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• Neurodiversity-Affirming Assessment and Counseling for Kids, Teens, and Adults with ADHD

  • When
    12/01/2023
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom

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  LA-CAMFT December 2023

  ONLINE Presentation

  including Q&A

  Friday, December 1, 2023
  11:00 am-1:00 pm

  Via Zoom

  2 CE Credits

  

  Neurodiversity-Affirming Assessment
  and Counseling for Kids, Teens, and Adults with ADHD

  Dr. Laurie Ferguson, PsyD 

  Your adult clients may ask if you think they might have ADHD, or a parent may wonder if their child or teen might be an ADHD'er. There has been a massive shift in our understanding of ADHD across the lifespan. Previous approaches focused on "fixing" and "curing," and we found this disease model simply doesn't work, leaving clients and families (and therapists) frustrated. In this presentation, we are shifting to using a client's strengths to develop supports so that clients with ADHD can reach their potential in school, college, work, home, and relationships.  

  Educational Goals:

  Therapists will leave this training with tools to identify, assess, and support clients of all ages using a neurodiversity-affirming approach to ADHD. 

  Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to identify five myths about ADHD and why a neurodiversity-affirming approach is important.
  2. Participants will be able to use five strategies to create a neurodiversity-affirming experience for your ADHD client.
  3. Participants will be able to identify five ADHD advocacy tools.
  4. Participants will be able to identify five counseling and assessment approaches in ADHD.

  Dr. Laurie Ferguson has been working in the mental health field supporting children, teens, families, and adults since 1996. She graduated from the APA-accredited Wright Institute in Berkeley. Training included an APA-accredited internship at The Children's Hospital in Denver, and a fellowship at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver (now called National Jewish Health). Training also included clinical positions at the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the USF Child and Family Center. Before attending graduate school, she was a mental health worker for the psychiatric units at the San Francisco County Jail and St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco. Additional training included the SLOACCEPTance Project supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. Dr. Ferguson is neurodivergent and has a neuro-spicy family, with personal experience advocating for family members of all ages.

  For more information, contact Tyana Tavakol. 

  

  For:
  Prelicensed Associates and Students, Trainees, Associates, Interns, Newly Licensed Therapists, LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members.

  Event Details: 
  Friday, December 1, 2023, 11:00 am-1:00 pm

  Where: Online Via Zoom

  Cost:
  

  • LA-CAMFT Members – $25.00
  • Other CAMFT Chapter Members – $25.00
  • CSCSW Members – $25.00 Registration code required
  • Non-Members – $35.00
  • No Charge  (Registration code required)
  • LA-CAMFT Prelicensed Members – $15.00
  • Other CAMFT Chapter Prelicensed Members – $15.00
  • Prelicensed Non-Members – $25.00

  Your registration confirmation email will include the Zoom link and instructions for accessing the event.
  

  (To be sure you receive any information we send prior to the event, please add prelicensed@lacamft.org to your known contacts or safe list and check your bulk, junk or promotions mailboxes for any emails from us about this event.)

  Closing date for registration is November 30, 2023 at 10pm.

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• Black Therapist Support Group

  • When
    12/02/2023
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom

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  LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
  Presents:

  Black Therapist Support Group
  

  First Saturday of Every Month

  Next Meeting:
  Saturday, December 2, 2023
  12:00 pm-1:30 pm (PT)

  Online Via Zoom

  

  Black Therapist Support Group

  A safe place for healing, connection, support and building community. In this group, licensed clinicians, associates and students can come together and process experiences of racism (systemic, social, and internalized), discrimination, implicit bias, and micro-aggressions, along with additional experiences that therapists of African descent encounter in the field of mental health. As the late great Maya Angelou once said, “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal someone else.” May this space, be the support needed to facilitate that journey.
  

  Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members
  

  First Saturday of this Month
  Location: Zoom Meeting

  For more information contact the Diversity Committee, diversitycommittee@lacamft.org.

  
  

  For:
  Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students

  Event Details: 
  Saturday, December 2, 2023, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm (PT)
  Time of Check-In: 11:50 am

  Where: 
  Online Via Zoom
  Upon registration for the presentation, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to our Zoom meeting.

  Cost:
  No Charge

  Online Registration CLOSES on the date of the event.
  (Registration is open and available until the group ends.)
  

  Questions about Registration? Contact Akiah T. Robinson Selwa, LMFT  at DiversityCommittee@lacamft.org.

  
  

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• LA-CAMFT 2023 Annual Holiday Party

  • When
    12/03/2023
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Clearview Treatment Programs, 911 Coeur D'Alene Avenue, Venice, CA 90291
  • Spaces left
    81

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  LA-CAMFT 2023 Annual Holiday Party

  It’s time to celebrate with friends and colleagues at LA-CAMFT’s Annual Holiday Party. All are invited to come gather together in celebrating another terrific year for our community. Please join us for a delicious food, laughter, and musical merriment with your LA-CAMFT friends and colleagues.

