Alliant International University CFT - San Diego

06/27/2014

AATBS is offering a 25% discount on MFT Licensure Exam study tools for all Alliant International University students! For more information students are encouraged to check their AIU student email account or to contact: Kevin Norton 1-800-472-1931, ext. 5105 or 1-805-665-5105, [email protected]

05/29/2014

Past President Shelby Riley, LMFT is presenting a practice building webinar through AAMFT at the end of May. Sign up soon! CEs available:

Shelby Riley, LMFT graduated with a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Pennsylvania. Ms.Riley has been practicing for over fifteen years and specializes in couple ther…

05/14/2014

Drs. Pauline Boss and Simon Robbins recently presented an hour long conversation on "Ambiguous Loss and Approaches for Working with families of the Missing." This lecture can be viewed for FREE through NCFR:

Dr. Pauline Boss is a pioneer in the interdisciplinary study of family stress and is widely recognized for her research focused on the theory of ambiguous loss. Her expertise in this theory is widely sought, especially when catastrophe strikes in the world.

05/14/2014

Attention CFT Students: Dr. Alba Nino will be offering an elective, entitled Person of the therapist Training (PSY 9310) this Fall. The purpose of this course is to help you utilize all of who you are in your clinical work. PSY9310 will be offered as an elective.

05/14/2014

The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (JMFT), the flagship journal in the field of CFT has selected a winner for the first annual "JMFT best article of the year" award. A big congratulations to Dr. Jason Platt (Mexico City Counseling Psychology Program Director) and former San Diego CFT Alliant faculty member Dr. Tracey Laszloffy on being selected as the receipt of this year's award for their paper entitled: "Critical Patriotism: Incorporating Nationality into MFT Education and Training."

JMFT had an acceptance rate of less than 7% of the articles that were submitted in 2013. This speaks volumes about the quality of the manuscript that Drs. Platt and Laszloffy contributed to the field. CONGRATULATIONS from all at Alliant International University on this accomplishment!

05/14/2014

05/14/2014

CFT students, did you know that Dr. Tracey A. Todd, the executive director of AAMFT will be hosting a Twitter Chat on Wednesdays? If you have questions concerning training, practice, and career issues feel free to join in on the dialogue!

05/06/2014

The faculty were both excited and proud to see two of our current CFT Master's students highlighted on the ABC News tonight about their work with military families. The news report interviewed Joe Grady and Patrick Hunt about their clinical work utilizing EFT to help military families. The report also highlighted the Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy (TRI EFT). Thank you both for representing our program - you make us all proud!

03/11/2014

Congratulations to one of our alumni, Yeojin Ahn, and two of our faculty members Drs. Miller and Wang, who had their manuscript on the migrant families' experiences in mandated therapy, published in Contemporary Family Therapy. This manuscript was from Yeojin Ahn's dissertation!

This article can be located through the Alliant library.

Article citation: Ahn, Y., Miller, M. M., Wang, L., & Laszloffy, T. (2014). “I didn't understand their system, and I didn't know what to do”: Migrant parents’ experiences of mandated therapy for their children. Contemporary Family Therapy, 36, 25-40. doi: 10.1007/s10591-013-9291-1.

In this phenomenological study, we explored the experiences of migrant parents whose children received mandated therapy in Southern California. Migrants are people who move to a host country either voluntarily as immigrants or involuntarily as refugees. Mandated therapy means that the school or cour...

03/11/2014

The CFT Club will be holding a Q&A Session with Shon San Jose TODAY at 11:30 - 12 pm in Zable.

The purpose of this event is to provide time for students to ask questions about clinical practice, counting hours, practicum, BBS, licensure, or any other related topics!

This event is FREE and open to ALL STUDENTS! We hope to see you all there.

02/28/2014

Dr. Jaclyn Cravens' article "Assessment and Treatment of Internet Sexuality Issues" was just published in the journal: Current Sexual Health Reports. The article can be accessed through the library or through the journals website:

The pervasive nature of technology has forced couples and families to rethink the role technology plays in their lives. Several notable areas emerging as challenging areas in couples’ lives include Internet infidelity, Internet po*******hy usage, and cybersex addiction. The increased prevalence of t...

02/28/2014

Did you know that Alliant International University currently has a contract with the state of CA to issue 15 educational stipends to Alliant CFT students?

Dr. Linna Wang, our Systemwide Program Director has submitted an application for an additional two years with a grant awarded by The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). If awarded, we will be able to continue to offer 15 stipends/per year to Alliant CFT students at $18,000 each.

This is a highly competitive grant and Alliant's CFT program being an awardee is a true testament to Alliant's role as a high quality mental health education program in the state of CA.

The CFT faculty would like to thank Dr. Wang for all of her hard work and efforts to continue to make this opportunity available to our CFT students!! We greatly appreciate all you do for our program!