The AFTA Podcast

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

December 22, 2025 48 mins

We discuss managing urgency, fear and the influence of our political environment on our work

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We discuss failures when working with siblings, confronting the therapists' anger, and giving permission to stretching your therapy style

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October 1, 2025 55 mins

David Trimble reflects on failures in therapy in the context of more than 7 decades of life, a spiritual journey in which his enthusiasms lead him to stumble

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August 31, 2025 54 mins

We discuss how intersectionality, cultural identity, and mistakes all come together.

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July 31, 2025 43 mins

Ron shares about two couples sessions that didn’t go as planned, and how he manages both the clinical and self-of-therapist work.

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July 2, 2025 46 mins

Dr. Knudson-Martin shares about her newest book and a challenging case

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May 21, 2025 41 mins

Season 2! Stories of "failures" and what the therapist learned. We kick off this season with Dr. Tabitha Webster

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

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February 1, 2025 60 mins

We discuss families in the context of the environmental crisis, environmental activism in couples work, and the conditions for profound work.

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December 31, 2024 49 mins

We discuss the troubled history of family therapy, the always effective lunch session, results based accountability and the great promise of family therapy

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November 30, 2024 41 mins

We discuss the application of sexual health for Muslims, the role of the soul, and the revival of tradition.

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November 1, 2024 44 mins

We discuss hypnobreath, the trance of dominant stories, and the cultural power of narcissism

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October 1, 2024 44 mins

In this session, we discuss meetings with remarkable people, explicit and implicit constraints, and the importance of attunement.

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August 31, 2024 48 mins

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

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August 1, 2024 28 mins

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

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June 30, 2024 46 mins

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

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May 31, 2024 48 mins

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

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April 2, 2024 51 mins

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.

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February 1, 2024 40 mins

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Vicki Dickerson

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January 1, 2024 43 mins

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

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