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• 3000 Hour Club In-Person Meetup in Corte Madera

  • When
    Sun, March 22, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    IN PERSON: Philz Coffee, 403 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA 94925
  • Registered
    5 registrants

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  Pre-licensed 3000 Hour Club In-Person Meetup!
  

  March 22 in Corte Madera

  Pre-licensed members: Please join us Sunday, March 22 at 9:30am at Philz Coffee in Corte Madera for networking and support. We will make time to cover whatever topics are important to you as you move through this phase of your journey. We can share information and experiences to support one another.

  
  

  We will be meeting at Philz Coffee at 403 Corte Madera Town Center.  (Google Maps)
  
  

  Hosted by Bradford Lessor, Marin CAMFT Pre-Licensed Director

  Email prelicensed@marincamft.org with questions.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The 3000 Hour Club welcomes all Marin CAMFT pre-licensed members.  The 3000 Hour Club is a social, professional, networking and consulting group for all students, trainees and associates interested in meeting and connecting with others in Marin working toward licensure.  Whether you have yet to gain your first hour or are nearing the magical 3,000 hours, we'd love for you to join us.
  

  Not a member yet? Our chapter offers discounted membership to students and associates - sign up to join Marin CAMFT here.

  RSVP for the Pre-Licensed Meetup on March 22!

  
  

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• Fundraiser: Sip 'N Shop at North + Golden

  • When
    Wed, April 08, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    IN PERSON: North + Golden Boutique, 323 B 3rd St., San Rafael
  • Registered
    9 registrants

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  Please come socialize, browse, and shop with us - fundraiser for Marin CAMFT Scholarship Fund!
  

  In-person networking at North + Golden in San Rafael
  

  Please come and join fellow therapists across our community for an evening of shopping and socializing at the North + Golden Boutique on Wednesday, April 8th from 6-8pm. Light refreshments will be served, and 15% of all purchases made at the boutique will be donated to the Kristina M. Carey Scholarship Fund to benefit pre-licensed therapists at Marin CAMFT. If you cannot make it (or even if you can!) we welcome direct donations to our scholarship fund which can be made here.

  North + Golden Boutique is in Montecito Plaza (to the left of Trader Joe's), 323-B 3rd Street in San Rafael.  (Google Maps)
  

  You may RSVP in advance or just show up!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Click here to sign up!  We hope you can make it.
  

  
  

  
  

  Register for Sip 'N Shop Fundraiser with Marin CAMFT at North + Golden Boutique on April 8 here.

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• Friday CE Series: Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness

  • When
    Fri, April 10, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    35 registrants

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  Learn therapeutic approaches for supporting clients with diabetes

  Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness

  Presented by Dawn Davis, LMFT

  2 CEs available

  Free for Marin CAMFT members and RECAMFT reciprocal chapter members!

  Registration for this "live" training does not include access to a recording. Please read the full event description for all registration terms including refund policy.

  PLEASE NOTE: After you sign up here, you'll be sent instructions on how to complete a separate registration step with Zoom, which is how you will get your Zoom link. You can do that in advance, or right before the meeting begins. This lets us more accurately track attendance in the Zoom meeting for our compliance purposes as a CE provider.

  
  

  Workshop Description

  Diabetes is a highly common health condition with higher occurrences in individuals with mental health conditions. While it is so common, therapists may have a limited understanding of how diabetes impacts mental health, unique challenges their clients may be going through, and areas of concern to potentially explore. This training will begin with discussing unique experiences of stigma that individuals with diabetes encounter which impacts their mental health. There will then be an overview on the Eight Dimension of Wellness, with discussion on how each dimension is impacted by a diabetes diagnosis. Participants will then learn examples of specific questions to ask, topics to explore, and interventions to utilize when working with clients living with diabetes.

  This training is applicable to therapists of any level who are interested in enhancing their knowledge around the Eight Dimensions of Wellness, and addressing specific concerns with diabetic clients.
  
  

  Educational Goals

  Participants will gain an understanding of what diabetes is, types of diabetes, and the day-to-day physical and emotional experiences related to hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Participants will better understand how diabetic individuals are impacted by unique stigmas/myths, and how diabetic visibility challenges those stigmas. This training focuses on the Wellness Model, and the bidirectional impacts between diabetes and each of the Eight Dimensions of wellness, including interventions to utilize for each dimension. 
  
