Welcome to the New York Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy
Today's Items of Interest
|
|
April 13, 2008 |
NYAMFT State Conference Follow-up
 Grateful thanks to everyone that made our 2008 conference a success! Presenters, attendees, and NYAMFT volunteers all contributed to a very successful 3 days! Comments include...
- Great conference! The conference committee pulled off one wonderful program. You should be proud of your work.
- I found the audience to be engaged, challenging and overall a group of really nice people.
- So relevant on all different levels for so many varied professionals
- I think that it ended up being a multidimensional conference that offered our members a great deal, and I was thrilled to see so many students participating.
The presentations by our board members-Anita Peetush Astley, Darci Cramer-Benjamin, and Ellen Gregory, showed in different ways that the field can be as good as we choose to make it. They each described how while they were presented with obstacles along the way, they each had a vision for their work and keep promoting it to others in very positive terms. I see them as being exemplary of the future of MFT.
See you next year in New York City!
(Click the read entire article link for more photos) |
Read the entire article...
|
|
|
NYAMFT New Professionals Program |
|
|
February 29, 2008 |
|
The NYAMFT New Professionals Program exists for MFTs in the years between school and full licensure. Any MFT that is not yet licensed may benefit from the support of this program.
The program:
- Provides support for newly graduated MFTs and MFTs that have transferred from other states, engaged in the licensing process.
- Provides opportunities for new MFTs to discuss, develop, and articulate their professional identity as Marriage and Family Therapists.
Tasks:
- Help students, new professionals and seasoned MFTs connect
- Develop and maintain regional lists of possible employment sites for graduates seeking experience hours for licensure
- Provide guidance and support in the limited permit and licensing process through
- regional quarterly meetings
- contact with the coordinators of the program
- Link on the NYAMFT website for members to more easily access information from SED regarding the licensing process
- Provide liaison support to the state organization regarding issues at the chapter level related to our purpose
- Offer occasional workshops on topics related to professional identity
To find out about the support available in your area, contact Lisa Ziobro at Lisa.Ziobro@gmail.com or Dyane Watson dywatson@gmail.com. |
|
|
Happy Marriage = Good Health |
|
|
February 15, 2008 |
|
An article from Syracuse Post-Standard's "Healthy Central New York" magazine (January 27, 2008, by Amber Smith, Health & Fitness editor), features NYAMFT member Susan Hartman Brenizer.
Happy couples in committed relationships prepare healthy meals together. They remind each other to go to doctor appointments, to take their medication. They tend to exercise more. As they age, they become caretakers of one another. |
Read the entire article...
|
|
|
Task Force Recommends Integrated Treatment |
|
|
January 04, 2008 |
New Yorkers with both mental health and substance abuse disorders, known as co-occurring disorders, will benefit from more integrated treatment under recommendations released December 31, 2007 by the statewide Task Force on Co-Occurring Disorders.
At the request of State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo and state Office of Mental Health (OMH) Commissioner Michael Hogan, the task force was convened last summer to identify barriers to care and propose evidence-based solutions to better serve this population. The Task Force released its comprehensive report, which includes recommendations to foster integrated treatment for individuals with co-occurring disorders. Both Commissioners pledged their commitment to bettering care in New York through implementation of the recommendations. |
Read the entire article...
|
|
|
Job Openings with US Army at Fort Drum, NY |
|
|
Please see our Employment Opportunities page for information about potential MFT openings with aXseum Solutions, LLC. These positions will serve the US Army with three openings to be at Fort Drum in northern New York. |
|
| |
|
