Preconference Presenters and Locations

Preconference Presenters and Locations

MOAMFT Conference History

Preconference Presenters and Locations:

1980: Lea Shattuck – AAMFT Administrative Director – Lake of the Ozarks

1981: Froma Walsh – “Multi-Problem Families - Kansas City

1982: Sherod Miller – Originator of “Couple Communication” – St. Louis/Westport

1983: Sid Johnson – Executive Director of AAMFT – The Many Faces of MFT – Lake of the Ozarks

1984: Robert Beavers – Co-Author: No Single Thread: Psychological Health in Family Systems – Springfield

1985: Bunny Duhl – Coherence: System and Self – Kansas City

1986: Richard Fisch – All Our Families – St. Louis

1987: Robert Dilts – Neuro-linguistic Programming and Family Therapy – Lake of the Ozarks

1988: Brad Keeney – Constructing Systemic Family Therapies – Springfield

1989: Gus Napier – Co-author: The Family Crucible and The Fragile Bond – Kansas City (with IAMFT)

1990: Joel Bergman – Rituals, Prescriptions, and Metaphors in Brief and Systemic Therapy – St. Louis/Clayton

1991: Virginia Goldner – Sexual Politics: The problem of Gender in Family and Couples Therapy – Columbia

1992: Springfield

1993: Bill O’Hanlon & Patricia Hudson – “Don’s use that stuff on me: The effect of being a therapist on your own

Relationship – Kansas City

1994: Marion Solomon – Narcissism and Intimacy - St. Louis/Westport

1995: Terry Hargrave – Forgiveness: Intergenerational Family – Kansas City

1996:

1997: Barton Berstein – How to Survive in a Litigious Society - Kansas City

1998: Mary Jo Barrett – St. Louis/Washington Univ

1999: Conference was cancelled - Columbia

2000: Dorothy Becvar – Soul Healing: A Spiritual Approach to Counseling and Therapy - UMKC

2001: Frank Pittman – Helping Families Grow - Springfield

2002: Matthew Selekman – Our Adolescents…Our Future - St. Louis/SLU

2003: Lorraine Blackman – The Changing Faces of Family Therapy - St. Louis/UMSL

2004: Brent Atkinson – The Neurobiology of Love - St. Louis-Webster

2005: Sue Johnson – Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy - St. Louis/SLU

2006: William Doherty – Bad Couples Therapy and How to Avoid It - St. Louis/Maryville

2007: Richard Schwartz – Internal Family Systems Therapy - St. Louis/SLU

2008: Patricia Dowds – Adolescents in Trouble, No Way to Leave Home - St. Louis/Maryville

2009: Janis Abrams-Spring – How Can I Forgive You? - Springfield/Forest

2010: David Schnarch – New Perspectives on Desire - Kansas City/Avila Univ

2011: Daniel Hughes – Understanding Family Attachment: Theory and Practice - St. Louis/SLU

2012: Monica McGoldrick – Family Transformations - Springfield/Forest

2013: Harry Aponte – Person of the Therapist - Columbia/Stephens

2014: John Rolland – Mastering Family Challenges with Illness & Disability - St. Louis/SLU

2015: Mona Fishbane – Loving with the Brain in Mind: Neurobiology in Couples Therapy – Warrensburg