Nominate Your MFT Peers for the TAMFT 2024 Awards!

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Do you have a colleague who deserves to be recognized for their service to marriage and family therapy and TAMFT? Nominate them for a TAMFT Award today! 

Each year, TAMFT takes a moment at the annual conference to recognize the hard work, dedication, and passion of individuals who have positively impacted our organization as well as the field of Marriage and Family Therapy.

We invite all members to participate in the nomination process by submitting colleagues, students, professors, or supervisors for consideration for the 2024 Awards, including:

Annual Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award in the Field of Marriage and Family Therapy

The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a TAMFT member who has dedicated a lifetime of outstanding service to the field of Marriage and Family Therapy. The recipient of this award has demonstrated passion and dedication to the advancement of the field as a whole through their role as a practitioner, researcher, and/or mentor over the course of many years.

Qualifications: Fully licensed MFT (LMFT), TAMFT member

 

Master’s Level & Doctoral Level Student Achievement Awards

The Student Achievement Award is presented to a student enrolled in a graduate program in a regionally accredited university or college within the year preceding the award. The student must be actively enrolled in their accredited program and nominated by a professor within their program. The student must be conducting distinguished research or providing excellent services within the community. Nominations may be made for one master’s level student and one doctoral level student.

Qualifications: Currently enrolled master’s or doctoral level student in an accredited MFT program, 1 letter of recommendation, member of TAMFT

 

Professor of the Year Award

The Professor of the Year Award is presented to a professor actively teaching within a Texas college or university, nominated by either colleagues or students, who has shown excellence in guiding students toward high standards of care for future practice in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy. The recipient of this award has shown dedication in contributing to teaching and/or research relevant to the field while mentoring their students as both people and as clinicians. The recipient may also have honorably served as a supervisor in addition to their role as professor, although this is not a requirement for nomination.

Qualifications: Professor at an accredited MFT program at a college or university within the state of Texas, member of TAMFT

 

Outstanding Supervisor Award

The Outstanding Supervisor Award is presented to a Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor who has demonstrated dedication to a standard of excellence in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy through their mentorship and guidance of MFT supervisees. The recipient, nominated by either colleagues or supervisees, has demonstrated strong theoretical knowledge, nuanced wisdom of theoretical application, and adherence to ethical practice by themselves and those they supervise.

Qualifications: LMFT-S in good standing in the State of Texas, member of TAMFT

 

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Special Awards

Susan Speight Governmental Leadership Award

The Susan Speight Governmental Leadership Award is presented to a Texas legislator in recognition of their work to promote and advance TAMFT in its representation of Marriage and Family Therapists in Texas. The recipient may also be a TAMFT member who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of Marriage and Family Therapists in the political arena.

Qualifications: Texas Legislator or TAMFT member

 

Distinguished Service to TAMFT Award

The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a member of TAMFT staff, committee member, or board member who has demonstrated distinguished leadership, commitment, or service to TAMFT within the last 5 years.

Qualifications: TAMFT staff, TAMFT committee member/chair, TAMFT board member

 

 

Master Clinician Award

The Master Clinician Award is presented to a Marriage and Family Therapist who has sought proficiency in a specific modality of practice or who has shown innovation in their approach to the practice of Marriage and Family Therapy. The recipient may have contributed to their clients’ or community’s benefit by seeking additional training or credentialing through their dedication to a modality; or, the recipient may have developed a new modality to the benefit of many practitioners in the field.

Qualifications: LMFT in good standing, TAMFT member

 

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Nominations will be taken until March 15, 2024. The 2024 TAMFT awards will be presented at the annual TAMFT conference in April.

Show your appreciation to those who support TAMFT and strive to promote our profession! 

 


2023 Award Winners

Distinguished Service to TAMFT Award: Jason Martin, PhD., LMFT-S, LPC-S

Outstanding Supervisor Award: Matt Brown, Ph.D., LMFT-S

Professor of the Year Award: Wen-Mei Chou, Ph.D., LMFT-S, LPC-S

Student Achievement Award (Master's Level): John Kelly

Lifetime Achievement Award: Linda Metcalf, Ph.D., LMFT-S, LPC-S, CSC

Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan B. Levin, Ph.D., LMFT-S, LPC-S