AFTA 33rd Annual Meeting - Sex, Gender and Cyberspace: Expanding the Vision of Family Therapy

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Wed - Pre-Mtg Workshops

Wed - Plenary 1

Thu - Plenary 2

Thu - Interest Groups 1-9 and Forum 1

Thu - Brief Presentations 1-7

Thu - Panel/Forum

Fri - Pearls of Wisdom

Fri - Forum 3 and Interest Groups 10-17

Fri - Plenary 3

Fri - Brief Presentations 8-14 and Disaster Crisis Session

Sat - Plenary 4

Sat - Interest Groups 18-25

Sat - Brief Presentations 15-22 and Esther Perel Session

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Discuss the interrelationships of gender identity and sexual orientation in working with individuals, couples and families of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds

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Practice skills for working with children, youth and families presenting with issues related to sexual and gender identity

Explain the importance of sexuality concerns in the lives of couples and families

Identify skills needed to address sexuality within a systemic perspective

Evaluate the possibilities for adapting Internet technology into their clinical practice

Having completed the activity, please rate your ability to meet each of the following objectives:

Explain how to integrate sexuality and couples counseling using at least one unique clinical intervention

Discuss one way that the relationship dynamic can shift using sex therapy

Identify ways to intervene with infidelity and sexual compulsion in relationships

Summarize the research on the transition to parenthood for LGBTQ individuals, couples, and families

Summarize the research on children of LGBTQ parents, with regard to their psychological adjustment, and developmental/life course issues

Summarize the research on the role of race and adoption in the lives of LGBTQ parent families

Apply intersectionality to the experiences of Black LGBs in the U.S. and other historically oppressed groups with interlocking social identities

Identify key considerations in conducting family therapy with Black LGBs based on findings from qualitative and quantitative research conducted with Black LGBs in the U.S.

Compare and contrast the experiences of Black LGBs and those who engage in same-sex behaviors, but do not identify as LGB within a larger historical or structural context

Evaluate the difference between norms (sex, gender, family, couple) and the ways in which norms are always tempered by variance

Assess the value of incongruities and paradoxes in sexual behavior and gender expression for the clinical relationship

Describe a range of client responses to issues of sex/gender/gender identity and specify ways to address these issues in treatment planning

Practice exercises useful in the teaching of family therapy and social justice

Evaluate new assignments that the participant might choose to use when teaching family therapy

Assess the potential effectiveness and limitations of various family therapy teaching methods

Identify socio-political factors that can co-determine rules of communication in a range of relational contexts

Describe the role of White Privilege in their assumptions and interpersonal behaviors

Discuss ways to create authentic dialogue across disparate experiences of power and privilege

Name two challenges and two approaches to conducting home-based family therapy

Discuss challenges and approaches to practice with organizations & larger systems

Identify resources for working with clients in the home and with larger systems

Discuss a specific approach for coding a therapy process with couples

Describe how this process is used in identifying specific change events around gendered social discourse

Discuss postmodern issues involved in outcome research

Define Bowen theory

Discuss the applicability of the theory

Summarize the theory as applied to the research

Describe the meta-frameworks problem centered model

Explain how to integrate in case formulation and intervention

Appraise the state of today’s integrative family therapies

Discuss the impact that intersecting oppressions as well as privileges have on men

Evaluate male friendships and their impact on quality of life for men

Describe how the impact on stereotypical maleness impact relationships with others for men

Compare methods of teaching family interventions and family treatment to Residents in Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Describe how to teach family skills in a variety of assessment and treatment settings in psychiatric training

Cite ways to continue to engage residents in family therapy after graduation

Identify influential risk and protecting factors for couples during pregnancy and perinatal period

Discuss existing interventions, prevention modalities and role of family therapy for decreasing risks

Identify obstacles for institutional and private program planning and implementation

Assess the contextual issues inherent in the recovery and rebuilding process

Discuss the impact of the above on families and the maintenance of family and community ties

Discuss work of the Haiti Support Project and potential ways family therapists/AFTA may support recovery

Describe two approaches to assessing areas of family life that are often neglected in clinical practice

Demonstrate skills to elicit and utilize religion and spirituality as coping tools in clinical practice

Describe the legacy of family sexuality and the influence of differing aspects of sexuality on family interactions

Describe two approaches to working with gender variant clients and their families

Summarize clinician skills, strategies for addressing counter-transferential concerns, and the multifaceted role of the therapist in working with differently gendered individuals and their families

Name four possible effects of intersecting identities of race, class, ability, religion, citizenship, physical size, and education of differently gendered clients within their family systems

