2024 Annual Conference
March 7 - 9, 2024
Wilmington, NC

Thursday, March 7 (optional, additional cost)
Ethics Pre-Conference

9:00 – 12:00 pm  AM Ethics Workshop
Ethics in Action:  Moving Beyond Ethical Discussions

Andy Brimhall, PhD, LMFT

1:30 – 4:30 pm PM Ethics Workshop

Practical Application of an Ethical Decision-Making Model (EDMM)

Tia Crooms, PhD, LMFT

6:00 – 10:00 pm Board Meeting

Friday, March 8
8:30 – 12:15 pm General Session:  The Neuroscience of Learning, Trust, and Spirituality

Gena St. David, Ph.D., LPC-S, LMFT-S

12:15 – 1:30 pm Lunch with Award Ceremony

1:30 – 3:15 pm Breakout Sessions (choose 1)

A:  No Longer Sworn Enemies:  The Clinical Power of Combining Sexuality and Spirituality

Jake Jensen, PhD, LMFT; Damon Rappleyea, PhD, LMFT; and Kimber Jones, MS

B:  Understanding the Intersection: Christianity, Sex and Shame: Using a Model of Attachment

Caroline Landen, MS, LMFT; and Amanda Neff, MS, LMFT

3:15 – 3:30 pm Break

3:30 – 5:15 pm Breakout Sessions (choose 1)

C:  Building Connection and Holding Hope: Treating Individuals/ Couple Experiencing Reproductive Trauma

Vanessa Kent, PhD, LCMHC-S, LMFT

D:   Couples and Attachment:  Bridging Multiple Divides

Andy Brimhall, PhD, LMFT

Saturday, March 9

8:30 – 10:15 am Breakout Sessions (choose 1)

E: Making Nice with Naughty: The Overcontrolled Coping Style and the Search for Pleasure

Tom Murray, Jr, PhD, LMFT

F:  Transitions and Transformations: Working with Conservative Christian Parents of Trans or Gender Diverse Children

Julia Bernards, PhD, LMFT

10:15 – 10:30 am Break

10:30 – 12:15 pm Breakout Sessions (choose 1)

G:  Empowering Adult Entertainment Professionals: A Guide to Support Therapists in Providing Cultural Humility Services to People in the Industry

Brianna Toomes, MS, LMFT

H:  Animism, Spiritual Safety, and Ancestral Lineage Healing for Black Diasporic Clients

Kristin Davis, MA, LMFT

12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch with Membership Meeting

1:30 – 5:15 pm General Session:  Sex in the Cycle – The Importance of Sexual Attachment in Couple’s Therapy

Laurie Watson, PhD, MA, LMFT, LCMHC