Media Room

Working with AFT on media projects

The Association for Family Therapy has a team of members happy to respond to media requests. They can share insights and illustrative examples from their work, offer responses to news stories and interviews for features. They are also happy to discuss commissions for editorial work.
AFT will consider proposals for TV productions and undertake consultancy work with programme makers as well as provide on-screen interviewees and commentators. AFT will only consider those proposals that adhere to members' professional ethics with regard to participants' welfare.

Contacting AFT

We receive a high volume of requests, so please include your project and deadline details when contacting AFT. If you wish to contact AFT urgently, please call AFT's media + communications officer, Jan Parker, at janparker@aft.org.uk or via the Executive Office.

• AFT Guidelines on working with television
• AFT guidelines on talking to the media
• About AFT
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• Developing trainings in systemic family inclusive practice
• Research

Past Media Activities

Arlene Healey interviewed for Time magazine about the work of the Family Trauma Centre in Belfast - August 2008 http://www.time.com/time

AFT Chair Dorothy Ramsay displaying characteristic hummour and good sense in The Observer - August 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/

We are family
Interview with Theresa Hendra in Winter 2007 Issue of unite health magazine "Family therapists are under-represented and we would very much welcome those from other diverse groups"

Breaking the silence - Saturday March 24, 2007

The Guardian interviews Arlene Healey, consultant family therapist and manager of Belfast's Family Trauma Centre
for the full article please visit www.guardian.co.uk/family/story

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