Evaluate educational practices in marriage and family therapy and social work training program through an intersectionality framework

Demonstrate the ability to incorporate dialogues about difference, social justice, oppression, and privilege into their training programs and into clinical practice

State two recommendations for teaching, and delivering, culturally competent and socially just practices, and promoting multicultural scholarship

Name and describe at least five expressive writing techniques to use in family and/or group work

Explain the dangers and possibilities of a facilitator/therapist moving in and out of the roles of both directing a session and being a participant

Identify two ways to apply expressive writing practices to their work with clients

Describe the impact of culture and ethnicity on sexual orientation and identity, and gender beliefs around coupling and sexuality

Describe a cultural model that clarifies the underlying assumptions that guide a couple’s attachment dance

Summarize the clinical implications for working individuals and couples with conflicting cultural values and development of sexual identity, gender roles in relationship, and the dance of connection and distance in the couple relationship

Describe three ways that violence informs individual and relational development

Describe systemic treatment approaches to ameliorate the effects of violence on individuals and families

Identify one strategy for eliciting the unacknowledged voices of research participants

Describe three approaches for working with marginalized communities to challenge injustice and promote empowerment

Describe two ways of integrating social justice principles into their therapeutic practice, research, and training

Identify two ways to expand the perception of the dominant culture family therapist

Evaluate the importance of Bowen theory to the practice of family therapy

Discuss ways to use Bowen theory in the practice of family therapy

Name the eight principles of the theory of differentiation

Discuss the cultural implications of how we construct gender

Contrast views on gender construction according to social location

Discuss contemporary approaches to gender construction

Evaluate the cross-generational transmission of ideas and discoveries in the field of family therapy

Identify critical moments of the history of the field of family therapy

Compare and connect the history of family therapy with the history of the pioneers who have shaped the field

Discuss the implication of women's health funding cutbacks for family life

List activities available to family therapists to advocate for responsible policy

Identify activities to intervene with women and families affected by funding cutbacks

Identify key challenges for the adult step-couple

Assess the therapeutic issues relating to affairs

Explore the ramifications for children when a stepfamily arises out of an affair

Demonstrate one mindful meditation practice

List three methods for integrating mindfulness practices into their work

Define formal mindfulness practice and informal mindfulness practice

Discussion the need for Latino voice in AFTA

Discuss the complexity of being Latino/Latina

Explain how to create a learning/teaching space where innovative theory and clinical work and with Latino community and families can be exchanged

Define Ambiguous loss

Explain how ambiguous loss theory relates to the experience of having a child with Autism

Discuss the impact of childhood illness on families

Describe the effects of patriarchy on couples

Describe the operations of power in relationships

Explain how, through the use of narrative therapy, couples can counter the negative effects of power and privilege

Identify implicit and explicit messages of heteronormativity within the current U.S.

Explain how internalized messages, as well as personal experiences, shape LGBTQ identities, behaviors, relationships and clinical work

Assess the impact of heteronormativity on their own lives

Identify three therapeutic practices to help families think about the benefits and challenges of technology as it affects their relationships

Cite at least three practical or ethical issues around conducting family or couple therapy online

Explain how clients can change the negative impact or increase the positive impact of technologies on their relationships

Describe three key ideas about the qualitative research paradigm

Discuss three ideas about coding and analyzing qualitative data

Predict the implications of these data for the role of family therapists as clinicians and researchers in healthcare

Name two potentially positive and negative effects of technology on families and family members

List three methods for utilizing technologies in family therapy or consultation

Describe two strategies for using technology for building and strengthening gender-variant communities

Describe two approaches to working queer and trans families

Identify two unique ways that clinicians can support youth and family outside of the therapy office

Demonstrate two relational skills to encourage difficult dialogues in the service of helping queer and trans families

Describe two approaches to mentoring youth and promoting educational development of students

Describe one way that technology is used for transformative and reflective learning

Summarize program evaluation findings that support replication of the Campus Corps model

Summarize the ways in which families and larger systems can engage resilience in highly challenging circumstances, based on recent research

Identify commonalities and distinctions between what helps people grow and thrive in a range of different adverse contexts

Describe one way that other participants have encouraged resilience and resistance in the face of adversity

Describe three approaches to working with couples who present for therapy

Describe research findings regarding relational rhythms, mindfulness, and attunement among couples

Identify three interventions for enhancing couple attunement, connectedness, and mindfulness

Compare the different ways reflecting teams have been utilized in family therapy’s history on behalf of clients and to train new clinicians in collaboration

Describe the ways in which clinicians’ varying reflections coconstruct experience and possibilities with clients

