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Family Institute of New Jersey
Contact:	Family Institute of New Jersey 312 Amboy Avenue Metuchen, NJ 08840 908/548-0444 908/548-7030

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Family Institute of Maine
Contact:	Family Institute of Maine 207/773-6658

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Family Institute of Westchester [FIW] (If you wish to, click on the above for its home page)
Contact:	(The link below is available for making contact) Family Institute of Westchester 600 Mamaroneck Avenue Suite 303 Harrison, NY 10628 914/777-3909 914/777-3948 fax info@fiwny.org
About:	The Family Institute of Westchester [FIW] is a postgraduate family therapy training institute for mental health professionals. It was organized in 1977.

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Family Research Consortium [FRC]
Contact:	(The link below is available for making contact) Family Research Consortium IV UCLA Center for Culture and Health 760 Westwood Plaza, Box 62 Los Angeles, CA 90024-5055 FRC4@ucla.edu
About:	The Family Research Consortium [FRC] is designed to promote intellectual exchange and collaboration among scholars across the nation and beyond on issues related to families and mental health, including the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders. FRC was established with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health in 1985 to improve the quality of investigation and to stimulate broader collaboration in the field of family research. Four successive generations of the Consortium have been funded, with each focusing on a distinct theme and comprising a different interdisciplinary team of senior researchers. The current phase, FRC IV focuses on 4 types of transition: Geographical, including immigration and migration Life course, which includes biologically-rooted and stage-related change Economic, including poverty and job change or loss Traumas, which include loss and unusually stressful events Objectives: Promote scholarly exchange and training in the study of transitions among diverse families Advance substantive, theoretical and methodological knowledge on transitions among diverse families, as they influence and are influenced by family processes and the mental health of family members FRC IV activities include: Generating and engaging in collaborative research Convening annual Summer Institutes that promote interchange among scholars in the field and disseminate information on advances in conceptual development, research design, measurement and statistical methodology appropriate for research on diverse families and mental health Conducting a multi-site postdoctoral training program that prepares a new generation of scholars to address mental health and family issues in diverse populations Facilitating the development of scholar study groups that independently pursue advancement and discovery on specialized subtopics related to the FRC IV themes

Family Research Consortium [FRC]

Contact:

(The link below is available for making contact)
Family Research Consortium IV
UCLA Center for Culture and Health
760 Westwood Plaza, Box 62
Los Angeles, CA 90024-5055

FRC4@ucla.edu

About:

The Family Research Consortium [FRC] is designed to promote intellectual exchange and collaboration among scholars across the nation and beyond on issues related to families and mental health, including the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders. FRC was established with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health in 1985 to improve the quality of investigation and to stimulate broader collaboration in the field of family research. Four successive generations of the Consortium have been funded, with each focusing on a distinct theme and comprising a different interdisciplinary team of senior researchers.

The current phase, FRC IV focuses on 4 types of transition:

Geographical, including immigration and migration
Life course, which includes biologically-rooted and stage-related change
Economic, including poverty and job change or loss
Traumas, which include loss and unusually stressful events

Objectives:

Promote scholarly exchange and training in the study of transitions among diverse families
Advance substantive, theoretical and methodological knowledge on transitions among diverse families, as they influence and are influenced by family processes and the mental health of family members

FRC IV activities include:

Generating and engaging in collaborative research
Convening annual Summer Institutes that promote interchange among scholars in the field and disseminate information on advances in conceptual development, research design, measurement and statistical methodology appropriate for research on diverse families and mental health
Conducting a multi-site postdoctoral training program that prepares a new generation of scholars to address mental health and family issues in diverse populations
Facilitating the development of scholar study groups that independently pursue advancement and discovery on specialized subtopics related to the FRC IV themes

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Family Services Canada (Services à la famille - Canada) (Please click above for its home page)
Contact:	(The link below is available for e-mail) Family Services Canada 404-383 Parkdale Avenue Suite 404 Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4R4 Canada 800/668-7808 613/722-9006 613/722-8610 fax info@familyservicecanada.org
About:	Founded in 1982, Family Service Canada is a not-for-profit, national voluntary organization representing the concerns of families and family-serving agencies across Canada. Membership includes family service agencies, corporations, government agencies at all three levels, and interested individuals.

