The AFTA Podcast
This podcast explores current therapy practices and research-oriented approaches. Host Navid Zamani interviews scholar practitioners of the American Family Therapy Academy to capture current interests and curiosities of guests, the evolution of these curiosities over time, and implications for practice/theory in family therapy.
Episodes
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
We discuss hypnobreath, the trance of dominant stories, and the cultural power of narcissism
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
In this session, we discuss meetings with remarkable people, explicit and implicit constraints, and the importance of attunement.
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
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
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
This episode was recorded at the 2024 AFTA Conference in Denver, CO. Host Navid Zamani interviews multiple attendees of the conference
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
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
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Arthur Nielsen about different approaches to couples therapy, the challenges of asking for things in relationships, and couples' education.
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
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.
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Eman Tadros about incarceration and family systems work, practices of necessary resistance, and an invitation to MFTs to join
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
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.