TAMFT 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

2025 Annual TAMFT Conference: Shaping the Future: Advancing Relationships Through Systemic Advocacy
This year’s conference is dedicated to grounding Texas MFTs and friends of the field in systemic theory and practice. Our workshops and keynote speakers will be intentionally curated to invigorate and challenge the unique minds of systemic thinkers.
This annual conference, coupled with the ongoing tradition of Day at the Dome, will allow TAMFT members to connect with local legislators and advocate for bills and policies that directly impact the mental health of families and the systems we serve.

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11:15am CST

A Collaborative Approach to Supervision

Thursday February 27, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CST

Austin

This workshop will focus on an approach to supervision that is in sync with contemporary challenges and uncertainties. Collaboration is viewed as critical to success in many professional practices-- psychotherapy, organizational leadership, education, and research among others.

Speakers

Harlene Anderson

Catherine King

private practice/Our Lady of the Lake University-Houston

Thursday February 27, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CST
Austin

Supervisory

3:45pm CST

Telesupervision for Marginalized MFT Supervisees

Thursday February 27, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm CST

Austin

This presentation explores a phenomenological study that examines how mental health supervisees with marginalized identities experience telesupervision. By analyzing focus groups and individual interview data, the study identifies themes related to the impact of telesupervision. Additionally, the study highlights supervisees‚Äô requests for enhancing telesupervision practices to better support underrepresented populations.

Speakers

Carol Elise Thompson

Thursday February 27, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm CST
Austin

Supervisory Diversity and Cultural Competency

1:15pm CST

IFS-Informed Interpersonal Ethics in Supervision

Friday February 28, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST

Austin

This session explores how Internal Family Systems (IFS) can inform ethical supervision in marriage and family therapy. Participants will learn to identify and address power dynamics, fostering a non-exploitative, compassionate approach to supervision that promotes growth and systemic understanding within clinical relationships.

Speakers

Leila Anderson

Executive Director, Ava Recovery Center

Leila Anderson, LMFT-S, LCDC is a systemic therapist, supervisor, leader and educator who has worked with clients suffering from addiction and mental health in treatment centers, correctional facilities, psychiatric hospitals, and agencies for over a decade. She specializes in blending... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Austin

Ethics Supervisory