  

  Learning Objectives

  Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
  

  1. Describe unique experiences of stigma that individuals with diabetes experience impacting their overall mental health.

  2. Define the term Wellness, including differences from the definition of Health.

  3. Define each of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness.

  4. Explain the bidirectional impact between diabetes and each dimension of wellness.

  5. Assess each dimension of wellness for unique barriers that impact diabetes, including SES status, cultural/spiritual differences, and access to medical care.  

  6. Apply specific interventions to utilize when working with clients with diabetes. 

     
     
     
     

  Presenter Dawn Davis, LMFT

  Dawn Davis, LMFT is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and Certified Geek Therapist currently working as a full-time private practice clinician for her practice, Therapy That Gets Me, LLC. She has a background of six years in a community mental health setting as a clinician, clinical supervisor, and assistant director, during which she provided supervision and in-house trainings to clinicians, certified peer specialists, nurse navigators, and behavioral health nurses. Dawn’s experience utilizing the Eight Dimensions of Wellness includes facilitating a weekly Outpatient Health and Wellness group from 2020 through 2023, focused on supporting clients with a combination of chronic health conditions and severe and persistent mental illness through use of the Wellness Model. This group primarily consisted of diabetic individuals. Her oversight of nurse navigator programs also consisted primarily of utilizing wellness with diabetic individuals. Dawn has been providing continuing education trainings for various entities on a variety of topics since 2024.

  
  

  PLEASE NOTE:  By registering for this event you are consenting to a recording being made which may include your voice and/or image. By registering for this event, you are agreeing for your likeliness to possibly be used by Marin CAMFT.

  Also, while we plan to produce this training as an on-demand program, registration for the different formats of a program is offered separately and each is sold through a different platform. Registering for this Zoom training does not include access to any recording or an on-demand version. If you cannot attend "live" on the training date listed here, please do not register for this Zoom training, and instead, check Marin CAMFT On-Demand for the recorded program at a later date. If you register for this "live" training and are unable to attend, please cancel your registration per the terms below which govern our refund policies for this event.

  
  

  You will be sent instructions on how to register with Zoom to get your personal Zoom link to use for attendance. Please read the email confirmation you receive after signing up on the Marin CAMFT website for these instructions.
  

  Attendance at the live event in full and completion of the evaluation at the end qualifies for 2 hours of Continuing Education (2 CEs).

  Date: Friday, April 10
  Time: 12:00 to 2:00 pm Pacific

  Cost: Free for Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal members, $30 for non-members.
  Location:  Online via Zoom. Instructions for registering with Zoom, in order to receive your Personal Zoom Join Link, will be sent in your confirmation message from Marin CAMFT. You will need to complete that second Zoom-registration step in order to receive your Zoom Link by email.
  

  
  

  Register for: Understanding Diabetes and Mental Health through The Eight Dimensions of Wellness

  
  

  
  

  Additional Information about Marin CAMFT CE Programs
  

  For more information about the Friday Continuing Education Series or about joining the Marin CAMFT Continuing Education Committee, please contact our Director of Programs Arianna Sifuentes.
  

  • Continuing Education: This workshop meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and/or LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These CEs will be provided by Marin CAMFT (CAMFT Provider # 56895), which is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. We regret that at this time we are not able to provide CE credits for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full duration of the program (on Zoom, or in person, per event details above) and complete the course evaluation to receive the CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact our Director of Programs for more information.
    
    
  • Continuing Education Goal: Marin CAMFT is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.
    
    
  • Refund Policy: Our refund policy requires a $20 processing fee, and we must be notified in advance of the event if you would like to cancel. We do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant.  Please contact our Director of Programs with any questions.
    
    
  • Request for Accommodations: If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the Director of Programs.

  • Grievance Procedure: Marin CAMFT will respond to complaints in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner, when submitted by program attendees in writing to the Director of Programs.
    
    
  • Anti-Discrimination Policy: Marin CAMFT shall not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, creed, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, ability, or other prohibited basis. Marin CAMFT does not require attendees to adhere to any particular religion or creed in order to participate in training. Marin CAMFT will not promote or advocate for a single modality of treatment that is discriminatory or likely to harm clients based on current accepted standards or practice.
    

  
  

  
  Continuing education credits are available for attendance in the Zoom presentation. You must stay on the Zoom meeting for the entirety of the training and complete the course evaluation afterward in order to receive a completion certificate. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed start time.
  