  We have created a special “Welcome to Our Newly Licensed MFTs” ritual. If you received your license in 2022 or 2023 and you would like to be a part of this ceremony, please let me know by emailing me (specialeventschair@lacamft.org) and registering for our Holiday Party. We will also be celebrating the passing of the baton to our newly elected LA-CAMFT Board of Directors.

  When:
  Sunday, December 3, 2023
  1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  
  Where:
  Clearview Treatment Programs
  911 Coeur D'Alene Avenue, Venice, CA 90291

  Cost:
  $10 Registration Fee that Goes Toward Food
  and Covid Safety Considerations

  Looking forward to seeing you there!

  

  * For health and safety, please note that registration is limited to 100 attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. After we reach the registration limit, your name will be added to a waitlist, and if we receive any cancellations, we will offer you an opportunity to attend in the order your name was added to the list.

  

  Map of Location:
  Clearview Treatment Programs

  
  

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• Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Therapists Community Group

  • When
    12/04/2023
  •  
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom

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  LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
  Presents:

  (MENA)
  Middle Eastern North African 
  Therapists Community Group
  

  Next Meeting:
  Monday, December 4, 2023
  6:30 pm-7:30 pm (PT)

  Online Via Zoom

  Free Registration

  

  Middle Eastern North African (MENA)
  Therapists Community Group

  The MENA Therapists Community Group is a safe place across the Middle Eastern and North African therapist diaspora to build community and a sense of belonging. We hold an inclusive space to process the impact of cultural biases experienced by people of MENA descent and the effect it may have on our work as mental health professionals. Within the process, we will strive to create healing, support, and empowerment. We will collaboratively exchange ideas, experiences and resources while acknowledging cultural differences and shared similarities. As the poet Khalil Gibran states — “The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you.” — our community will create a place to be seen, heard, and understood.

  Special Note: MENA Therapists Community Group meetings are intended as a place for MENA-identifying therapists to have a safe place amongst others in the same ethnic and cultural community to share and process their personal and professional experiences. Therapists from similar cultural backgrounds (e.g., South Asian, mixed identities that include MENA, etc.) are also welcome. If you are not MENA-identifying or from a similar cultural background and instead wish to join these meetings for the purpose of learning about the MENA population, we offer consultations separately. You are more than welcome to schedule a one-on-one consultation by emailing mena.lacamft@gmail.com.

  DC Support Groups Survey 2023

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  Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members
  Location: Zoom Meeting

  For more information contact the Diversity Committee, diversitycommittee@lacamft.org.

  
  

  For:
  Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students

  Event Details: 
  Monday, December 4, 2023, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
  Time of Check-In: 6:00 pm

  Where: 
  Online Via Zoom
  Upon registration for the presentation, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to our Zoom meeting.

  Cost:
  No Charge

  Registration is open and available until the group begins.

  Questions about Registration? Contact Tyana Tavakol, Perla Hollow, & Tania Osipof at DiversityCommittee@lacamft.org.

  
  

  
  

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• Evolution of Psychotherapy

  • Start
    12/12/2023
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • End
    12/17/2023
  •  
    12:20 PM
  • Location
    Anaheim, California

