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

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

May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024
48 min
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Arthur Nielsen about different approaches to couples therapy, the challenges of asking for things in relationships, and couples' education.

Apr 2, 2024
Apr 2, 2024
51 min
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.

Jan 31, 2024

Dec 31, 2023
Dec 31, 2023
43 min
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Eman Tadros about incarceration and family systems work, practices of necessary resistance, and an invitation to MFTs to join

Nov 30, 2023
Nov 30, 2023
41 min
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.

Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
51 min
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.

Aug 31, 2023
Aug 31, 2023
46 min
Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Aaron Kirkwood about the practices of integrating neurobiology with Narrative therapy and the contemporary political landscape of this work

Aug 1, 2023
Aug 1, 2023
50 min
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

Jun 1, 2023
Jun 1, 2023
47 min
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!







