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Workshops & Webinars

Upcoming Conferences, Workshops, & Webinars

Alberta AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts)  (IN-PERSON & ON-LINE)

Stepparents and Stepfamily Dynamics: What Family Law Professionals Need to Know 
Tuesday, March 12, 3-hour webinar
For: Family lawyers, mental health professionals, parenting coordinators, judges, mediators, evaluators, and other family law professionals.
To register

Ackerman Institute for the Family (ON-LINE WEBINAR)

Friday, April 24, 10 am to 1 pm

Meeting the (Big!) Challenges of “Blended Families”: Rupture and Repair Up Close and Personal 
For: Clinicians (individual, couple, family; child and adult) and others who are working with stepfamilies
To register

Ferentz Institute (ON-LINE WEBINAR)

Meeting the (Big!) Challenges of “Blended Families”
Friday, May 15, 2026  8:45 am to 4:15 pm Eastern time
For: Clinicians (individual, couple, and family; child and adult) and others who are working with stepfamilies
To register

United Nations Thrive: Flock Programme (ON-LINE WEBINAR)

Thriving as a Stepfamily: Practical Guidance for Parents, Stepparents, and Children 
Tuesday, May 5, 2026  7-8:30 am Eastern time/1 pm Rome time
For: Parents and stepparents and anyone who lives in a stepfamily. And for anyone who cares about someone who is living in a stepfamily.
To register

AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts) 63rd Annual Conference (IN-PERSON) May 27-30, 2026  Seattle, Washington

Missing  the Mark: The Under-Addressed Role of Stepfamilies
Workshop.                                                                                        Time tbd
For: Family law professionals: Family lawyers, mental health professionals, parenting coordinators, judges, mediators, evaluators.
To register

Krakow, Poland

Meeting the (Big!) Challenges of “Blended Families”: What Works and What Doesn’t (ON-LINE)

Friday, June 19, 2026
For: Family therapists and others who are involved with stepfamilies
To register

Some Past Conferences & Workshops

  • AFCC (American Family and Conciliation Courts
  • AFTA (American Family Therapy Academy)
  • Therapy Training Boston
  • PCFINE (Psychodynamic Couple and Family Institute of New England)
  • K.U. Leuven University, Brussels, Belgium
  • Journey Counseling, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Japan Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Persatuan Permudi Singapura Family Service (Singapore)
  • Ackerman Institute for the Family
  • Brattleboro Retreat Center
  • Harvard Medical School: Treating Couples
  • Ferentz Institute
  • Cambridge Health Alliance
  • Burlington Youth and Family Services
  • Boston University School of Social Work
  • Family Institute of Northwestern University
  • Connecticut State University
  • International Stepfamily Conference, Valetta, Malta
  • ABFT (Attachment Based Family Therapy) International
  • Chicago Analytic Institute Couple Therapy Training Program
  • Instituto Psicologia Applicata, Turin, Italy: International Meeting on Couple Therapy
  • APFM (Academy of Professional Family Mediators)
  • NASW (National Association of Social Workers)
  • Center for Family Development, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • APA (American Psychological Association)
  • Pine River Institute (Ontario, Canada)
  • Relationship Builders (Knoxville, TN)
  • GISC (Gestalt International Study Center)
  • NSRC (National Stepfamily Resource Center)
  • AFTNC (Association of Family Therapists of Northern California)
  • Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Mass Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • New Hampshire Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Awards

2017 Award for
Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology

2023 Award for
Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice

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