  Join us December 12-17, 2023   |   Register with code LA-CAMFT for $150 off We're thrilled to announce a partnership between Evolution of Psychotherapy and the Los Angeles Chapter of CAMFT! This partnership will enable learners throughout our networks and communities to learn from the masters of psychotherapy, provide effective and efficient care to patients, and help shape the future of the field.   Since 1985, the Evolution of Psychotherapy conference has been the most anticipated psychotherapy event of the year. We invite you to join us! Learn directly from the living legends in Anaheim, California, during a unique educational experience where the masters of psychotherapy, breakout thinkers, and on-the-ground professionals will reinvigorate your passion for the field of psychotherapy. Learn From The Living Legends of Psychotherapy   Participate in 90+ Sessions Enjoy 5+ practice-changing days of education, stellar keynotes, engaging sessions, opportunities to network and meet with spectacular faculty, and so much more. The 2023 agenda features two pre-conferences, three great conversations, three invited addresses, three invited panels, eleven keynotes, twelve conversation hours, fourteen clinical demos, sixteen speeches, and twenty-one workshops. Don't miss out!  View Agenda     Interact with 35+ World-Class Faculty Engage, network, and learn with the iconic legends you know, love, and trust. This year's red-carpet lineup of speakers and presenters is ready to share their breakthrough methods, techniques, and insights on how you can improve patient care. 2023 Keynotes: John Gottman, PhD & Julie Gottman, PhD, Temple Grandin, PhD, Rob Kapilow, Otto F. Kernberg, MD, FAPA, Cloé Madanes, LIC, HDL, Christina Maslach, PhD, Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, Martin Seligman, PhD, Dan Siegel, MD, David Whyte, and Jeffrey Zeig, PhD.  Meet the Faculty     Choose Between 3 Ways to Participate Decide how you want to join us - there are options!  In-Person Only Pass: Join us in Anaheim for all sessions and networking opportunities in the Exhibit Hall. Claim credits for each session attended in-person. On-Demand Only Pass: If you can't attend in-person, this option provides access to session recordings for 6 months on-demand. Claim credits for each session attended. Maximum Credit Package: Maximize your credit earning potential with an In-Person Pass PLUS on-demand access - this is the best deal and value, not to miss! Earn 125+ CME/CE credits!  Register Now!   Find Out How You Can Make Your Mark on the Field We want to see you in Anaheim! Save an additional $150 on registration by using the exclusive discount code LA-CAMFT. Last Chance Rates increase at midnight on November 17! Group discounts are also available for 5-9 or 10+ people on the event website. IN-PERSON ONLY PASS Register Now! ON-DEMAND ONLY PASS Register Now! MAXIMUM CREDIT PACKAGE Register Now!   Agenda Speakers Accreditation Travel The conference is open to professionals with a master’s degree or equivalent in mental health and health-related fields from accredited institutions as well as graduate students in accredited programs in mental health and health-related fields who supply a letter from their department certifying their student status as of December 2023. Continuing Education In support of improving patient care, HMP Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Note: This statement is not an indication of approved credits. Please visit the accreditation page for full accreditation details, including credit types and totals, for this activity. © 2023 HMP Global | 70 E Swedesford Rd, Suite 100, Malvern, PA 19355 Privacy Policy

  
  

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• Asian American Pacific Islander+ Therapists Circle

  • When
    12/15/2023
  •  
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom

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  LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
  Presents:

  Asian American Pacific Islander+
  Therapists Circle

  Third Friday of Every Month

  Next Meeting:
  Friday, December 15, 2023
  1:30 pm-3:00 pm (PT)

  Online Via Zoom

  

  Asian American Pacific Islander+ Therapists Circle

  A safe and empowering place for therapists of the Asian diaspora to experience healing, renewal, and belonging. We will collectively process experiences of racism and internalized oppression. We will also explore the coexistence of privilege and marginalization along with invisibility and hypervigilance. This space will help us appreciate and reclaim what we have in common while honoring our differences. Grace Lee Boggs notes, “The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.” May this circle embody her words.
  

  Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members
  

  Third Friday of this Month
  Location: Zoom Meeting

  For more information contact Rachell Alger, rachellalgermft@gmail.com.

  
  

  For:
  Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students

  Event Details: 
  Friday, December 15, 2023, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm (PT)
  Time of Check-In: 1:15 pm

  Where: 
  Online Via Zoom
  Upon registration for the presentation, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to our Zoom meeting.

  Cost:
  No Charge

  Online Registration CLOSES on the date of the event.
  (Registration closes 1.5 hours prior to the meeting.)
  

  Questions about Registration? Contact Akiah Robinson Selwa at diversitycommitee@lacamft.org.

  
  

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• White Therapists Fighting Racism

  • When
    12/17/2023
  •  
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom

  
  

  White Therapists Fighting Racism
  LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee Affinity Group
  
  Third Sunday of Every Month

  Next Meeting:
  Sunday, December 17, 2023
  3:00 pm-5:00 pm (PT)

  Online Via Zoom

  

  White Therapists Fighting Racism

  The goal of White Therapists Fighting Racism (WTFR) is for white-identified therapists to become effective allies in support of decolonization and racial justice in our clinical practice, therapy association, and community. Recognizing that racism is maintained when whiteness is invisible to white people, White Therapists Fighting Racism provides a forum for white-identified therapists to explore what it means to be white. While this process includes learning about structural racism and deconstructing the false narrative about race, a primary focus in the group is on doing inner work. To learn more, click on the Diversity Committee page.

  Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members

  
  

  For:
  Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students

  Event Details: 
  Sunday, December 17, 2023, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm (PT)

  To join this group, go to  https://lacamft.formstack.com/forms/wtfr_member_questionnaire. 

  For more information contact Randi Gottlieb at rgottliebmft@gmail.com.

