The AFTA Podcast

Ep. 46: Mariana Juras

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:05:45 -0700

We discuss the impacts of working in a broken system, the experience of a developing career, and the role of communal care

Ep. 45: Jayashree George

Sun, 31 May 2026 04:05:00 -0700

We discuss the how painting elephants has paved the way to discussions about oppression

Ep. 44: Connie Cornwell

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:03:00 -0700

We discuss what it means to be a supervisor, starting at square one, and creating a safety net for supervisees

Ep. 43: Sesma-Vazquez, Collins, Fakih, & Fetzer

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:31:00 -0800

We discuss systemic failures in crisis response, centering community experiences, and the relational context of distress

Ep. 42: Paola Ortiz

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:48:54 -0800

We discuss managing urgency, fear and the influence of our political environment on our work

Ep. 41: Karen Gail Lewis

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:08:00 -0700

We discuss failures when working with siblings, confronting the therapists' anger, and giving permission to stretching your therapy style

Ep. 40: David Trimble

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:38:00 -0700

David Trimble reflects on failures in therapy in the context of more than 7 decades of life, a spiritual journey in which his enthusiasms lead him to stumble

Ep. 39: Manijeh Daneshpour

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:21:00 -0700

We discuss how intersectionality, cultural identity, and mistakes all come together.

Ep. 38: Ron Deming

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:25:14 -0700

Ron shares about two couples sessions that didn’t go as planned, and how he manages both the clinical and self-of-therapist work.

Ep. 37: Carmen Knudson-Martin

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:06:18 -0700

Dr. Knudson-Martin shares about her newest book and a challenging case

Ep. 36: Tabitha Webster

Wed, 21 May 2025 14:12:13 -0700

Season 2! Stories of "failures" and what the therapist learned. We kick off this season with Dr. Tabitha Webster

Ep. 35: Gita Seshadri & Dumayi Gutierrez

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:42:48 -0800

We discuss engaging with intercultural/interracial/interfaith intimate partnerships, focusing on systems, strengths and critical processes across the lifecycle

Ep. 34: Gonzalo Bacigalupe

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:55:00 -0800

We discuss families in the context of the environmental crisis, environmental activism in couples work, and the conditions for profound work.

Ep. 33: H. Charles Fishman

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:06:00 -0800

We discuss the troubled history of family therapy, the always effective lunch session, results based accountability and the great promise of family therapy

Ep. 32: Sameera Qureshi

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:42:00 -0800

We discuss the application of sexual health for Muslims, the role of the soul, and the revival of tradition.

Ep. 31: Rebeca Brau Martinez

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:59:00 -0700

We discuss hypnobreath, the trance of dominant stories, and the cultural power of narcissism

Ep. 30: Jerry Gale

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:07:00 -0700

In this session, we discuss meetings with remarkable people, explicit and implicit constraints, and the importance of attunement.

Ep. 29: Jodie Kliman

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 13:07:00 -0700

In this session, we discuss the social matrix diagram, how it can support an examination of personal, familial and societal issues, and the effects of neoliberalism on family therapy

Ep. 28: 2024 AFTA Conference

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:30:00 -0700

This episode was recorded at the 2024 AFTA Conference in Denver, CO. Host Navid Zamani interviews multiple attendees of the conference

Ep. 27: David Trimble

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 16:01:00 -0700

We discuss the therapist's state of mind as shaped by the relational field of the psychotherapy and fluid shifting between wordless awareness and language understanding

Ep. 26: Arthur Nielsen

Fri, 31 May 2024 10:18:13 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Arthur Nielsen about different approaches to couples therapy, the challenges of asking for things in relationships, and couples' education.

Ep. 25: Navid Zamani

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:31:46 -0700

Host Kern Haug interviews guest Navid Zamani about the challenges of the domestic violence field and the critical inclusion of family therapy as a road to healing in domestic violence.

