Jana P. Sutton, Ph.D.
Personal Welcome from Jana P. Sutton, Ph.D.
Thank you for visiting LAMFT’s newly constructed website. We hope our new look and design make browsing our website more pleasurable and efficient for you; the member, the potential member, or member of the public looking for more information on marriage and family therapy. The Louisiana Division of AAMFT is the only professional association in Louisiana which advocates on behalf of marriage and family therapists, the profession, and families. LAMFT represents Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs) and Marriage and Family Therapy Interns in Louisiana, who uphold the high training, ethical, and practice standards of our international professional association, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).
Our new website will allow a member of the public to easily access information about family problems, locate resources, and locate the right therapist for them. It will also allow potential LAMFT members to research the great benefits of joining our association, and will allow them to access all necessary documents to actually apply for membership.
Also, LAMFT members are now afforded on-line opportunities that LAMFT has never offered before. You will be able to register on-line for Conferences and Workshops, and you will be able to apply for approval to offer LMFT Continuing Education Credit also. Hopefully, we have also made accessing useful information from the LPC Board easier too. For example, finding approved supervisors in the state and finding the guidelines and paperwork needed for becoming approved supervisors should have been improved. You will also hopefully feel more connected to the LAMFT Board, through our biographies, direct e-mailing opportunities, and on-line versions of the Monitor; our quarterly newsletter.
Should you or your business wish to advertise via our website, we also have many options from which to choose. Please visit the advertisers’ page for more information regarding options, packages, and pricing.
It’s still not too late to register for our first workshop of the year “The Creative Therapist: The Art of Awakening a Clinical Session” featuring internationally renowned therapist, Dr. Bradford Keeney (LAMFT’s new President-Elect). Please visit Dr. Keeney’s website www.thecreativetherapist.com for more information about his career and approach to therapy. The workshop will be held Saturday march 27th at the Moreau Center, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, beginning at 9:00 am and ending at 4:30pm. Six (6) hours of continuing education will be offered for only $75 for professionals and $5 for students (pre-registration). If you would like to pay at the door, the price will be $100 for professionals and $10 for students. We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans.
Two ethics workshops will be held later in the year, in addition to the one held at the annual conference in February. Plans are underway for these workshops. Please check back soon. However, hosting cities are Monroe and New Orleans. Also, please mark your calendars for the 2011 Annual LAMFT Conference, again to be held at the Baton Rouge Capitol Center (March 10-12, 2011). Abstracts and information will be posted soon. The call for presentations is already posted. The deadline for submission is November 5th, 2010. The review committee looks forward to receiving your abstracts.
