Information
on Chapter Meetings for 2008
Please join us at Our Next General
Membership Meeting!
LA-CAMFT'S 2008 Events:
Sunday, January 27, 2008Topic: An Introduction to Somatic Experiencing… A Biological Approach to Healing TraumaPresenter: Maggie Kline, MFT Maggie Kline, MFT is a senior Somatic Experiencing Instructor for the Foundation of Human Enrichment. She is the co-author with Dr. Peter Levine of It Won’t Hurt Forever—Guiding Your Child Through Trauma (Mothering Magazine, Jan/Feb 2002) and Trauma through a Child’s Eyes—Awakening The Ordinary Miracle of Healing (North Atlantic, Berkeley, 2007). |
Sunday, February 24, 2008Topic: Transpersonal Psychology, the Interface Between Psychology and Spirituality. Presenter: Catherine Auman, MFT, Catherine Auman, MFT, has been working in the psychology field for 25 years. She has studied spirituality for 30 years. In 2000 she took a one year sabbatical spending time in an ashram in India about which she is presently writing a book. Catherine Auman has been on the faculty of JFK University in Oakland, California. |
Sunday, March 30, 2008 Topic: Attachment Research with Infants. How to apply learnings to our work as clinicians with individuals, couples and groups. Presenter: Irene Harwood, MFT, LCSW, PhD, Psy.D, CGP, FAGPA Dr.Irene Harwood, is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA. She is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in her private practice in Westwood. Dr. Harwood presently serves as the President of the Group Psychotherapy Association of Southern California (GPASC). She is the author of numerous publications and she has been the keynote speaker for many conferences though out the United States, as well as abroad. |
Sunday, April 20, 2008 Topic: The Nuts and Bolts of Facilitating a Psychotherapy Group Presenter: Marvin N. Kaphan, LCSW, CGP Marvin N. Kaphan, LCSW is the author of numerous publications, the recipient of many awards in the field of Clinical Social Work and has a full time private practice in the San Fernando valley where he maintains 6 on-going psychotherapy groups. Marvin Kaphan has studied at Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers University. He has taught and demonstrated group therapy extensively throughout the United States and Canada. |
Sunday, May 18, 2008 Topic: Attachment and Individuation in the Experience of Cultural Diversity. Presenter: Lillian Freeman, LCSW Lillian Freeman, LCSW has been a psychotherapist in private practice in West LA for the past 30 years. She is on the faculty of Ryokan College where she teaches Human Development. Ms. Freeman has completed a certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. She has conducted trainings in Family Therapy and Play Therapy throughout California. |
Sunday, June 22, 2008, Ronnie Kaye, MFT Topic: From Danger to Opportunity: Treating the Cancer Patient in Psychotherapy Ronnie Kaye, MFT, has a private psychotherapy practice in Marina del Rey. Twice a cancer survivor, Ronnie Kaye is the author of the book, Spinning Straw Into Gold: Your Emotional Recovery From Breast Cancer (Simon & Schuster.) She leads groups and workshops for survivors and professionals and lectures internationally. In recognition of her work in this area, she has been the recipient of The American Cancer Society Quality of Life Award. Ronnie Kay is on the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine where she teaches medical students the human dimension of doctoring and has been awarded a Certificate of Distinction in Medical Education. She is presently working toward her PsyD in Psychoanalysis at the New Center for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. |
Sunday,July 27, 2008 Presenter: Dr. Larry Heller, MD Topic: An Introduction to Somatic Experiencing Presenter: Larry Heller, PhD Larry Heller, PhD, has been a body-centered therapist for over 25 years. He teaches seminars regularly in the United States, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Larry was the President and Director of Training for the Gestalt Institute of Denver. He specializes in the interplay of trauma and character structure and is currently writing a book on this subject. Larry has Co-authored a book entitled, Crash Course: A Self Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma and Recovery. |
| August, 2008 No meeting due to summer holidays. |
Sunday, September 28, 2008 Presenter: Dr. David Jensen, JD David Jensen, JD will provide us with his knowledge and expertise and humor as he navigates for us the legal and ethical mandates and updated laws we need to understand to practice as Marriage and Family Therapists in 2008 in California. This workshop is offered for licensed therapists and fulfills the MFT licensing renewal requirements. |
Sunday, October 26, 2008 Topic: Sex And The City Presenter: Joshua Golden, MD. Joshua Golden, MD is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He was the founder and co-director of the UCLA Human Sexuality Training Program at UCLA from 1975 until 1993. He retired from the private practice of psychiatry, specializing in sexual, marital and family therapies in July, 2007. |
Sunday, November 23rd, 200 Topic: Substance Use and Abuse: The continuum of consciousness alteration and the nature of addiction. Presenter: Dr. William Flaxman, PhD . William Flaxman, PhD, MFT was the director of clinical services and intern training for 13 years at 2 sliding scale counseling centers in Los Angeles. He is the past president of the Group Psychotherapy Association of Southern California and serves as the GPASC Chair of Research, Education and Training. Dr. Flaxman has a private practice in Santa Monica. He is the author of “Substance Use as a Function of Mood-Related Consciousness Alteration”. Bill also serves as a Board member of the Blackfeet Buffalo Horse Coalition, a Native American non-profit can community (horse therapy) ranch and training organization in Montana. |
December, 2008 Holiday Party Date: To be determined
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Meetings are from 9:45 AM - 12:30 PM
(unless otherwise noted)
Thalians Auditorium
Plaza Level, Thalians Bldg.
8730 Alden Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Street parking preferable or limited validated parking in the open air Gracie Allen lot
next to the Steven Spielberg Bldg. At the corner of Alden and Gracie Allen Drive
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GENERAL SCHEDULE FOR ALL MEETINGS: Pre-licensed CAMFT MEMBERS $5.00 |
We provide 2
Free CEU'S to members(unless otherwise noted)
and time to network and socialize!
Bring fliers or brochures to share. Light refreshments will be served.
Please call our Chapter line for further information at
(323) 964-3200, or e-mail Lori Rosene at lacamft@att.net
Emergency Contact: Chapter President Lynda Levy, MFT,
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