. Anthony Chambers, Chief Academic Officer at the Center for Applied Psychologi-
cal and Family Studies at the Family Institute at Northwestern University will speak to
us on “Integrative Systemic Therapy.
We are also offering eight different pre-learning institutes on Thursday, February 1st.
You can choose two and they run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Paul R. Peluso, Ph.D., LMHC, LMFT
"A Systems Approach to Understanding and Treating Infidelity"
The IAMFC Webinar committee has had an active year providing IAMFC members and the counseling community with monthly webinars by some of the leading names in marriage and family counseling. Webinars can be used for CE credits!
We would like to thank the following presenters this year for providing wonderful presentations on timely and compelling topics:
January: The Primal Family: An Introduction to Evolutionary Factors on the Family System Joshua Francis, PhD
February: Understanding Bullying: Relational Interventions to Break the Cycle Jeff Cochran, PhD
March: Adapting: Life After Divorce for the Middle-Aged Adult Cindy M. George, PhD
April: Infidelity: The Basics for Couples Counselors Paul Peluso, PhD
May: An Integrated Conceptualization of Sexuality Megan Speciale, PhD
June: An Integrated Wellness Approach to Manage Distress: Counseling Spouses & Children During Combat Deployment Jason Orrock, PhD
July: Introducing the 2017 IAMFC Ethics Code: Ethics for Today’s Marriage and Family Counselors Bret Hendricks, PhD
August: Family Adjustment and Support: Creating Resilience for LGBTQ Youth Lauren Shure, PhD
September: What Family Counselors Need to Know about Medication-Assisted Treatment for Sub-stance Use Disorders Amy Williams, PhD
October: Behavioral Couples Therapy for Substance Use Disorders: Overview and Suggestions for Implementation Keith Klosterman, PhD
November: Dyadic Strategies for Helping Couples Brian Canfield, PhD
Please see the IAMFC website for additional information about upcoming and past webinars.
IAMFC Webinars: A year in review
Joshua Francis, PhD IAMFC Webinar Committee Chair
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Upcoming IAMFC Webinars
DECEMBER
Family stress: Systemic interventions for communal anxiety
December 7, 12:00pm—1:00pm CST
Lee Teufel-Prida, PhD
Family stress can come in many forms. Stress emerges from daily responsibilities, work, money, po-litical climate, violence/crime, and even the future of our nation. For families and their children ad-dressing systemic anxiety is multifaceted yet mutually beneficial. Because anxiety and the stresses of life can travel around within a family, systemic counseling interventions can provide desired change. This 60-minute webinar will provide an overview of communal anxiety encountered in fami-lies and the systemic interventions which benefit parents and children alike.