  

  
  
  

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• Bridging the Bay CAMFT Chapter Hike with East Bay CAMFT

  • When
    Sat, April 11, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM
  • Location
    Briones Regional Park
  • Registered
    5 registrants

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  RETURN OF BRIDGING THE BAY CAMFT CHAPTER HIKE SERIES!
  

  Join us on Saturday, April 11 for a hike hosted by East Bay CAMFT at Briones Regional Park
  

  
  

  
  

  Back by popular demand, we will be joining up with our sibling chapters across the bay to explore and connect across bridges.

  Kicking it off will be East Bay CAMFT hosting a hike at Briones Regional Park. Briones has over 6,000 acres of land that is home to black-tailed deer, coyotes, squirrels, red-tailed hawks, turkey vultures, and wildflowers in season. Members from SF CAMFT will also be joining us on what we hope will be a beautiful day for a hike.

  We will set out on the hike at 9:45am, so get there early enough to get parking/situated accordingly. Craig Toonder, LMFT, is coordinating this event from EB CAMFT. If you have any specific questions, you can reach out to him at ctoondermft@gmail.com or give him a call day-of-hike for issues or problems at 510-499-7137.

  Where: Briones Regional Park

  Website: https://www.ebparks.org/parks/briones  

  When: Saturday, April 11, 2026, 9:30 AM PDT

  Trail Information: Abrigo Valley Trail, Mott Peak Trail, Black Oak Trail, Old Briones Road Trail.

  Estimated Distance: 3-mile

  Elevation: 550 ft.

  Time estimate: 2 hours

  Dogs: OK if you follow these rules: https://www.ebparks.org/safety/dogs

  How to get there:

  Google: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3S4C6LsA9yjukeKV7

  Apple: https://maps.apple.com/place?place-id=IDB5C3B795BC43F34

  Parking Fee: $5

  Available at the first of three parking lots at this staging area. Look for a flag with the EB CAMFT logo.

  
  

  Trailhead Directions: To reach the Bear Creek Staging Area on Bear Creek Road, exit Highway 24 at the Orinda/Camino Pablo exit and head toward Richmond. Turn right on Bear Creek Road and travel 5 miles to the staging area on the right.

  Google Map to parking lot staging area in Briones Regional Park

  Come out to meet other bay-area therapists while taking in the unique natural beauty that each region has to offer.

  
  

  Marin CAMFT members: If you have questions about this series of hikes, you may reach out to Director of Membership Ryan Plumb at membership@marincamft.org; for questions on this specific hike, please contact Craig with EBCAMFT at his contact info above.

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• Trama Resource Team Book Group - May 4

  • When
    Mon, May 04, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    online on Zoom

  Registration on this event will open soon. Please check back later.

  TRAUMA RESOURCE TEAM BOOK GROUP

  The TRT are continuing our book group:  We’d love you to join us!

  
  

  

  The Trauma Resource Team (TRT) is an active group within Marin CAMFT, where members support each other to expand their knowledge and experience working with trauma.  For 2026 we are introducing a book club alongside our other offerings, which will work as follows:

  Each book group will be led by a Marin CAMFT member who selects a book that focuses on an aspect of trauma they are interested in, and they will lead the discussion for that month.  Members can sign up to join in for just one time or each time, whatever works for your schedule.  We want to come together in community, share our knowledge and learn something new.

  Register for our next book group on May 4th at 6.30pm on Zoom when we will be discussing Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta

  
  

  
  
  
  

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• Saturday Workshop: Treating Anxiety at the Root: A Recovery Model for OCD and Related Disorders

  • When
    Sat, May 30, 2026
  •  
    8:45 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Location
    IN PERSON: 770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201, Corte Madera CA 94925

  PLEASE NOTE: EVENT DETAILS ARE NOT YET CONFIRMED. The information on this page may change before we open up registration.

  Please check back later.

  IN PERSON TRAINING! Dive deep into Exposure Response Prevention techniques

  Treating Anxiety at the Root: A Recovery Model for OCD and Related Disorders

  Presented by Dr. Peter Aston

  3 CEs available

  This training will not be recorded. If you are interested in this learning opportunity, please plan to attend this in-person event.  Please read the full event description for all registration terms including refund policy.

