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Annual Spring Celebration & Networking Event 2026
Saturday, May 16, 2026
12:00pm-3:00pm
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center
Sponsored by
Join LA-CAMFT at our annual Spring Celebration & Networking Event! There will be food, prizes, and fun opportunities to grow your network and make new friends with fellow LA-area therapists, associates, students/trainees, and other mental health or related professionals.
For more information, contact Special Events Chair Jessica Forrester.
Event Details:
For: LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members
When: Saturday, May 16, 2026 from 12:00pm-3:00pm
Where: Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, Picnic Area #1 (2551 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064)
(Map: https://recreation.parks.lacity.gov/sites/default/files/reccenter/cheviot-hills-recreation-center/media/newest-greatest-map.pdf)
Cost:
$15 for LA-CAMFT Members
$10 for LA-CAMFT Prelicensed Members
$20 for Non-Members
$10 for Prelicensed Non-Members
Cost (2 weeks before event):
$20 for LA-CAMFT Members
$15 for LA-CAMFT Prelicensed Members
$25 for Non-Members
$15 for Prelicensed Non-Members
Cost (at the door):
$25 for LA-CAMFT Members
$20 for LA-CAMFT Prelicensed Members
$30 for Non-Members
$20 for Prelicensed Non-Members
*Registration closes Friday, May 15 at 10:00pm. *
Here is an image from last year's celebration:
LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
presents
White Therapists Fighting Racism (WTFR)
Third Sunday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Sunday, May 17, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Online Via Zoom
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, WTFR 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.
How Do I Join? To join this group, please click here to complete our online submission form. Once submitted, a group facilitator will reach out to you for next steps.
Open to LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members.
For more information or if you have additional questions, please send all inquiries to the facilitators WTFR@lacamft.org.
For: Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students
When: Sunday, May 17, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Where: Online Via Zoom (Once you complete the online submission process, you will be emailed a monthly Zoom link.)
Cost: No charge
Facilitator(s): Estelle, Randi, Hazel, and Stephen
*Registration is open and available until the group begins.*
Meets Last Sunday of Every Month
Next Meeting:
Sunday, May 31, 2026 10:30am-11:30am
Join the 3000 Club for a one-hour support group. Meet and get to know other pre-licensed members, ask questions about BBS updates, participate in a supportive group of other LA-based pre-licensed MFTs.
For more information, contact Beth Osinoff.
For: LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members (Prelicensed Associates, Students, Trainees, Associates, as well as Newly Licensed - within 3 years of licensure - Therapists)
When: Sunday, May 31, 2026 from 10:30am-11:30am
Where: Online Via Zoom (Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to our Zoom meeting. Link will also be included in reminder email.)
$5 for LA-CAMFT Members (Newly licensed - within 3 years of licensure)
FREE for LA-CAMFT Prelicensed Members
$10 for Non-Members (Newly licensed - within 3 years of licensure)
$5 for Prelicensed Non-Members
Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Therapists Community Group
First Monday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Monday, June 1, 2026 9:00am-10:00am
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 β βThe reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you.β β 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 us.
For more information, contact the facilitators at mena@lacamft.org.
When: Monday, June 1, 2026 from 9:00am-10:00am
Where: Online Via Zoom (Upon registration for the presentation, you will receive a confirmation email that includes a link to our Zoom meeting.)
Facilitator(s): Perla and Susan
Black Therapist Support Group
Second Monday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Monday, June 8, 2026 6:00pm-7:30pm
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, βAs soon as healing takes place, go out and heal someone else.β May this space, be the support needed to facilitate that journey.
For more information, contact the Diversity Committee.
When: Monday, June 8, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:30pm (Check-In: 5:50pm)
Meet LA-CAMFT
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
12:00pm-1:00pm
Meet LA-CAMFT is a casual virtual gathering designed to give LA-CAMFT members an easy way to connect with those from the LA-CAMFT Board of Directors, build relationships, share ideas, and strengthen our professional community. Whether you are hoping to learn more about LA-CAMFT, expand your referral network, meet colleagues, or simply connect with fellow members, this informal space is designed to make networking feel easy, welcoming, and accessible.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn about upcoming LA-CAMFT events, introduce themselves, and spend time in small breakout rooms for relaxed conversation and connection. This gathering will include a discussion topic to provide light structure and support meaningful engagement.
Members are welcome to join as their schedules allow and stay for as long as they are able.
For more information or questions, contact President Elect Jessica Idoine.
For: LA-CAMFT Members Only
When: Tuesday , June 9, 2026 from 12:00pm-1:00pm (Check-In 11:45am)
Where: Online Via Zoom (Your registration confirmation email will include the Zoom link and instructions for accessing the event. A reminder email will be sent prior to the event.)
Cost: FREE for LA-CAMFT Members Only
*Registration closes Tuesday, June 9 at 10:00am. *
Next Meeting: Sunday, June 21, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, June 21, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Friday, June 26, 2026 9:00am-11:00am
2 CE Credits
Motivational Interviewing: From Ambivalence to Engagement
with Monica Powers, Psy.D.
