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Friday, May 9, 2025
8:30am-10:30am
Black Therapist Support Group
Second Monday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Monday, May 12, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
Online Via Zoom
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
For more information, contact the Diversity Committee.
Event Details:
For: Licensed Therapists, Associates, and Students
When: Monday, May 12, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 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.*
Annual Spring Fling 2025
Saturday, May 17, 2025
12:00pm-4:00pm
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center
Come join us at LA-CAMFT's 2025 Spring Fling for a fun-and food-filled great time to welcome the summer, make new friends, and get to know your fellow Los Angeles Therapists.
For more information, contact Past President Jennifer Stonefield, LMFT.
For: LA-CAMFT Members and Non-Members
When: Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 12:00-4:00pm
Where: Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, Picnic Area #2 (2551 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064)
Cost: Members: $10 Prelicensed Members: $5 Non-Members: $15
*Registration closes on May 16, 2025 at 12:00pm*
LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee
presents
White Therapists Fighting Racism (WTFR)
Third Sunday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Sunday, May 18, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
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 at WTFR@lacamft.org.
When: Sunday, May 18, 2025 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.)
Facilitator(s): Estelle, Randi, and Hazel
Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Therapists Community Group
First Monday of Every Month
Next Meeting: Monday, June 2, 2025 9:30am-10:30am
Free Registration
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 us.
For more information, contact the facilitators at mena@lacamft.org.
When: Monday, June 2, 2025 from 9:30am-10:30am
Facilitator(s): Perla and Susan
Next Meeting: Monday, June 9, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
When: Monday, June 9, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 pm
Friday, June 13, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025 9:00am-11:00am
2 CE Credits
Crisis and Disaster Response: Supporting Survivors
with Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW
Disasters like the recent Los Angeles wildfires devastate a community’s infrastructure and create significant mental health challenges. It is essential for mental health providers to offer disaster-informed interventions – not only during the immediate crisis but throughout the long-term recovery process. The key concepts and wellness skills of the evidence-based Community and Trauma Resiliency Models will be presented. They are designed to support recovery and healing following traumatic experiences and have been brought to disasters worldwide, including the Los Angeles, Lahaina, and Paradise wildfires. Grounded in neuroscience, these biologically based models teach six wellness skills that help restore balance to the mind, body, and spirit.
Educational Goals/Learning Objectives:
To increase participants’ knowledge and practical clinical skills in responding to individuals and communities during crises and disasters.
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Presenter:
Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW (she/her) is co-founder and Director of Innovation of the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI). She developed the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM). Her book Building Resilience to Trauma: the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models gained recognition from the United Nations. She contributes to Psychology Today, providing expertise on trauma-related topics. Her podcast, Resiliency Within, is available on iTunes. She has responded to disasters worldwide and has presented at the U.N., the Global Fund, Catalyst 2030, Psychotherapy Networker, and the Skoll World Forum.
For more information, contact Course Organizer/CE Networking Chair Alexandra Levins-Trail.
For: Licensed Therapists, Associates, Students, & Related Professionals
When: Friday, June 20, 2025 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.
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: $25 for LA-CAMFT MembersOther CAMFT Chapter Members CSCSW Members $15 for Prelicensed Members Other CAMFT Chapter Prelicensed Members $35 for Non-Members $20 for Prelicensed Non-Members
*Registration closes Thursday, June 19 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 grievances—and 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: Sunday, June 22, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, June 22, 2025 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, July 7, 2025 9:30am-10:30am
When: Monday, July 7, 2025 from 9:30am-10:30am
Friday, July 11, 2025
Therapists of Color Support Group
Meets Every Quarter
Next Meeting: Sunday, July 13, 2025 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT)
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.
Event Details: Sunday, July 13, 2025 from 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 10:50 am
In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Maya Angelou
Next Meeting: Monday, July 14, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
When: Monday, July 14, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 pm
Next Meeting: Sunday, July 20, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
For more information or if you have additional questions, please send all inquiries to the facilitators WTFR@lacamft.org.
When: Sunday, July 20, 2025 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, August 4, 2025 9:30am-10:30am
When: Monday, August 4, 2025 from 9:30am-10:30am
Friday, August 8, 2025
Next Meeting: Monday, August 11, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
When: Monday, August 11, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 pm
Next Meeting: Sunday, August 17, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, August 17, 2025 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, September 8, 2025 9:30am-10:30am
When: Monday, September 8, 2025 from 9:30am-10:30am
Next Meeting: Monday, September 8, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
When: Monday, September 8, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 pm
Friday, September 12, 2025
Next Meeting: Sunday, September 21, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, October 6, 2025 9:30am-10:30am
When: Monday, October 6, 2025 from 9:30am-10:30am
Friday, October 10, 2025
Next Meeting: Sunday, October 12, 2025 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT)
Event Details: Sunday, October 12, 2025 from 11:00 am-1:00 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 10:50 am
Next Meeting: Sunday, October 19, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, October 19, 2025 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting:
(this month 3rd Monday)
Monday, October 20, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
When: Monday, October 20, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 pm
Next Meeting: Monday, November 3, 2025 9:30am-10:30am
When: Monday, November 3, 2025 from 9:30am-10:30am
Next Meeting: Monday, November 10, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
When: Monday, November 10, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 pm
Friday, November 14, 2025
Next Meeting: Sunday, November 16, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, November 16, 2025 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
Next Meeting: Monday, December 1, 2025 9:30am-10:30am
When: Monday, December 1, 2025 from 9:30am-10:30am
Next Meeting: Monday, December 8, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT)
When: Monday, December 8, 2025, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (PT) Time of Check-In: 5:50 pm
Friday, December 12, 2025
Next Meeting: Sunday, December 21, 2025 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
When: Sunday, December 21, 2025 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (PT)
