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Astrid Carrington, PhD, LMFT-S (She/Her)
Dr. Carrington is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor in the State of Texas and is an AAMFT Supervisor Candidate. She practices in Austin, Texas where she helps kids, individuals, and families while serving as an adjunct professor to local counseling programs. Astrid holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision and MS in Human Services: Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling from Capella University’s CACREP programs. Her area of research focuses on the intersectionality of women and transgender mental health by uplifting their own voices.
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| Chair-Elect |
Coltan J. Schoenike, MS, LMFT (WI), LAMFT (MN), CST (They/Them)
Coltan is a queer and transgender sex and relationship therapist and researcher currently based in unceded Očhéthi Šakówiŋ territory colonially referred to as Menomonie, Wisconsin. In addition to their clinical work, Coltan is also a PhD Candidate (anticipated completion Summer 2025) at Antioch University New England, and Editorial Assistant for the journal, Sexual and Relationship Therapy. You can learn more about Coltan at their website www.coltanschoenike.com or on their various social medias @coltanschoenike.
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Treasurer
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Micah Brown, MS (He/Him)
Micah graduated from Purdue University Northwest in 2019 and currently resides in the Indianapolis area. He currently works in two private practice settings, Keystone Counseling and Northside Mental Health, working primarily with folx in intimate relationships along with some individual adults. He also volunteers his time on the elections committee for IAMFT (Indiana affiliate of AAMFT).
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| Secretary |
Brayden Malley, MS, LMFTA (He/They)
Brayden Malley (he/they) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Connecticut. He completed his master’s degree in December 2023 at Central Connecticut State University. He is working both with UCFS in New London, Connecticut and with CT Affirmative Therapy seeing clients remotely as part of a group private practice. He works with individuals, couples, and families to establish and achieve measurable goals in a therapeutic setting. His work at CT Affirmative Therapy is focused primarily on serving members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Brayden’s previous leadership experience includes president (2021-2022) and treasurer (2020-2021) of the MFT Society Board as well as treasurer (2020-2021) of Delta Kappa Honor Society. As a graduate student Brayden led a group of students in pursuing positive change for LGBTQIA+ students enrolled in the MFT program. During his time at CCSU, Brayden was awarded the LGBT Center Advocacy and Activism Award (2019).
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Education and Training Officer
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Sheila Addison, Ph.D., LMFT (She/Her)
Raised by a feminist single mother in the Midwest, Dr. Sheila Addison, LMFT was taught early on that women deserve equal opportunities. In her training as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Sheila expanded her perspective on social justice to include intersections of gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, weight, and more. She earned her Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University, where she developed and co-taught one of the first academic courses covering LGBT issues in family therapy. Currently, she heads Margin to Center Consulting, which encompasses her private practice and supervision; cultural competency training for mental health professionals; and providing diversity and inclusion resources, including the Ally Skills Workshop, to corporate, academic, and community clients. She resides in Oakland, California, where her private practice, focused on couples and relationships, is also located. In 2018 she was named “Best Psychotherapist in the East Bay” by the East Bay Express.
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Amanda Veldorale-Griffin, Ph.D., LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor (She/They)
Dr. Veldorale-Griffin has a Ph.D. in Family and Child Sciences from Florida State University. She is a Professor of Marriage and Family Sciences at the National University. They are a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida and an AAMFT-approved supervisor. She specializes in working with the LGBTQIA+ community, especially transgender folx and their families, and conducts research in the area of transgender families and LGBTQIA+ mental healthcare.
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| Past Chair |
M. Evan Thomas, Ph.D., LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor (He/Him)
Dr. Thomas is an Assistant Marriage and Family Therapy Professor at Converse University in Upstate South Carolina. He is the Chair of the Marriage and Family Department and the Program Director for the MMFT Program. Additionally, Dr. Thomas is the owner of a small private practice in Greenville, SC, and his work focuses on the Queer community. He obtained his MS in Marriage and Family Therapy from Purdue University and his Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences from Virginia Tech, emphasizing Marriage and Family Therapy.
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