Annual CAMFT Conference featuring
Cloe Madanes
Friday September 19th 8:00-4pm at the Doubletree Southeast-13696 E lliff Place, Aurora 80014
Please call 303-792-3966 to Register Today
or e-mail lisa@OnlineCouch.com for a detailed brochure to be e-mailed to youÂ
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CAMFT is the Colorado division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), we are a leader in providing Colorado families with safe places to grow and develop because every family, couple and individual has the skills and tools needed to meet challenges and strengthen relationships.
Who are Marriage and Family Therapists?
Marriage and Family Therapists are mental health professional with a minimum of a Master’s degree and two years supervised clinical experience. Marriage and Family Therapy is on e of the core mental health disciplines and is based on the research and theory that mental illness and family problems are best treated in a family context.
How do MFTs work?
MFTs pioneered brief, solution-focused, family-centered treatment. They work to understand the problem as it exists now, and focus on solutions or actions which might help to resolve the problem. They may typically ask questions about family roles patterns, rules, goals, and stages of development. A family’s patterns may influence an individual’s health condition or problem, are usually affected by the disorder, and therefore need to be a part of the treatment plan. The unit of treatment is no longer the person - even if only a single person is interviewed - it is the set of relationships in which the person is embedded.
Marriage and family therapy is one of the fastest growing mental health disciplines.
Marriage and family therapy’s prominence in the mental health field has increased due to its brief, solution-focused treatment, its family-centered approach, and its demonstrated effectiveness. MFTs are licensed or certified in 46 states and are recognized by the federal government as members of a distinct mental health discipline.
Today, more than 50,000 MFTs treat individuals, couples and families nationwide. And Membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) has grown from 237 members in 1960 to 9,000 in 1982 to more than 23,000 in 2000. This growth is a result, in part, of renewed public awareness of the value of family life and concern about the increased stresses on families in a rapidly changing world.
Also, here are new pictures of Lisa Thomas & Wendy Leu Lobbying on your behalf in Washington, DC taken on April 4th, 2008. We met with the offices of Senator Wayne Allard, Senator Diana Degette and Senator Ken Salazar. The topics of discussion were MFT’s and gaining access to Medicare and MFT’s in Schools through No Child Left Behind. We appreciate being able to go and speak to our Colorado Representatives on your behalf.
