TAMFT 2025 Annual Conference

We will discuss the main tenets of SFBT in connection with our unique research findings that have not been previously addressed in the literature. Our focus will be on the presence of resourceful behaviors, which participants described as “sober fun,” “setting boundaries,” and participating in “family therapy.”

This session introduces EMDR equine-assisted therapy, exploring its application with couples and families. It covers the 8 phases of EMDR, integrating equine-assisted interventions, and includes a video demonstration of a state change exercise. Join us for an interactive discussion to understand and apply these combined therapeutic models!

Many adolescents in addiction treatment have experienced complex trauma from extensive physical and sexual abuse. In our experience, EMDR alone often results in a re-experiencing of trauma. Integrating EMDR with Post-modern therapies facilitates a firmer grounding process, fewer abreactions, and sense of hope for clients who are easily over stimulated.

The NeuroEmotional Technique (NET) is a muscle-response, mind-body technique that uses a methodology of finding and removing neurological imbalances related to the physiology of unresolved stress patterns. Emotional responses are naturally ‘hard wired’ in the body. A stimulus happens, we respond, and then the body should return to normal. However, emotional trauma in the presence of a neurological or meridian deficit can cause a physio-pathological pattern in the body that does not resolve itself. NET helps improve many emotional, behavioral, and physical stress conditions, and facilitates the resolution of stress trapped in the mind and body. Attendees will learn about the research and science behind NET, and observe demonstrations of the technique in practice, led by an LMFT and an LPC-S who utilize the technique uniquely in each of thier practices and Dr. Joy Rincones, D.C., who will demonstrate how holistic physical health practitioners also utilize the technique.