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Supporting Family/Systemic Therapists across Massachusetts by providing quality training & networking resources that support all Massachusetts residents with effective services. NEAFAST is the professional home for LMFTs and other family and systemic therapists in Massachusetts and surrounding states, dedicated to the advancement of family and systemic therapy through advocacy, networking, and edu

cation. Our Mission: Provide stewardship for the art and science of systemic psychotherapy practice in New England by investing in supportive creative programming using collaborative platforms for cooperative grassroots professional development.

03/27/2025

The State of Therapy Conference planning committee is pleased to announce the theme for this year's annual conference - The Future of Our Profession. We are seeking proposals for presentations on topics including but not limited to:

Values in the Therapy Room: Political Landscape
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
The Rise of AI and the Impact on Ethics and Practice
Chatbots
Venture Capital in the Therapy Room (i.e. Headway/Alma/Betterhelp)
Virtual infidelity
The Impact of Social Media on the Couple or Family System
Future of Advocacy

Submission deadline June 16. For details:
https://neafast.memberclicks.net/2025-state-of-therapy-rfp

03/21/2025

Western Mass!!! Let’s meetup- it’s been just over a year since our last in person meetup in Northampton (if you can believe it!) Join us on April 5th from 1-3 at Fitzwilly’s. Hope to see you then!

02/25/2025

LAST CHANCE! Polyvagal Informed Couples Therapy develops clinicians’ awareness of the shift in their autonomic nervous system in their clinical work. Eight two-hour sessions start 3/14. As always, this is a FREE member benefit, with the option to purchase 16 CE credits.

Register now:
https://neafast.memberclicks.net/2025-pcg-registration---polyvagal-informed-couple-s-therapy

03/06/2024

http://www.neafast.org/2024-family-therapy-conference-5-17-24

01/03/2024

Our Peer Conault Groups are a great way to get jump started on your CEs for the next renewal cycle! They range from 12-16.5. We have some super great topics this session to choose from. Check them out and see if you’d be interested in joining any of them!

For more Info, go to our website and look under the “peer groups” tab

http://www.neafast.org

09/15/2023

Today, September 15, is the last day that you can get an early bird discount for our 2023 State of Therapy Conference, October 20 at William James College in Newton.

After today, the rates for State of Therapy will increase to $120 for NEAFAST members, $180 for nonmembers.

Sign up today! http://www.neafast.org/state-of-therapy-2023

09/13/2023

Neurodiversity is a growing field of research, from how does autism get diagnosed to what are the lifelong implications of neurodiverse individuals.

Very little has been explored about how neurodiversity impacts relationships.

Next week, our Peer Consultation Group, Embracing Neurodiversity begins. We'll talk more about autism through disability and ability models of human diversity. Family systems perspectives include siblings, parents, generational influences, and the impact of larger sociocultural influences.

Each session includes content presentation, case examples, and group discussion.

Embracing Neurodiversity starts next Wednesday September 20 from 12:30-2. It will meet biweekly until Thanksgiving.

Like all of our peer consultation groups, it is FREE for NEAFAST members to join, and $80 for non-members. 9 CEs can be purchased for $90 for NEAFAST members, $110 for non-members.

Sign up today! http://www.neafast.org/embracing-neurodiversity

09/12/2023

The original models of family therapy dealt with the nuclear and extended family system, but as the field has evolved, we realize that larger systems, like schools and community organizations, also often operate in parallel process to the family system.

Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) is a premier model that addresses how to engage larger structures from a systemic perspective, and starting Monday, NEAFAST will be hosting the Peer Consultation Group: A Deep Dive into EST.

This group will focus on the development of skills in and application of the Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy model, especially as it pertains to in-home therapy work and family therapy sessions.

The Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy model can be utilized to address trauma, generational patterns, maladaptive patterns of interaction, and relationship-based cycles that contribute to persistent challenges in the family system.

A Deep Dive into ESFT starts Monday September 18 from 12:30-2, and will meet on the third Monday of the month for the rest of the year.

Like all of our peer consultation groups, it is FREE for NEAFAST members to join, and $80 for non-members. 13.5 CEs can be purchased for $135 for NEAFAST members, $162 for non-members.

Sign up today! http://www.neafast.org/a-deep-dive-into-esft-ecosystemic-structural-family-therapy-

09/07/2023

Next Friday, 9/15, our Family Therapy with Young Children group begins.

This group will be structured as a study group and as such will look at approaches to supporting families who have a young child struggling to grow up.

The struggle could be related to family members having a neurological issue (ADHD, sensory integration and regulation challenges, spectrum disorder), the structure of the family (parents not able to be a team, leadership problems, boundary issues) or the mistaken goals of the child.

We will talk about moving from an individual therapy to a family therapy perspective where the parents are the agents of change, by involving teachers, grandparents, coaches, nannies, etc.

Like all of our peer consultation groups, it is FREE for NEAFAST members to join, and $80 for non-members. 13.5 CEs can be purchased for $135 for NEAFAST members, $162 for non-members.

09/06/2023

James Cordova is the author of The Marriage Checkup, and co-founder of Worcester's Arammu, which trains therapists how to use his model to provide couples with a safe space to assess the structures and processes in their relationship.

Arammu is teaching a Relationship Checkup workshop September 12th, 19th, and 26th for any mental health provider who would like to become certified in our proactive, strengths-based, intimacy-promoting approach to relationship healthcare.

Learn more through this Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EedbvUEOk_w&t=11s

And sign up online: https://arammu.com/events

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Shrewsbury, MA
01060

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 5pm
Tuesday	7am - 5pm
Wednesday	7am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	7am - 5pm
Saturday	8am - 5pm
Sunday	8am - 5pm

Website

http://www.neafast.org/

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We are the professional association for the field of family and systemic therapy in the state of Massachusetts. Though we’ve had various iterations over the last 40 years, NEAFAST continues to promote family and systemic therapy as a viable alternative to other traditional methods of providing mental health services. NEAFAST is a professional organization comprised of highly trained practitioners of mental health. Clinical Members and Specialists have met the highest standards of the profession for education and clinical experience.