INTERNATIONAL FAMILY THERAPY ASSOCIATION

Volume 27, Number 2, July 2014E-Newsletter Edition

The INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION

2015 World Family Therapy Congress — March 11-15, 2015

Headline If IFTA’s 23rd World Family Therapy CongressAnnounced For Great East-West Sharing In 2015

Four outstanding clinicians will keynote the 2015 World Family Congress provided by the International Family Therapy Association Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 11-14, 2015. All of the quartet are highly experienced family/systemic therapists who are familiar with therapeutic needs around the world. Meet them if you have not or become reacquainted if you already know them. They are, with their topic of presentation:

Wai-Yung Lee, PhD“Changing Traditions and Systemic Therapy:

Dangers and Opportunities for Families.”

She is an Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Hong Kong University Family Institute, as well as Clinical Director and faculty member of the Minuchin Center for the Family in New York, NY, USA. Much of her work

has been devoted to correcting the many myths regarding Asian Chinese families while developing a framework for culturally relevant approach in different contexts. Her most recent publication, featured in Family Process, compared how couples negotiate their differences among five different Asian regions, including Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Dr. Lee has coauthored three books with Salvador Minuichin.

John Banmen, EdD

John Banmen, EdD“Happiness for Many Or Fear For No Reason:

Using the Satir Model.”

John Banmen is internationally known as an author, therapist, and educator, who has provided training in dozens of countries in Asia, Europe, South America, and North America. He is the author of several books on Satir and the Satir model, including Satir

Transformational Therapy (2007) and In Her Own Words (2008). He was the founding president of the British Columbia (Canada) Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a former member of the board of directors of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and was recently, for four years, honorary Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He is the Director of Training for the Satir Institute of the Pacific.Wai-Yung, PhD

KEY DATES FOR KUALA LUMPER CONGRESS

Open Now - Call for Proposals

August 30 - Deadline for Proposals

November 30 - Early Registration Ends

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Kathlyne Maki-Banmen, MA“The Essence of Therapeutic Change”

An experienced teacher who worked as a Parenting Group Leader and as a Severe Learning Disabilities Teacher in Canada before getting into the field of family therapy, Kathlyne Maki-Banmen has excelled in Professional Development Training in Hong Kong, Singapore, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, India, Thailand, the USA, and Canada. She has been in private practice as an individual, couple, and family therapist since 1995 at Delta Psychological Services, and worked as a Counselor for Suicide Prevention and also as a Learning Assistance Teacher in public school systems. A leading proponent of Satir Transformative Therapy, she is Training Director of the Satir Institute of the Pacific.

Kathlyne Maki-Banmen, MA

Judith Landau, DPM“The ARISE Model: A Cross-Cultural Approach

for Enhancing Family Connectedness, Engagement, Prevention, And Treatment in he

Face of Trauma And Addiction.”

A child, family, and community psychiatrist, and formerly Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Division of Family Programs at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Dr. Landau is currently President of Linking Human Systems and the LINC Foundation, in

Boulder, Colorado, USA. In addition to widespread consultation with many organizations, for more than 30 years she has worked with substance abusers and their families, directing programs that interface with 12-step programs, recovery, community, and mental health service. Co-founder of the ARISE Intervention, she has presented at more than 200 conferences and lectured in more than 100 countries on five continents. She is a former IFTA President.

Judith Landau, MD

Students Valintina Penaiea, Asmaa Aloeaiey (Saudi Arabia), Daniel Stillwell (USA), and Seongja Kim

Stan Tatkin (left), Tracy Tatkin (center), and Eda Arduman (right)

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Maurizio Andolfi, MD

Maurizio Andolfi, MD“Changing Traditions and Systemic Theraphy:

Danger and Opportunities for Families, An Update”

A Professor of Psychology at La Sapienza-University of Rome, Director of the Accademia di Psicoterapia F a m i l i a r e (Rome) and Editor-in-Chief of the Italian family therapy journal: Terapia F a m i l i a r e , Maurizio Andolfi was the 1999

winner of an American Association of Marital & Family Therapy award for Special Contribution to Marital and Family Therapy. He was the founder and President of the Silvano Andolfi Foundation, Co-Founder of the European Family Therapy Association and the past-President of the Italian Family Therapy Society. He has published widely in English and several other languages. Maurizio Andlofi first training was as a Child Psychiatrist. He lived in New York City in the early 70’s where he worked extensively with disadvantaged families in the South Bronx and later in South Philadelphia. Andolfi studied in a number of prestigious Family Therapy Institutes including the Family Studies Section of Bronx State Hospital, the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy and the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic with Salvador Minuchin and Jay Haley, as well as with Carl Whitaker in the following years. At the present moment he is living in Perth, Australia. His October of 2012 keynote at the British Association of Family Therapy Conference was “Violent behaviour in adolescences and father’s absence.”

