2026 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Please note: This conference schedule is tentative and may be updated before the event. Descriptions of each workshop are linked below at their respective times, or you can view the full workshop schedule HERE.
All times listed below are Central Time (CT).
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - PRE-CONFERENCE
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: TAMFT Board Meeting
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Exhibitor Set-Up
Thursday, April 9, 2026 - CONFERENCE
7:00 AM: Registration Desk Opens
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM: Coffee with Exhibitors
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM: Opening Remarks & Housekeeping
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: KEYNOTE: One Couple – Four Models: Contemporary Couple Therapy Practice Updates, Steven Harris, Ph.D., LMFT (1 CEU)
Abstract: Have you ever wondered how one of your couples might progress if they were working with a different therapist? Join us for a day of exploration as we examine four models of couple therapy applied to the lives of the same couple, showcased through newly developed video media. This keynote address will feature two complete therapy sessions—one using Strategic Family Therapy and the other using Virginia Satir’s Human Validation Process Model - each conducted by model experts with the same couple. Test your understanding of these models as they are practiced today and gather fresh ideas for engaging couples from these distinct theoretical perspectives.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM: Coffee with Exhibitors
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM: Keynote Workshop: One Couple – Four Models: Contemporary Couple Therapy Practice Updates (1.5 CEUs)
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM: WORKSHOPS:
- One Couple – Four Models: Contemporary Couple Therapy Practice Updates (1 CEU)
- Integrated Care: Skills, Opportunity, Enhance Care (1 CEU)
- Co-Creating Ethical Sex Dialogue in Supervision (1 Supervisory CEU)
- Expanding Diversity: Men as a Cultural Group (1 Cultural Diversity or Competency CEU)
- So You're Intimidated by Your Smart Client (1 Ethics CEU)
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM: Break for Lunch (on own)
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM: WORKSHOPS:
- Multisystemic Therapy: FIT in MFT (1 CEU)
- Therapy in an AI World: Systems, Ethical Signals (1 Ethics CEU)
- Applying Systemic Approaches for Divided Families (1 CEU)
- How to Build and Maintain a Successful Practice (1 CEU)
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM: Break with Exhibitors
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM: WORKSHOPS:
- Bowen Systems Theory in Supervision (1 Supervisory CEU)
- TSBEMFT Rules Update (1 Ethics CEU)
- Neosystemic Framework: Navigating a World in Flux (1 CEU)
- AI, Clients, and Therapy: A Conceptual Lens (1 CEU)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Welcome Reception & Poster Presentation (1.0 CEU)
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TOTAL (Day 1): 6.5 CEUs
Friday, April 10, 2026 - CONFERENCE
7:00 AM: Registration Desk Opens
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM: Coffee with Exhibitors
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM: KEYNOTE: "Bowen Theory and the Impact of Relationships on Health and Reproduction: For Better and For Worse," Victoria Harrison (1.5 CEUs)
Abstract: Bowen theory provides a framework for understanding and managing the impact of relationships in the family on health and reproduction. This presentation will describe how concepts such as emotional fusion, triangles, anxiety reactions, and contact and cutoff between family members apply to integrating biological and physiological facts into family psychotherapy. Clinical examples and research findings will illustrate how working on the differentiation of self improves symptoms that impact health and reproduction.
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM: Break with Exhibitors
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: WORKSHOPS:
- Desire Is Never Neutral: Race & Attraction (1 Cultural Diversity or Competency CEU)
- Parts, Politics, and Presence (1 Ethics CEU)
- Moving Past the Cringe: Satir and Therapist Self (1 CEU)
- Braided Identities: WOC Navigating Supervision (1 Supervisory CEU)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: TAMFT Luncheon & Business Meeting
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM: WORKSHOPS:
- Rewriting Illness: A Narrative MedFT Approach (1 CEU)
- Healing a Bloodline of Trauma: Seeing the System (1 Cultural Diversity or Competency CEU)
- Communication Limitations in the Therapy Room (1 Ethics CEU)
- Supervision with an EMDR-Trained Consultee (1 Supervisory CEU)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: WORKSHOPS:
- Telesupervision and Cultural Competency (1 Supervisory CEU)
- Therapy with Deaf Clients: Ethical Considerations (1 Ethics CEU)
- Holding the Whole System: Harm Reduction (1 CEU)
- Asian American Filial Communication Experiences (1 Cultural Diversity or Competency CEU)
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM: WORKSHOPS:
- Lived Experience & Healing of Birth Mothers (1.5 Ethics CEUs)
- Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (1.5 CEUs)
- ADHD, Diabetes & Family Systems in Chronic Illness (1.5 CEUs)
- AI, Intimacy & Infidelity: Modern Couples Therapy (1.5 CEUs)
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Exhibitor Breakdown
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TOTAL CEUs (Day 2): 6.0 CEUs
Saturday, April 11, 2026 - CONFERENCE
7:00 AM: Breakfast on own
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: WORKSHOPS:
- MFTs & Advocacy in Changing Times (1 Ethics CEU)
- Rooted in Identity: Beyond Supervisory Fit (1 Supervisory CEU)
- Out of the Closet and Into the Family: Now What? (1 CEU)
- Sex and Intimacy During the Menopause Transition (1 CEU)
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM: WORKSHOPS:
- Wide Awake: Current Interventions for Sleep (1 CEU)
- Ethics of Secrecy in the Therapy Room (1 Ethics CEU)
- Chronic Illness: A Community-Informed Approach (1 Cultural Diversity or Competency CEU)
- From Duality to Flow: Eastern Wisdom in MFT (1 CEU)
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: AM Snack Break + Coffee
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM: WORKSHOPS:
- IPV and LGBTQ+ Clients: Ethical Considerations (1 Ethics CEU)
- Bridging Faith & Identity: A Single-Session Model (1 Cultural Diversity or Competency CEU)
- Reflecting teams: Help for the systemic trainee (1 Supervisory CEU)
- From Practice to Precision: A Clinician's Guide (1 CEU)
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TOTAL CEUs (Day 2): 3.0 CEUs
TOTAL CONFERENCE CEUs: 15.5
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