View our event calendar on the LA-CAMFT website here: http://lacamft.org/events/

 

Upcoming events

Upcoming events

    • 06/05/2023
    • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Online Via Zoom
    Register


    LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
    Presents:

    (MENA)
    Middle Eastern North African 
    Therapists Community Group

    Next Meeting:
    Monday, June 5, 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.

      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, June 5, 2023, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
      Time of Check-In: 9:00 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

      Registration is open and available until the group begins.

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



      • 06/09/2023
      • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
      • Zoom Video Conference

      If you’d like to attend the Board meeting, or want more information, please reach out to LA-CAMFT President, Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai, LMFT, at president@lacamft.org.

      • 06/11/2023
      • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
      • Online Via Zoom
      Register


      LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
      Presents:

      Therapists of Color Support Group

      Second Sunday of Every Month

      Next Meeting:
      Sunday, June 11, 2023
      11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT)

      Online Via Zoom

      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, June11, 2023, 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

        • 06/15/2023
        • 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
        • Online Via Zoom
        Register


        LA-CAMFT
        Mid-Month Meetup

        Thursday, June 15, 2023
        7:00 pm - 8:15 pm

        Tired of just connecting online for business reasons?
        Ready to connect, have some fun, and get to know other therapists?
        Come join LA-CAMFT's FREE Mid-Month Meetups
        on the 15th of June, September and December from 7:00-8:15pm!

        Online via Zoom

        Our theme for June 15th is Charades!
        Let's get to know each other as more than just therapists.

        All are welcome!


        • 06/16/2023
        • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
        • Online Via Zoom
        Register


        LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
        Presents:

        Asian American Pacific Islander+
        Therapists Circle

        Third Friday of Every Month

        Next Meeting:
        Friday, June 16, 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, June 16, 2023, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm (PT)
        Time of Check-In: 12:30 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.


        • 06/19/2023
        • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
        • Online Via Zoom
        Register


        LA-CAMFT 3000 Club

        presents

        Therapists of Color:
        Navigating the Path
        of Career Mentorship
         

        Monday, June 19, 2023
        6:30 pm-7:30 pm

        FREE Registration

        Via Zoom

        Therapists of Color:
        Navigating the Path of Career Mentorship

        Perla Hollow, LMFT and Stara Shakti, LMFT

        This event is an opportunity for trainees, associates, and newly licensed clinicians to learn about the basics of clinical mentoring. During this panel discussion, attendees can expect to gain valuable insight into the benefits of having a licensed clinical mentor, how to establish a strong mentor-mentee relationship, and an overview of the LA-CAMFT Therapists of Color (TOC) Mentorship Program. Joining us on the panel will be a previous TOC mentee and two LMFT clinicians who will share their experiences of being a part of the program and host a Q & A discussion. Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of what it means to have a mentor who supports their cultural identity and how that support can nurture their professional development as a mental health clinician.

        Perla Hollow, MA, LMFT, is a Middle Eastern therapist in private practice in Manhattan Beach, CA providing therapy to children, adolescents, adults and families. Her specialties include utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address anxiety, depression, phobias, body focused repetitive behaviors, and obsessive compulsive disorder. She also provides family therapy for families with challenges around child behavioral issues. Previously, she worked in community mental health at The Help Group Outpatient Services in both Van Nuys and Culver City. She has also received training in CBT at the CBT Treatment Center in Manhattan Beach. She earned her BA Degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California and a MA Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. She is a first generation immigrant from Beirut, Lebanon who is passionate about psychotherapy as well as bridging the cultural gaps that exist in psychotherapy, especially for Middle Eastern therapists and clients. She is also excited about being the co-founder and co-facilitator of the LACAMFT MENA Therapist Community Group.

        Stara Shakti is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Trauma Specialist with a private psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles, California. Stara helps young adults (in their 20s and 30s) who are queer (LGBTQ+), people of color (POC/BIPOC), first-gen American, and neurodivergent heal from past trauma so they can learn to love themselves, fully express who they are in the world, and have healthier adult relationships. www.StaraShaktiLMFT.com.

        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: 
        Monday, June 19, 2023, 6:30-7:30 pm

        Where: Online Via Zoom

        Cost:
        No Charge

        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.)

        Registration is open and available until the presentation begins.

        • 06/23/2023
        • 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
        • Online Via Zoom
        Register

        LA-CAMFT June 2023
        ONLINE 
        Presentation

        LA-CAMFT 2023 Teletherapy Workshop:
        Basic Competencies in Telehealth

        Meets New BBS Requirement!

        Friday, June 23, 2023
        9:00 am-12:15 pm

        Via Zoom

        3 CE Credits

        LA-CAMFT 2023 Teletherapy Workshop:
        Basic Competencies in Telehealth

        Linda J. Hoffman, PsyD

        New Law AB 1759 goes into effect on July 1, 2023. It requires all licensed therapists applying for license renewal and associates who are applying to take the licensing exam to have 3 hours of training in the delivery of mental health services via telehealth, including law and ethics. Read more about the new law here: https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/ab_1759_faq_telehealth.pdf.