Motivational interviewing is often associated with substance abuse treatment and helping a person move from a place of ambivalence about treatment to a willingness to participate and engage. These interventions can also be utilized by the primary mental health field to address specific behaviors and difficulties related to mental health, especially with adolescents. This presentation seeks to help practitioners utilize motivational interviewing skills to engage clients in beginning change behaviors who are much more connected to the behaviors in a manipulative way.
Educational Goals:
Attendees will be provided with specific examples of steps to work through Prochaska and DiClementeβs transtheoretical model.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:
Monica Powers, Psy.D. (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist who has championed personal resilience since 2007. She holds a doctorate from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and specializes in trauma, grief, and substance abuse for clients aged 11 and beyond. With specific interest in trauma recovery, her research on Hurricane Katrina survivors was recently republished in 2024, providing updates to her dissertation research. She currently serves as Program Director at ROWI Teen & Parent Wellness Centers and has a small private practice under Dr. Powers Psychotherapy. She is Clinical Faculty at Antioch University and also supervises at ADR Wellness - a group practice. Throughout her career, Dr. Powers has remained dedicated to mentoring early-career clinicians and providing individualized, strength-based support to diverse communities.
For more information, contact Course Organizer/CE Networking Chair Shiji Yuan.
For: Licensed Therapists, Associates, Students, & Related Professionals
When: Friday, June 26, 2026 from 9:00am-11:00am
8:30-9:00: Check-In 9:00: Meeting/Presentation Begins 11:00: Meeting/Presentation & Related Announcements End 11:00-11:30: Participant Announcements (optional)
If you are interested in expanding your professional networking, sign up for Participant Announcements when you register. This segment is from 11:00am-11:30am, and is an optional 1/2 hour after the presentation.
After the presentation we will provide you with a link to a simple online test and evaluation questionnaire. When the test questions and the evaluation are completed, you will be provided with an online CE Certificate that can be personalized with your name and license information and either printed or saved on your computer.
$25 for LA-CAMFT/Other CAMFT Chapter Members, CSCSW Members
$15 for LA-CAMFT/Other CAMFT Chapter Prelicensed Members
$35 for Non-Members
Cost (2 weeks before event for licensed members):
$30 for LA-CAMFT/Other CAMFT Chapter Members, CSCSW Members
$40 for Non-Members
*Registration closes Thursday, June 25 at 10:00pm.*
(To be sure you receive any information we send prior to the event, please add networkingchair@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.)
Register online today! We look forward to seeing you on Zoom.
CAMFT Approved Continuing Education Provider 59450. LA-CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs. LA-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
This course meets the qualifications for 2 continuing education credits for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
To receive CE certificate: Participants must sign in/sign out, and must complete an evaluation form upon course completion. For a Course Schedule, please contact Course Organizer at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org.
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 Course Organizer at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org.
Accommodations for Special Needs: Contact Course Organizer at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org.
Grievances: Program Administrator/CFO manages all grievancesβand will acknowledge, investigate and remedy grievances. Response to grievances will be made in writing within 30 days. Contact them at cfo@lacamft.org.
Next Meeting: Monday, July 6, 2026 9:00am-10:00am
When: Monday, July 6, 2026 from 9:00am-10:00am
Next Meeting: Monday, July 13, 2026 6:00pm-7:30pm
When: Monday, July 13, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:30pm (Check-In: 5:50pm)
Next Meeting: Sunday, July 19, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, July 19, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, August 3, 2026 9:00am-10:00am
When: Monday, August 3, 2026 from 9:00am-10:00am
Next Meeting: Monday, August 10, 2026 6:00pm-7:30pm
When: Monday, August 10, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:30pm (Check-In: 5:50pm)
Next Meeting: Sunday, August 16, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
(please note: this month is the Second Monday)
Next Meeting: Monday, September 14, 2026 9:00am-10:00am
When: Monday, September 14, 2026 from 9:00am-10:00am
(please note: this month is the Third Monday)
Next Meeting: Monday, September 14, 2026 6:00pm-7:30pm
When: Monday, September 14, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:30pm (Check-In: 5:50pm)
Next Meeting: Sunday, September 20, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, September 20, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, October 5, 2026 9:00am-10:00am
When: Monday, October 5, 2026 from 9:00am-10:00am
Next Meeting: Sunday, October 18, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, October 18, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, October 19, 2026 6:00pm-7:30pm
When: Monday, October 19, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:30pm (Check-In: 5:50pm)
Next Meeting: Monday, November 2, 2026 9:00am-10:00am
When: Monday, November 2, 2026 from 9:00am-10:00am
(no meeting in December)
Next Meeting: Monday, November 9, 2026 6:00pm-7:30pm
When: Monday, November 9, 2026 from 6:00pm-7:30pm (Check-In: 5:50pm)
Next Meeting: Sunday, November 15, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, November 15, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, December 7, 2026 9:00am-10:00am
When: Monday, December 7, 2026 from 9:00am-10:00am
Next Meeting: Sunday, December 20, 2026 3:00pm-5:00pm
When: Sunday, December 20, 2026 from 3:00pm-5:00pm