Describe how issues of gender and power affect or do not affect the conduct and process of a session

Describe family care-giving best practices for improving the mental and physical health of family caregivers

Identify challenges common for veteran families adjusting to a disability

Describe ways that families adapt to these challenges

Demonstrate ways of engaging with families who are outsiders in the civil society

Describe the role of therapists in the ICE legal process, including collaboration with attorneys

Discuss justice as a “meta-perspective” highlighting the role of the therapist as advocate and witness

Describe the scope of impact on families of the recent disaster in Japan

Analyze the disaster experience utilizing a resilience framework

Assess the potential for supporting family therapists in Japan

Identify the relationships between family acceptance and the health and mental health of LGBTQ children

Identify three of the most likely issues or concerns around BDSM sexuality and polyamory in counseling interactions

Identify specific resources for learning more about both topics in order to work therapetucially with families, couples, and children

Identify and work with power dynamics in couples therapy

Evaluate how these dynamics are affected by gender, culture, and power imbalances between partners

Discuss relational empowerment and mutual respect in the couple

Identify the specific kinds of "data" which are and are not generated by the structural approach

Describe the realities which are created and reflected in the reactions of practitioners who are not specifically identified with a "structural" approach

Debate whether successive "realities", as created in the process of these varied reflections, expand our ideas about the way we work with and think about families

Relate experiences and ideas on working with military families in various contexts

Discuss the most up-to-date research findings on military family issues

Describe clinical implications and existing support systems for helping military families

Differenciate between systemic and traditional treatment approaches to substance abuse disorders

State principles behind the MFG and LIFE in Recovery treatment protocols for working with families in recovery

Describe how the MFG and LIFE in Recovery protocols need to be adapted for diverse treatment populations

Explore film’s portrayal of the therapy session

Discuss the potential of the therapeutic session portrayal for training

Analyze how common factors in couple and family therapy are exemplified in film

Describe the effects of power on supervisees

Discuss possibilities for making the operations of power visible in the supervisory relationship

Identify practices that can counter the negative effects of power

Describe the dynamic spectrum surrounding gender identity

Cite best practices when providing service to gender variant people and their families

Identify methods of incorporating trans positive material into family therapy course work

Explain how expressive writing in general and poetry in particular can facilitate healing, growth, and transformation

Name various ways in which they can employ poetry and expressive writing in clinical practice

Describe how healing can take place in individuals, families, and community using these techniques

Identify three challenges to effective communication among parents, youth, and service providers

Describe three approaches to facilitating conversations between parents and youth about important health and developmental matters

Demonstrate two skills for promoting various forms of communication between youth and their parents

Identify the needs of youth in foster care

Describe three approaches to meeting the specific needs of youth in foster care

Describe ethical dilemmas associated with home-based, multisystemic therapy with youth in foster care and ways to manage such dilemmas

Summarize research findings on resilience and coping in families facing adversity

Describe three approaches to assessment and intervention with youth and their families facing adversity that focus on protective factors, resilience, and empowerment

Describe one strategy for working collaboratively to build resilience and bolster existing family strengths to address challenges facing youth and their families

Describe two programs that address the needs of gender variant and transgender youth

Summarize research and program evaluation findings of the two programs

Identify implications for clinical practice and future research

Describe the needs and challenges of people seeking to construct intimate relationships

Explain contextual factors that influence formation of intimate relationships and negotiation of relationship agreements

Describe two socially just and culturally sensitive to approaches to challenges facing individuals in intimate relationships

Outline the life cycle of a manuscript from idea to publication

Explain how to prepare a manuscript for submission

Describe the process of revision and re-submission of a manuscript

Name the key areas that challenge family therapist working with LGBT couples and families

Identify three ways family therapy training programs can integrate LGBT affirmative approaches into the curriculum

Describe ways in which authentic use of self influences the teaching outcomes for “out” LGBTQ faculty in a heterosexist society

Identify family issues that emerge in relationship to specific contextual experiences, such as immigration, gender role expectations, and fulfillment of family cultural legacies, and the impact of cyberspace

Describe the ways that internet technology and personal narratives can be used to offer alternative approaches to addressing family problems in a variety of cultural contexts

Describe effective practices to support youth and families on their transformational journeys as they move across the life cycle

Identify five sexual clinical questions in working with couples

Discuss how our personal values regarding sexuality define the boundaries of sexual examinations in couples therapy

Describe how normative and non normative sexuality are ever changing social and psychiatric constructions reflected diagnostic manuals and clinical practice

Explain how this research can be applied to clinical situations

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