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

May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025
41 min
Season 2! Stories of "failures" and what the therapist learned. We kick off this season with Dr. Tabitha Webster

Feb 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025
43 min
We discuss engaging with intercultural/interracial/interfaith intimate partnerships, focusing on systems, strengths and critical processes across the lifecycle

Jan 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025
1hr 29 sec
We discuss families in the context of the environmental crisis, environmental activism in couples work, and the conditions for profound work.

Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024
49 min
We discuss the troubled history of family therapy, the always effective lunch session, results based accountability and the great promise of family therapy

Nov 29, 2024
Nov 29, 2024
41 min
We discuss the application of sexual health for Muslims, the role of the soul, and the revival of tradition.

Oct 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
44 min
We discuss hypnobreath, the trance of dominant stories, and the cultural power of narcissism

Sep 30, 2024
Sep 30, 2024
44 min
In this session, we discuss meetings with remarkable people, explicit and implicit constraints, and the importance of attunement.

Aug 31, 2024
Aug 31, 2024
48 min
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

Jul 31, 2024
Jul 31, 2024
28 min
This episode was recorded at the 2024 AFTA Conference in Denver, CO. Host Navid Zamani interviews multiple attendees of the conference

Jun 30, 2024
Jun 30, 2024
46 min
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