  Workshop Description

  
  This three-hour clinical training presents a structured, recovery-oriented approach to Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD and related anxiety disorders. While grounded in traditional ERP, the model expands into a transdiagnostic framework applicable to generalized anxiety, panic, health anxiety, social anxiety, and related presentations. The training integrates principles from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, self-compassion research, and inhibitory learning theory to create a cohesive and clinically actionable treatment system.

  Participants will first learn a clear maintenance model of clinical anxiety and OCD, including the roles of triggers, beliefs, mental and behavioral compulsions (components), classical conditioning, inference of danger, and threat bias (mechanisms). The training then introduces a recovery model that targets reduction in the brain’s tendency to generate false alarms, rather than focusing solely on coping after anxiety appears. A core recovery skill, distilled into a practical acronym, will be taught and applied across clinical examples.

  The second half of the training focuses on integrating self-compassion and humor into exposure-based treatment. Participants will observe a live demonstration of a three-chair self-compassion exercise adapted from Kristin Neff’s work, and will learn how compassionate dialogue enhances willingness and reduces shame. The therapeutic function of humor will also be explored through a false alarm theory framework, linking humor to inhibitory learning processes.

  This is an intermediate to advanced level training appropriate for licensed therapists familiar with basic CBT concepts who want to deepen and refine their exposure-based work.
  
  

  Educational Goals

  Participants will gain a clinically actionable framework for conceptualizing and treating anxiety and OCD using a transdiagnostic exposure-based recovery model. The training will clarify how maintenance processes differ from recovery processes and demonstrate how structured homework, self-compassion, and humor can be integrated into ERP to enhance long term outcomes.
  
  

  Learning Objectives

  Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
  

  1. Describe at least three mechanisms that maintain anxiety and OCD.
  2. Diagram a maintenance model of anxiety.
  3. Apply a structured recovery skill to a clinical case example and identify at least three corresponding homework interventions.
  4. Organize at least three exposure based homework assignments that align with specific aspects of the recovery model/process.
  5. Demonstrate how to integrate at least two self compassion interventions into exposure based treatment.
  6. Explain at least two mechanisms through which humor enhances inhibitory learning in exposure therapy.
  7. Describe and assess the ways perceived threat can vary across clients based on their membership in different identity groups, using a clinical case.
  8. Collaboratively evaluate threat with clients, ensuring that exposure work remains both culturally responsive and clinically appropriate.
     
     
     
     

  Presenter Dr. Peter Aston

  Dr. Peter Aston is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY32050) and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He specializes in cognitive behavioral and other evidence-based treatments for anxiety disorders, OCD, depression, stress, and trauma, with particular expertise in exposure and response prevention (ERP). At Stanford, he provides psychotherapy for individuals with mood and anxiety disorders and leads OCD groups and health anxiety programming within the department. He is also Co-Associate Director of Training for the PAU–Stanford PsyD Consortium, where he has received multiple student-voted teaching awards for his course The Nature and Treatment of Clinical Anxiety.
  
  Dr. Aston is the co-founder and co-director of California Psychology Center, a psychologist-led group practice with specialty clinics in anxiety and OCD. He regularly provides graduate-level and continuing education training on ERP, transdiagnostic treatment models, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and has developed structured recovery models that package and integrate evidence-based treatments to enhance inhibitory learning and long-term resilience. In addition to his clinical and academic work, he serves as the team psychologist for the San Jose Sharks (NHL), drawing on his background as a former professional hockey player to support individuals performing in high-pressure environments.

  Attendance at the training in full and completion of the course evaluation afterwards qualifies for 3 hours of Continuing Education (3 CEs).

  Date: Saturday, May 30
  Time: Please arrive by 8:45am to register. Training begins at 9:00am and goes to 12:15pm (3 hours of training plus time for a break)

  Cost: $40 for licensed Marin CAMFT members; $30 for pre-licensed members. Other rates including reciprocal rates for members of RECAMFT also available, see registration panel.
  Location:  IN PERSON: Town Center Corte Madera Community Room: 770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201, Corte Madera CA 94925  (In the office building on the south end of the property). 

  Register for Treating Anxiety at the Root: A Recovery Model for OCD and Related Disorders

  
  

  
  

  Additional Information about Marin CAMFT CE Programs
  

  For more information about the Friday Continuing Education Series or about joining the Marin CAMFT Continuing Education Committee, please contact our Director of Programs Arianna Sifuentes.
  