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Family Services of King County (You can click above for the organization's home page)
Contact:	(You can click on the link below for getting more detail) Family Services of King County 615 2nd Avenue Suite 150 Seattle, WA 98104 206/826-3050 info@family-services.org
About:	Family Services of King County is a non-profit organization that provides supplies, mental health counseling and other support for families, including supportive housing, domestic violence intervention, eviction prevention and childcare for homeless families.
Event List:	Attachment, Mentalization and Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapies October 19-20, 2007: Seattle, WA
Event #1 Detail:	Attachment, Mentalization and Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapies (You can click above for the meeting's Web pages.) October 19-20, 2007 Seattle, WA Sponsor: Family Services of King County This Symposium will summarize the current status of mentalization-based clinical approaches. A developmental framework will be used in the presentation of treatment models for use with parent-infant dyads, children, adolescents, and families as well as psychotherapy for bipolar disorder, narcissistic disorders, violence prevention and trauma. Presenters: Peter Fonagy Mary Target Jon Allen Anthony Bateman Jeremy Holmes Efrain Bleiberg Linda Mayes Arietta Slade Event Contact: (you might use the link for e-mail) Cathy Henderson (A request: won't you be so kind as to refer to this Web resource when calling about the above meeting?)

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Family Support America (You can click above for the sponsor home page)
Contact:	Family Support America 205 West Randolph Street Suite 2222 Chicago, IL 60606 312/338-0900 312/338-1522 fax
About:	Family Support America (formerly The Family Resource Coalition) aims to improve the content and expand the number of programs available nationally to parents for strengthening families. Family Support America serves programs, parents, researchers, and policymakers with information and technical assistance related to prevention program models, strategies, and research.

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Family Support Center
About:	The Family Support Center is a clearinghouse of up-to-date information on national, state and local family support programs, services, and disabilities.

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Family Therapy Center of Maryland
Contact:	(You can click on the link below for e-mail) Family Therapy Center of Maryland 5848 Hubbard Drive Rockville, MD 20852 301/984-5730 301/984-1550 keimj@haven.ios.com

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Family Therapy Institute of St. Louis

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Family Therapy Network
Contact:	Family Therapy Network 8528 Bradford Road Silver Spring, MD 20901 301/585-5545
About:	Founded in 1976, the Family Therapy Network is a non-profit professional organization devoted to furthering the exchange of information and ideas among psychotherapists. The organization publishes a magazine, The Family Therapy Networker. At the Annual Symposia, 2,500 professionals gather. There is also a nationwie system of Forums, small local discussion groups. International Training Scholarships bring in professional clinicians from countries that lack training programs. The Minority Scholarship Program gives grants to training institutions to increase the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity of the family therapy profession. The Public Education Project sponsors programs for the general public. The Network also provides books, periodicals and training materials to professionals worldwide who otherwise would have no access to such resources.

Family Therapy Network

Contact:

Family Therapy Network
8528 Bradford Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901

301/585-5545

About:

Founded in 1976, the Family Therapy Network is a non-profit professional organization devoted to furthering the exchange of information and ideas among psychotherapists. The organization publishes a magazine, The Family Therapy Networker.

At the Annual Symposia, 2,500 professionals gather. There is also a nationwie system of Forums, small local discussion groups. International Training Scholarships bring in professional clinicians from countries that lack training programs. The Minority Scholarship Program gives grants to training institutions to increase the racial, ethnic and cultural diversity of the family therapy profession. The Public Education Project sponsors programs for the general public. The Network also provides books, periodicals and training materials to professionals worldwide who otherwise would have no access to such resources.

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Family Therapy Practice Academy (If you please, click on the above for the organization home page)
Contact:	(The link below is available for e-mail) Family Therapy Practice Academy Charlotte Spiegelman, MSW, Chair 1853 Fairburn Avenue #305 Los Angeles, CA 90025 acspieg@aol.com
About:	Members of the Family Therapy Practice Academy are clinical social workers. Goals: Ensure parity for clinical social workers as family practitioners and educators Ensure our national identity by setting our own family therapy standards Ensure inclusion in managed care and future national health care programs Promote broader acceptance of relational diagnosis for insurance reimbursement Keep clinical social workers, family therapists informed on issues affecting their practice Advocate for Clinical Social Workers/family therapists both within and outside the mental health field

Family Therapy Practice Academy

(If you please, click on the above for the organization home page)

Contact:

(The link below is available for e-mail)
Family Therapy Practice Academy
Charlotte Spiegelman, MSW, Chair
1853 Fairburn Avenue
#305
Los Angeles, CA 90025

acspieg@aol.com

About:

Members of the Family Therapy Practice Academy are clinical social workers.