Anna Low Elected IFTA Recording Secretary

Anna Low, MSocSc, Singapore, was elected Recording Secretary of the International Family Therapy Association, effective July 1, 2014. She will serve a three-year term ending June 30, 2017 and will be eligible for election to an additional three-year term. She completed a three-year term as a member-at-large on June 30 of this year. Officers are elected by the Board of Directors.

Low succeeds David McGill, PhD, USA who served the maximum of two terms as Recording Secretary from 2008-2014, and therefore rotated off the Board of Directors on June 30.

The complete Board of Directors, as of July 1, 2014 consists of:

OFFICERS

President: Lee Bowen, PhD, USA (2013-2015);

President-Elect: Ruth Casabianca, PhD, Argentina (2013-2015);

Past-President: Fatma Reid, MS, Turkey (2013-2015);

Recording Secretary:Anna Low, MSocScc, Singapore (2014-2017)*;

Treasurer:Sibel Erenel, MSW, Turkey (2013-2016)*

*Eligible for Reelection at End of Present Term

Anna Low

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It Happens Every Year: Changes to the IFTA Board of Directors

Changes annually occur on the IFTA Board of Directors complete their terms and rotate off the board and new faces appear or are not reelected after serving one three-year term. This time there were three positions for Members-at-Large positions were open in the Class of 2014-2017. Dorothy Becvar, PhD, USA, Joyce Ma, PhD, Hong Kong, and Warwick Phipps, PhD, South Africa, were elected in the balloting by members of the association. Reggie Berger, PhD, Switzerland, was appointed to fill an open position ending June 30, 2015. After completion of that vacancy, she will be eligible for two three-year terms. Becvar and Phipps are serving their initial three-year term and can serve another other three years if reelected, in 2017. Ma is serving her second three-year term.

The Lineup of Members-At-Large now stands as follows:

2012-2015, Term Ends June 30, 2015Reggie Berger, PhD, Switzerland**

Lia Fernandez, MD, Portugal Judith Kellner, PhD, USA*

2013-2015, Term ends June 30, 2016John Lawless, PhD., MPH, USA

Kathlyne Maki-Banmen, MSm Canada*Martine Nisse, PhD*

2014-2017, Term ends June 30, 2017Dorothy Becvar, PhD, USA*Joyce Ma, PhD, Hong Kong

Warwick Phipps, PhD*

*Serving first term, eligible for reelection at the end of present term

**Serving one-year vacancy, upon completion, eligible for two three-year terms

IFTA & Social Networking

The use of social networking sites, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter are part of the world and IFTA has group pages on them. For IFTA members on Facebook (Facebook) there is an IFTA Group. To join, search “International Family Therapy Association.” Once you are on the IFTA group page, click on the link to join. The list is moderated so once you make a request, the group moderator will approve you. IFTA also has a LinkedIn (LinkedIn) group. Similarly, search for the “International Family Therapy Association” group and request to become a member. As a member of the IFTA groups you can send messages to other IFTA members and network with people from around the world. If you have any questions about the site or the program contact the IFTA Secretariat (iftasecretariat@aol.com).

Translator Jackie Tome in her booth in Panama

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Student Abstract Award for 2014 Presented to Alexander Ochoa

John Lawless, 2014 World Family Therapy Congress Program Committee Chair, announced recently that the 2014 Student Presentation Award went to Alexander Ochoa. His presentation “Plugging in to Reconnect: Increasing Family Cohesion Through Technological Interventions” was well received by the participants and aligned with the

theme of the congress, Technology and Families.

Mr. Ochoa received a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Occidental College. His primary research interest concerns are with athletes and the impact of sports on the family, whether through injury or personal beliefs. Currently he is completing a research study regarding the impact of concussion on high school students and their families. A second area of interest is the development of intimacy in relationships and the facilitation and use of technology in relationship maintenance. Mr. Ochoa will be presented with a certificate and a check for $350.00. He currently resides in St, Louis, MO and is a doctoral student at St. Louis University.

Alexander Ochoa

2014 Family Process Institute (EPI) Early Scholars’ Grant Award The Family Process Institute (FPI) Board of Directors is pleased to announce a call for the 2014 Family Process Institute Early Scholars’ Grant Awards. The Family Process Early Scholars’ Grant Awards Initiative will fund three non-renewable awards (Clinical, Dissertation, and/or Research) to early career professionals. Proposals that merit special recognition are those that display a strong potential to advance the Family Process Institute Mission. FPI is “an independent, multidisciplinary, transnational organization dedicated to the development and exchange of new theory, research, applied practice, and policy related to families and systems.” Proposals for the 2014 funding are due September 1, 2014. A detailed description for each area of possible funding (Clinical, Dissertation, and Research) is attached.