Ep. 24: Victoria Dickerson

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:16:00 -0800

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Vicki Dickerson

Ep. 23: Eman Tadros

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 23:59:00 -0800

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Eman Tadros about incarceration and family systems work, practices of necessary resistance, and an invitation to MFTs to join

Ep. 22: Judith Landau

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 23:36:00 -0800

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Judith Landau about intergenerational and community resilience, the application of transitional family theory and therapy, and the centrality of hope and relational connection.

Ep. 21: Tatiana Glebova

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:48:00 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Tatiana Glebova about contextual therapy and its application to sociocultural trauma and transgenerational trauma, and the necessity of geopolitical knowledge in our work.

Ep. 20: Aaron Kirkwood

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:27:00 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Aaron Kirkwood about the practices of integrating neurobiology with Narrative therapy and the contemporary political landscape of this work

Ep. 19: Carmen Knudson-Martin

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:05:25 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Carmen Knudson-Martin about her contributions to developing socio-emotional relationship therapy and how to work with the confluence of power, emotions and social discourse in therapy

Ep. 1: Kaethe Weingarten

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 01:20:00 -0700

Re-Run: In this episode, we revisit an interview between Danna Carter and Kaethe Weingarten. This month is the AFTA Conference in Baltimore - we hope you can join us!

Ep. 18: Saliha Bava

Mon, 01 May 2023 00:19:00 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Saliha Bava about relational responsiveness, how we make meaning together, and the influence of attending to the recursivity of our lives

Ep. 17: Karen Gail Lewis

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 23:44:00 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Karen Gail Lewis about sibling therapy, the practices of tracking sibling ghosts from early childhood that affect their adult lives, and ways therapists can incorporate this into their practice

Ep. 16: Manijeh Daneshpour

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:26:01 -0800

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Manijeh Daneshpour about the intersections of the professional, personal, and political, feminism and cultural backdrops, and the influence of international geopolitics on our lives.

Ep. 15: Dumayi Gutierrez

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 10:19:34 -0800

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Dumayi Gutierrez about the experiences of ethnically, sexually and gender diverse communities, the influence of an intersectional minority stress model, and its hopeful integration into a family therapy framework.

Ep. 14: Shawn Giammattei

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 08:56:00 -0800

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Shawn Giammattei about gender affirming care for youth within the context of family therapy and a broader political landscape, the intersections of the parental experience in their gender journeys and sense of ambiguous loss, and the usefulness of mapping love in families

Ep. 13: Peter Fraenkel

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:01:00 -0800

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Peter Fraenkel about last chance couple’s therapy, and the role of pleasure, culture, and humor in the therapy relationship

Ep. 12: Karen Quek & Alex Hsieh

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guests Karen Quek & Alex Hsieh about the themes that emerged in writing their new book and the intentionality required in supporting faculty of color in higher education

Ep. 11: Patricia Papernow

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:54:24 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Patricia Papernow about the gap of knowledge in working with step-families and the limitations of using approaches and maps based off of working with first-time families.

Ep. 10: Sandy Stith

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:32:00 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Sandra Stith regarding the ways she is navigating multiple ideological perspectives in domestic violence work, negotiating tensions with couples in violence, and how we can maintain a international collaboration while being cautious of colonialism.

Ep. 9: Nancy Rappaport

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 23:00:00 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Nancy Rappaport on how family therapists can be critical players in navigating the school systems, practices and approaches with students who are struggling in school, and the passion for the possible.

Ep. 8: Laura Gambrel

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:51:42 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Laura Gambrel on embodied social justice, contemplative practices, and the application of this work across several contexts.

Ep. 7: Wonyoung Cho

Mon, 02 May 2022 20:46:22 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Wonyoung Cho on what is drawing her attention in her work in regards to social justice in MFT programs, observations from the "3rd space", and the intersections of COVID and spirituality.

Ep. 6: Gene Combs

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 13:14:07 -0700

Host Navid Zamani interviews guest Gene Combs on what's been drawing his attention in family therapy work. Combs shares some constructive criticisms of a post-professional family therapy world, as well as examines possibilities through reconsidering time, relationships, and eurocentric assumptions of our therapeutic practices.