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International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC) World Conference January 31 - February 2, 2018, New Orleans, LA (CEUs available) Keynote Speaker: Mark E. Young, Ph.D. Photo “Fragile Couples, Fragile Families” Mark E. Young was Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Central Florida for nearly 20 years. For 17 years, he worked as a therapist in various settings including community mental health, college counseling centers and private practice. He is the author of five textbooks including the widely used, Learning the Art of Helping (6 th edition) as well as Counseling Today (2 nd edition) and Counseling and Therapy for Couples which is now being prepared for a 3 rd edition. Counseling and Therapy for Couples provides a step-by-step Integrative Model for working with couples, a model which has been tested and taught to thousands of counselors. He has published more than 30 articles in refereed journals, 12 book chapters, 2 monographs and he has produced 40 counseling videos. In 2003, Dr. Young and Dr. Andrew Daire founded the UCF Marriage and Family Research Center which has
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International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC)
World ConferenceJanuary 31 - February 2, 2018, New Orleans, LA
(CEUs available)
Keynote Speaker: Mark E. Young, Ph.D.
Photo
“Fragile Couples, Fragile Families”
Mark E. Young was Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Central Florida for nearly 20 years. For 17 years, he worked as a therapist in various settings including community mental health, college counseling centers and private practice. He is the author of five textbooks including the widely used, Learning the Art of Helping (6th edition) as well as Counseling Today (2nd edition) and Counseling and Therapy for Couples which is now being prepared for a 3rd edition. Counseling and Therapy for Couples provides a step-by-step Integrative Model for working with couples, a model which has been tested and taught to thousands of counselors. He has published more than 30 articles in refereed journals, 12 book chapters, 2 monographs and he has produced 40 counseling videos.
In 2003, Dr. Young and Dr. Andrew Daire founded the UCF Marriage and Family Research Center which has now garnered more than 27 million dollars in federal grants to help low-income couples. In the past 15 years, it has trained more than 100 counselors to work with couples and generated more than 30 research publications. The Institute, now under the direction of Dr. Sejal Barden, is a national model for helping financially challenged couples.
Dr. Young was a charter member of IAMFC and is Past President of the Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling. Dr. Young has been honored with awards for his work including the Distinguished Mentor Awards from the American Counseling Association and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. In 2012, Dr. Young was named ACA Fellow.