  
  

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• Therapists of Color Support Group

  • When
    01/14/2024
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Via Zoom

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  LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
  Presents:

  Therapists of Color Support Group
  
  

  Second Sunday of Every Month

  Next Meeting:
  Sunday, January 14, 2024
  11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT)

  Online Via Zoom

  

  Dear TOC Support Group Members: 

  The Diversity Committee of LACAMFT has canceled the TOC Support Group meeting scheduled for the months of November and December. The TOC Support Groups will resume in January 2024. We encourage you to take time to rest and enjoy until we meet again in January 2024. While you are waiting, please also consider completing the DC Support Group survey for 2023: 

  If you have any questions, please contact the Diversity Committee at diversitycommittee@lacamft.org. 

  DC Chairwoman, 

  Akiah Selwa, LMFT

  
  

  Therapists of Color Support Group

  A safe place to receive peer support and process experiences of racism (systemic, social, and internalized), discrimination, implicit bias, racist injury, aggression, and micro-aggressions, along with additional experiences that therapists of color encounter in the field of mental health.

  Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members
  Second Sunday of Each Month
  Location: Zoom Meeting

  For more information contact the Diversity Committee, diversitycommittee@lacamft.org.

  
  

  For:
  Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students

  Event Details: 
  Sunday, January 14, 2024, 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT)
  Time of Check-In: 10:50 am

  Where: 
  Online Via Zoom
  Upon registration for the presentation, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to our Zoom meeting.

  Cost:
  No Charge

  Online Registration CLOSES on the day of the event.

  Questions about Registration? Contact Akiah T. Robinson Selwa, LMFT  at DiversityCommittee@lacamft.org.

  
  

  

  In diversity there is beauty
  and there is strength.

  Maya Angelou

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• Defining Legal and Ethical Issues for Therapists in a Changing California

  • When
    03/17/2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  
  

  LA-CAMFT March 2024
  Law & Ethics Online Workshop

  Sunday, March 17, 2024
  9:00 am-4:00 pm

  Meets BBS requirements for mandatory 6 CEs/Ethical Education
  and 3 hours of Law & Ethics coursework for pre-licensed renewal.
  

  6 CEs

  Online Via Zoom

  

  Defining Legal and Ethical Issues
  for Therapists in a Changing California

  With
  Curt Widhalm, LMFT
  

  

  Across California and throughout the nation, mental health advocacy has led to expanded access and rights for patients seeking behavioral health services. This means new opportunities and responsibilities for therapists to remain compliant with updated laws. This course explores new (and old) responsibilities for client documentation, access to records, MFTs serving as Medicare providers, and the interaction with technical advances such as artificial intelligence.

  Educational Goal
  This workshop is intended for licensed and pre-licensed master’s level therapists with beginner-to-advanced experience to cover the foundations of clinical documentation, expanded practice through Medicare, ethical considerations for technology and artificial intelligence, and updates to laws for California MFTs. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe three required pieces of a client record.
  2. Identify three requirements for Good Faith Estimates.
  3. Critique three situations when clients request access to records.
  4. Distinguish three considerations for client privacy when using technology.
  5. Translate two standards of minimal technological competency for therapists.
  6. List three laws for therapists newly effective in 2024.

  About Curt Widhalm
  Curt Widhalm, LMFT, is the owner of Real Honest Therapy in Encino and West Los Angeles that specializes in working with teenagers and provides EMDR and comprehensive DBT. He is a member of the CAMFT Ethics Committee and a lecturer at California State University Northridge where he teaches Law & Ethics in the MFT program. Curt is also the co-host of The Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide podcast. 

  For more information, contact Jenni J.V. Wilson.

  

  Event Details

  Sunday, March 17, 2024, 9am-4:00pm
  
  Where:
  Online via Zoom
  (Check-In 8:30am; includes two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch break)

  Cost:
  $85 for LA-CAMFT Members and Other CAMFT Chapter Members
  $85 for CSCSW Members
  $35 Prelicensed Member of LA-CAMFT/Other CAMFT Chapter
  $100 for Non-Members
  $50 for Prelicensed Non-Members
  6 CEs provided

  CAMFT Approved Continuing Education Provider 59450. This course meets the qualifications for 6 continuing education credits for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists. Participants will receive an evaluation form as part of the sign in/out form and must complete form at the conclusion of course in order to receive CE. Refund policy: 48-hour notice required for refund of fee minus $5.00 administrative cost. Exceptions can be made for 48-hour notice in cases of emergency. Contact Jenni J.V. Wilson, Course Organizer, at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org. Accommodations for Special Needs: Contact Jenni J.V. Wilson, Course Organizer, at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org. Grievances: Program Administrator, Di Wilson, manages all grievances—and will acknowledge, investigate and remedy grievances. Response to grievances will be made in writing within 30 days. Contact her at cfo@lacamft.org.

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