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2005 AFTA-IFTA International Conference

Posted By: Lois Braverman Arnon Bentovim
Date: Wednesday, 9 March 2005, at 2:18 p.m.

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

We are very excited to have received more than 400 abstracts from 45 different countries for the 2005 AFTA-IFTA International Conference on Family Therapy. We invite you to join us in Washington DC, on 22 - 25 June 2005 to be part of this historic event.

AFTA & IFTA have worked tirelessly to design an inclusive conference, highlighting the broad, international aspects of the program, while maintaining a deep respect for the multiple ways of learning. To this end, we have included many opportunities for exchanging knowledge, as well as for fostering personal and professional connections.
To see the "Program at a Glance" on our website, simply click on <http://www.afta-ifta2005.org/Scientific/Program.asp>

As an added benefit, we are offering two outstanding Pre-Conference Workshops on Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Living and Loving Beyond Loss
Monica McGoldrick, M.A., LCSW, Ph.D. (Honorary), and Froma Walsh, Ph.D.

And

The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family-Based Approach To Treatment
Marcia Sheinberg, M.S.W. and Fiona True

Please click on http://www.afta-ifta2005.org/Scientific/PreConference.asp <http://www.afta-ifta2005.org/Scientific/Program.asp> for more details.

We have an exciting lineup of Plenary Sessions including Susan Blumenthal, Carlos Sluzki, Johnella Bird, Eia Asen, Kaethe Weingarten, Hugo Kamya, Ervin Staub, Soeren Buus Jensen, Jean Addington, and Luigi Cancrini.

To obtain more information please click on:
<http://www.afta-ifta2005.org/Scientific/Plenaries.asp>

Benefit from early registration fees and click on:
<http://www.afta-ifta2005.org/Registration/Registration.asp> to complete your Conference registration, and take advantage of early registration at your earliest convenience.
Early registration deadline is 15 March 2005.

Last but not least, you can also make your first-come, first-serve hotel reservation by clicking on <http://www.afta-ifta2005.org/Registration/HotelReservation.asp>

Lois Braverman Arnon Bentovim
President President
AFTA IFTA

Jane Ariel Chana Winer
Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair
AFTA IFTA