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
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.
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Tatiana Glebova about contextual therapy and its application to sociocultural trauma and transgenerational trauma, and the necessity of geopolitical knowledge in our work.
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Aaron Kirkwood about the practices of integrating neurobiology with Narrative therapy and the contemporary political landscape of this work
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Carmen Knudson-Martin about her contributions to developing socio-emotional relationship therapy and how to work with the confluence of power, emotions and social discourse in therapy
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Re-Run: In this episode, we revisit an interview between Danna Carter and Kaethe Weingarten. This month is the AFTA Conference in Baltimore - we hope you can join us!
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Saliha Bava about relational responsiveness, how we make meaning together, and the influence of attending to the recursivity of our lives
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Karen Gail Lewis about sibling therapy, the practices of tracking sibling ghosts from early childhood that affect their adult lives, and ways therapists can incorporate this into their practice
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Manijeh Daneshpour about the intersections of the professional, personal, and political, feminism and cultural backdrops, and the influence of international geopolitics on our lives.
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Dumayi Gutierrez about the experiences of ethnically, sexually and gender diverse communities, the influence of an intersectional minority stress model, and its hopeful integration into a family therapy framework.