        This presentation meets the BBS requirement and covers basic competencies in the provision of mental health services via telehealth. Competencies being addressed include, but are not limited to: legal and ethical standards (including jurisdictional issues and HIPAA requirements), risks and benefits, informed consent, communication and safety issues, research on effectiveness, assessing clients for appropriateness, and common video presentation issues.

        Educational Goal: To prepare psychotherapists to respond to and manage the legal, ethical, clinical, and technical issues associated with the provision of psychotherapy via telehealth. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

        1. Describe the legal and ethical issues associated with providing psychotherapy in jurisdictions outside their State(s) of licensure.
        2. Articulate informed consent standards related to telehealth.
        3. Summarize communication and safety issues that may arise in a telehealth setting.
        4. Determine how to assess the appropriateness of telehealth for clients.
        5. Solve common video presentation issues.

        Linda J. Hoffman, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist living in Los Angeles, California. She is licensed in California and New York and owns a 100% telehealth private practice, Above the Line Psychotherapy, that serves entertainment industry professionals. Dr. Hoffman is also a Senior Lecturer in the Master of Marriage and Family Therapy program at the University of Southern California. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, she completed extensive training in the provision of psychotherapy via telehealth including legal and ethical issues related to the delivery of mental health services using other technologies. Dr. Hoffman has lectured on telehealth best practices and consulted with programs about training clinicians to be telehealth providers.

        For more information, contact Di Wilson or Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai.


        For:
        Licensed Therapists, Associates, Students, & Related Professionals

        Event Details: 
        Friday, June 23, 2023, 9:00-12:15 am
        8:30-9:00: Check-In
        12:15-12:45 am  (optional) Participant Announcements

        9:00: Meeting Begins
        12:15 Presentation and Related Announcements End
        12:15 (optional) Participant Announcements
        12:45 Meeting Ends

        Where: 
        Online Via Zoom

        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 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.)

        Cost:
        $35 for LA-CAMFT Members
        Other CAMFT Chapter Members
        CSCSW Members
        $15 for LA-CAMFT Prelicensed Members
        $50 for Non-Members
        $30 for Prelicensed Non-Members


        3 CEs Provided

        For any interested in expanding your professional networking opportunities, please join us from 12:15 to 12:45 and sign up to make an announcement when you register.

        Registration is open until June 22 at 10pm.

        Register Online today for a Quick & Easy Check-In.


        CAMFT Approved Continuing Education Provider 59450. This course meets the qualifications for 3 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 Di Wilson, Course Organizer, at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org.

        Accommodations for Special Needs: Contact Di Wilson, Course Organizer, at NetworkingChair@LACAMFT.org.

        Grievances: Program Administrator, Valerie "Billie" Klayman, 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.

        • 07/14/2023
        • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
        • Zoom Video Conference

        If you’d like to attend the Board meeting, or want more information, please reach out to LA-CAMFT President, Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai, LMFT, at president@lacamft.org.

        • 08/11/2023
        • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
        • Zoom Video Conference

        If you’d like to attend the Board meeting, or want more information, please reach out to LA-CAMFT President, Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai, LMFT, at president@lacamft.org.

        • 08/24/2023
        • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
        • Online Via Zoom


        LA-CAMFT 3000 Club

        presents

        Starting as Adjunct Faculty 

        Thursday, August 24, 2023
        6:30 pm-7:30 pm

        FREE Registration

        Via Zoom

        Starting as Adjunct Faculty

        Jasmeet Bhullar, LMFT

        Working as Adjunct Faculty requires you to be patient but also ready to plan an entire class from scratch at a moment’s notice. This presentation will cover the pros and cons of this career to help you see if a career as adjunct faculty is right for you, job search strategies, and tips so you can master the interview.

        Jasmeet Bhullar is a highly qualified therapist who specializes in working with high-earning clients who are struggling with anxiety and depression. He earned his Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and has worked with over 500 clients over the past 11 years.

        In addition to starting Align Online Therapy, Jasmeet has held various academic and clinical positions, including serving as an Adjunct Faculty at Pepperdine University and Fullerton College and working in over 10 different practices. He has published numerous articles and books on topics related to mental health and diversity, and he is a sought-after speaker and presenter on these issues
        .

        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: 
        Thursday, August 24, 2023, 6:30-7:30 pm

        Where: Online Via Zoom

        Cost:
        No Charge

        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.)

        Registration is open and available until the presentation begins.

        • 09/08/2023
        • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
        • Zoom Video Conference

        If you’d like to attend the Board meeting, or want more information, please reach out to LA-CAMFT President, Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai, LMFT, at president@lacamft.org.

        • 10/13/2023
        • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
        • Zoom Video Conference

        If you’d like to attend the Board meeting, or want more information, please reach out to LA-CAMFT President, Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai, LMFT, at president@lacamft.org.

        • 11/10/2023
        • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
        • Zoom Video Conference

        If you’d like to attend the Board meeting, or want more information, please reach out to LA-CAMFT President, Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai, LMFT, at president@lacamft.org.

        • 12/08/2023
        • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
        • Zoom Video Conference

        If you’d like to attend the Board meeting, or want more information, please reach out to LA-CAMFT President, Christina "Tina" Cacho Sakai, LMFT, at president@lacamft.org.

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