PLAY AT IFTA CONFERENCES! Photographs of IFTA’s World Family Therapy Congresses are available for viewing. There is an easy way to access the photographs on the web. Go to the IFTA Congress website at: www.ifta-congress.org and go to the About on the menu bar. Click on About and then scroll down and select Past Congresses. Select from among the choices under Congress Photos. Clicking on any of the years will take you directly to the conference photo site at smugmug or flickr. Enjoy seeing images from the past conferences in Panama City, Panama (2014), Orlando, Florida (2013); Vancouver, Canada (2012); Holland (2011); Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010), Portoroz, Slovenia (2009); Porto, Portugal (2008); Iceland (2006); Washington, D.C. (2005); Istanbul, Turkey (2004); Bled, Slovenia (2003); Porto Alegre, Brazil (2001).

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Membership Information

2015 World Congress Website Open You can find the Congress website at: http://www.ifta-congress.org/. The website contains all of the information necessary for registration, abstract submission, and other details for Congress planning.

Submit Your Proposal NOW - Deadline is August 30

The deadline for the 2015 is earlier than ever in order to evaluate and respond to presenters earlier than in the past. If you are in an academic context, please be mindful that the deadline may occur before you return to school. Submit your proposal now!

Journal of Family Psychotherapy Online Taylor and Francis’ online site houses IFTA’s Journal of Family Psychotherapy. The new site can be accessed at www.tandfonline.com. Please contact Taylor and Francis for any difficulties in accessing the JFP: onlineaccesshelp@taylorandfrancis.com.

Online Membership Renewal Tips

When renewing online, some members have had their credit card declined because of mistakes in entering the information. If you are having problems with your credit card entry, please contact the General Secretary,William Hiebert (wjhibert@aol.com).

In Memoriam

Braulio Mantalvo

A pioneering family therapist, whose influence stretches into the present, Braulio Montalvo, 80, died March 31, 2014, at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. His influence extended from his work colleagues, including Salvador Minuchin and Jay Haley, to clinicians from round the world, some of whom he supervised at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic and through his writing. Particularly influential in the field of family therapy has been an article on “live” supervision which permits the supervisor to guide the process of therapy as it occurs and which has been a required part of the preparation of clinicians in much of the world. Educated as a psychologist with a bachelors degree in his native country of Puerto Rico and a master’s degree from Columbia University (New York City), he worked with and collaborated with Minuchin at theWiltwyck School for Boys in New York State beginning in the mid-1950s, and later—from 1962 to 1985—at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, where he was a senior supervisor. He strongly emphasized equal treatment for clients from all levels of society and getting past stereotypes of people. His legacy also includes a library of training films that he produced at PCGG and his collaboration in books, including The Difficult Divorce (1986). Congress Program Chair John Lawless (Center)

Speaks with Victoria Parker (Left) and Fred Jefferson (Right)

Braulio Mantalvo

Photo from:Philly.com

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Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMarch 11-14, 2015

IFTA’s XXIII World Family Therapy Congress

Wai-Yung LeePh.D.

John BanmenPh.D.

Judith LandauM.D.

Kathlyne Maki-Bannen M.S.W.

Maurizio AndolfiM.D.

Supported By:

Changing Traditions and Systemic Therapy: Dangers and Opportunities for FamiliesWe invite you to join colleagues from around the world at the Congress Hotel, the JW Marriott in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, for the 23rd World Family Therapy Congress, 11 - 14 March 2015.

Major Speakers

Proposalsare sought for the 2015 IFTA World Congress in the following categories:

-Brief Presentations (25 minutes)-Lectures (45 minutes)-Workshops (60 minutes) -Panel Presentations (60 minutes)-Poster Displays

Proposal Information: http://ifta-congress.org/docs/GeneralGuidelines.pdf

Submit a Proposal: www.ifta-conference.org

Students must send proof of student status (scan of student ID) to info@ifta-congress.org to receive a Promo code in order to register as a student.

The Offical Language of the meeting is English. All abstract submissions must be in English. Presentations (Poster, Briefs, Lectures, Workshops and Panels) may be presented in English, Mandarin, or Malay.

The JW Marriott Hotel 183 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 55100

More Information: www.ifta-congress.org

Official Venue of the 2015 IFTA World Congress

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