The Canadian Association for Couple and Family Therapy (CACFT/ACTCF) is the national non-profit association representing Couple/Marriage and Family Therapists in Canada. The CACFT is comprised of student, affiliate, associate and RMFT members and has a mandate to promote the profession of Couple/Marriage and Family Therapy in Canada.

Becoming a CACFT/ACTCF member provides numerous benefits. In addition to community and belonging, the association offers the following to enrich your professional and personal experiences:

• We are mindful of those with limited resources and seek to make it financially easy to join. Our dues are: RMFT ($151.25), Associate ($121.00), Affiliate ($90.75) and Student ($55.00).
• McFarlan Rowlands offers excellent professional liability insurance for CACFT/ACTCF members. Coverage includes,  Breach of Confidentiality, Commercial General Liability Insurance. They also offer optional coverages, Home and Auto Insurance, Clinic Packages, Life and Heath Insurance. 

• We continue to own the RMFT designation. You must be a CACFT member, in the Registered Marriage and Family Therapist category, to be able to use the Registered Marriage & Family Therapist designation. The requirements to use this designation continue to be set at a level that denotes clinical excellence. All RMFT's get a free professional listing in our therapist directory. This directory is the "go-to" site for those seeking an expert RMFT.

• We have launched and continuing to support independent Branches of the CACFT/ACTCF. We have created the back-office infrastructure to allow the Branches to focus on the work that they deem most important to them. The Branches Committee provides a forum for all the Branches to collaborate and share resources when applicable. We hope that for the provincial branches, having the backing of a Canadian national C/MFT association will help them to work with their provincial governments. We also have "LGBTQ2S" & "Bridges" (race and cultural) groups that may become Branches in the future.

• We have negotiated discounts with video conferencing/virtual practice platforms. We have done the research to ensure that they are compliant with privacy and security laws. They all meet the requirements of PIPEDA (Canada), PHIPA (Ontario), PIPA (BC), HIPPA (USA) & GDPR (EU).
• ENVISION is a 'Canadian-based provider of online workshops for mental health professionals. We seek to make learning accessible and attainable no matter the stage of a professional's career.' Envision is giving CACFT members 15 % off many of their events. For more information please click here. You will need to login to access the page.

• We have a Code of Ethics and complaints process. All members of the ethics committee are seasoned RMFTs. The Code and complaints process was written by leading RMFT's and reflects the context of practicing C/MFT in Canada.

• We have a CACFT Supervisor designation complete with a supervisor's handbook, training and refresher courses. All materials were written by leading RMFT's and comply with Canadian standards, laws and academic institutions.

• We are collaboratively creating, with the top C/MFT programs in Canada, a Program Accreditation Structure. This will allow the programs to reflect the Canadian context and Canadian academic, regulatory, policy and legal frameworks more accurately. 

• We have been working collaboratively with the Vanier Institute of the Family and The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). 

• Avant 2027, www.camft.ca sera un site entièrement bilingue

• The Professional Development Committee offers free webinars to our members at least 4 times a year as well as discounted events. 

• In the summer of 2020, we launched an Emergency Response Team. The ERT's mission is to provide free Brief Couples & Family Therapy to those who do not have the financial means to access experts in Couple & Family Therapy. Our focus is on helping couples and families during times of national, local or family crises.

• We have our professional journal, the Participator.  This gives us the ability to focus on Canadian research, clinical issues and professional interest stories.

• We are a growing association with robust infrastructure.

• We are welcoming, open, transparent and collaborative. We strive to be inclusive and help everyone feel at home at CACFT/ACTCF.

• You do not have to reside in Canada to be a member of the CACFT. We welcome C/MFT's from across the globe who share our Canadian C/MFT values and want to call the CACFT their professional home. If you are a member of AAMFT,  you can use the Equivalency application and join CACFT in the appropriate member category.  It is as easy as that. 

• We focus on bottom-up, not top-down association building with minimal hierarchy and a big tent conception of the C/MFT that is volunteer driven.