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What is NHAMFT?

 The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), an international professional organization founded in 1942, represents the professional interests of more than 23,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada and abroad. The New Hampshire Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (NHAMFT) is theNew Hampshire division of AAMFT.

NHAMFT is a nonprofit, organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of families, couples, individuals, and businesses through the advancement of the profession and practice of marriage and family therapy in the State of New Hampshire.  As a multidisciplinary organization made up clinical, student, and associate members of AAMFT, the New Hampshire Association for Marriage and Family Therapy promotes and helps maintain high professional standards of ethics and practice for its members. It encourages continued professional education, and works cooperatively with the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health.

 

What is Marriage and Family Therapy?

In marriage and family therapy, the unit of treatment isn't just 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 therapists treat a wide range of serious clinical problems including: depression, marital or couple problems, anxiety, individual psychological problems, and child-parent problems.

 

 

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  • Upcoming NHAMFT Events

    Save the Date!  October 17, 2008.  Full day workshop on ethics and ethical decision making, presented by Kristine Baber, Ph.D, UNH Associate Professor in Family Studies and Director of the UNH Center on Adolescence.  Prepare yourself for a day of considering real-life ethical dilemmas and engaging in experiential and small-group exercises.  To prepare for the day, please send ahead of time what aspects of ethics and ethical decision making most interest you, and ethical scenarios and particular issues that are relevant to you and your practice.  Please send these to Dr. Baber at Kristine.Baber@unh.edu, and in the subject line list “October Ethics Workshop, NHAMFT”.

    The training will be held at UNH Manchester.  More information about the workshop and registration information will be arriving vie email and snail mail.  Are your email and address up to date with AAMFT?

    Sept 5th:  Education Committtee Meeting
    Sept 19th: Boarding Meeting; Mentorship Meeting

    See Calendar pages for more details on these events

     

  • National News

    The AAMFT Summer Institute will be held August 10-14, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington.  Each of the workshops offered this summer will provide you with an opportunity to learn and share with some of the top clinicians in the field as well as network with MFT colleagues from around the country. more...

  • Many NHAMFT members recently were thrilled to attend Dr. Walter Lowe's lecture and interactive forum on Common Factors in Marriage and Family Therapy in Concord.  This lecture was made possible thanks to Dr. Lowe and the NHAMFT's education committee, headed by Shawn Hassell.  NHAMFT has a strong commitment to providing ongoing education to its members and affiliates, as well as mentorship to Marriage and Family Therapy students and those in the licensure process.

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