Goals:

Ensure parity for clinical social workers as family practitioners and educators
Ensure our national identity by setting our own family therapy standards
Ensure inclusion in managed care and future national health care programs
Promote broader acceptance of relational diagnosis for insurance reimbursement
Keep clinical social workers, family therapists informed on issues affecting their practice
Advocate for Clinical Social Workers/family therapists both within and outside the mental health field

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Family Violence Prevention Fund [FVPF] National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (You can click on the above for its home page)
Contact:	(The link is available for e-mail) Family Violence Prevention Fund 383 Rhode Island Street Suite 304 San Francisco, CA 94103-5133 415/252-8900 415/252-8991 fax fund@fvpf.org
About:	The Family Violence Prevention Fund [FVPF] is a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform. The FVPF trains judges and police officers to respond appropriately when they are confronted with battering, and to treat it as a serious crime. It works with healthcare providers across the country to educate them about how to identify and help victims of abuse and their children. The FVPF has developed a multi-faceted public education campaign to raise awareness about the problem and let people know what they can do to get involved in their communities.

Family Violence Prevention Fund [FVPF]
National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence

(You can click on the above for its home page)

Contact:

(The link is available for e-mail)
Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street
Suite 304
San Francisco, CA 94103-5133

415/252-8900
415/252-8991 fax

fund@fvpf.org

About:

The Family Violence Prevention Fund [FVPF] is a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention and public policy reform.

The FVPF trains judges and police officers to respond appropriately when they are confronted with battering, and to treat it as a serious crime. It works with healthcare providers across the country to educate them about how to identify and help victims of abuse and their children. The FVPF has developed a multi-faceted public education campaign to raise awareness about the problem and let people know what they can do to get involved in their communities.

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Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute [FVSAI] (You can click above for the sponsor home page)
Contact:	(You could activate the link below for more detail) Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute 6160 Cornerstone Court East San Diego, CA 92121 858/623-2777 ext 406 858/646-0761 fax fvsai@alliant.edu
About:	The non-profit Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute [FVSAI] was founded in 1984. FVSAI due to the need for a national resource center that focused directly and specifically on family violence issues. With the increase in awareness of spousal and partner abuse, the FVSAI created a center to assist professionals in obtaining the latest information on the treatment of batterers, therapy for children who had been exposed to violence or maltreatment, education on the need for research and evaluation in these areas, and to conduct training, consultation, and professional networking among the researchers and treatment providers in the field of family violence and sexual assault. The organization provides information, networking, training, education, and program evaluation for other agencies, practitioners, and organizations. The mission of the FVSAI is to improve the quality of life for individuals on an international level by sharing and disseminating vital information, improving networking among professionals, and assisting with program evaluation, consultation, and training that promotes violence-free living. The official publications of FVSAI are: The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse The Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma The Journal of Emotional Abuse The Journal of Child Custody

Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute [FVSAI]

(You can click above for the sponsor home page)

Contact:

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Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute
6160 Cornerstone Court East
San Diego, CA 92121

858/623-2777 ext 406
858/646-0761 fax

fvsai@alliant.edu

About:

The non-profit Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute [FVSAI] was founded in 1984. FVSAI due to the need for a national resource center that focused directly and specifically on family violence issues. With the increase in awareness of spousal and partner abuse, the FVSAI created a center to assist professionals in obtaining the latest information on the treatment of batterers, therapy for children who had been exposed to violence or maltreatment, education on the need for research and evaluation in these areas, and to conduct training, consultation, and professional networking among the researchers and treatment providers in the field of family violence and sexual assault. The organization provides information, networking, training, education, and program evaluation for other agencies, practitioners, and organizations. The mission of the FVSAI is to improve the quality of life for individuals on an international level by sharing and disseminating vital information, improving networking among professionals, and assisting with program evaluation, consultation, and training that promotes violence-free living.

The official publications of FVSAI are:

The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
The Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma
The Journal of Emotional Abuse
The Journal of Child Custody

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Family Wellness Associates (If you wish to, click above for the sponsor's home page)
Contact:	(The link below is available for e-mail) Family Wellness Associates PO Box 66533 Scotts Valley, CA 95067-6533 831/440-0279 831/461-9564 fax families@familywellness.com

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