Membership Benefits

Who are our members? NEAFAST Members are not only licensed marriage and family therapists, but a wide variety of mental health professionals dedicated to providing family and relational health through the lens of systems theory. Our members are students in family therapy, 40-year professionals, and everyone in between.

What's the benefit? By joining NEAFAST, you can help shape the field of therapy, creating structures and precedents that support and promote the practice of relational therapies. 

Member Benefits include:

Free attendance to our Peer Consultation Groups. Peer consultation groups are an opportunity to learn about the challenges of family therapy and discuss cases in an ongoing small group. Learn more here!

50% discount to all conferences. NEAFAST hosts three one-day conferences in the spring--In-Home Family Therapy Conference, Sex Therapy Symposium, and Couples Conference--and an Annual Conference, the State of Therapy, in the Fall. 

A listing in the NEAFAST Therapist Directory: Advertise your practice and specialty, and send & receive referrals from other family and systemic therapists in Massachusetts.

Free advertising for your practice: Have you been published recently? Received a special certification? Are you looking for someone to join your practice? Or to find a place to practice couple and family therapy? NEAFAST will highlight your achievements and advertise your needs through our social media outlets and e-blasts. Email us at [email protected] to share your accomplishments and requests.

Free connections with media sources: NEAFAST is committed to building relationships between our members and journalists, writers, and academicians to describe the effectiveness of family and systemic therapy.

Access to the Emily Mitchell Scholarship Fund. Student members and members who provide therapy at agencies can receive a significant discount to attend the State of Therapy Conference. To apply for the scholarship, please fill out this form.

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