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
