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

March 1, 2025 43 mins

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

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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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December 1, 2023 41 mins

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.

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October 31, 2023 51 mins

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.

 

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August 31, 2023 46 mins

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Aaron Kirkwood about the practices of integrating neurobiology with Narrative therapy and the contemporary political landscape of this work

 

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August 1, 2023 50 mins

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

 

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June 1, 2023 47 mins

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!

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May 1, 2023 41 mins

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

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April 1, 2023 52 mins

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

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