  • Continuing Education: This workshop meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and/or LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These CEs will be provided by Marin CAMFT (CAMFT Provider # 56895), which is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. We regret that at this time we are not able to provide CE credits for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full duration of the program (on Zoom, or in person, per event details above) and complete the course evaluation to receive the CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact our Director of Programs for more information.
    
    
  • Continuing Education Goal: Marin CAMFT is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.
    
    
  • Refund Policy: Our refund policy requires a $20 processing fee, and we must be notified in advance of the event if you would like to cancel. We do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant.  Please contact our Director of Programs with any questions.
    
    
  • Request for Accommodations: If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the Director of Programs.

  • Grievance Procedure: Marin CAMFT will respond to complaints in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner, when submitted by program attendees in writing to the Director of Programs.
    
    
  • Anti-Discrimination Policy: Marin CAMFT shall not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, creed, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, ability, or other prohibited basis. Marin CAMFT does not require attendees to adhere to any particular religion or creed in order to participate in training. Marin CAMFT will not promote or advocate for a single modality of treatment that is discriminatory or likely to harm clients based on current accepted standards or practice.
    

  
  

  
  Continuing education credits are available for attendance at the entirety of the training, including signing in and out on the attendance logs at the beginning and end of the training. The course evaluation will be provided by email to confirmed attendees after the training.

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• Friday CE Series: Understanding Second Adolescence: Supporting LGBTQ+ Adults Who Grew up in Anti-Queerness

  • When
    Fri, June 12, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    23 registrants

  Register

  Expand your knowledge of the unique experiences of queer clients

  Understanding Second Adolescence: Supporting LGBTQ+ Adults Who Grew up in Anti-Queerness

  Presented by Adam Cohen, LMFT

  2 CEs available

  Free for Marin CAMFT members, RECAMFT reciprocal chapter members, and BHRS staff!

  This training will not be recorded. Please plan to attend the "live" session on Zoom if you are interested in this learning activity. 

  PLEASE NOTE: After you sign up here, you'll be sent instructions on how to complete a separate registration step with Zoom, which is how you will get your Zoom link. You can do that in advance, or right before the meeting begins. This registration step lets us more accurately track attendance in the Zoom meeting for our compliance purposes as a CE provider.

  Marin CAMFT is grateful to Marin County Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Health and Recovery Services for co-sponsoring this event. Note: To receive annual Cultural Humility credit, BHRS staff must obtain a Certificate of Completion.

  

  Workshop Description

  
  Many LGBTQ+ adults enter therapy feeling “behind,” emotionally younger than their peers, or confused by the intensity of their relational, identity, and developmental experiences. These presentations are often misunderstood—or mispathologized—when they are, in fact, rooted in disrupted developmental processes caused by growing up in an anti-queer world.
  
  This training introduces "Second Adolescence" as a clinical and developmental understanding of the post-coming-out years many LGBTQ+ adults experience. "Second Adolescence" is a way to conceptualize this period as a necessary stage of growth and healing in which clients work to reclaim missed psychosocial experiences, repair the impact of chronic shame from anti-queer culture, and develop a more integrated, authentic sense of self.
  
  Participants in this training will explore how heteronormativity, anti-queerness, internalized shame, and the need for concealment interrupt normative adolescent development, often resulting in a developmental “freeze” that reemerges later in adulthood. The training will focus on how these dynamics show up clinically and how therapists can respond with clarity, attunement, and clinical intention for their LGBTQ+ clients.
  
  

  Educational Goals

  This training aims to provide a trauma-informed understanding for treating LGBTQ+ adults navigating the post-coming-out period often referred to as Second Adolescence. Participants will deepen their understanding of how growing up in heteronormativity and anti-queerness disrupts normative development and how these disruptions present in adulthood. Emphasis will be placed on translating theory into clinical practice, including how to conceptualize presenting concerns through a developmental lens, normalize delayed or intensified experiences, and support clients in reclaiming missed psychosocial milestones, healing shame, and fostering integration of their identity.
  
  

  Learning Objectives

  Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
  

  1. Describe "Second Adolescence" as a developmental and clinical lens through which to understand post-coming-out experiences of LGBTQ+ adults.
  2. Identify at least three ways internalized anti-queerness and chronic shame disrupt adolescent development and present clinically in adulthood for LGBTQ+ clients.
  3. Apply trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirmative interventions to support clients navigating missed developmental milestones, identity integration, and self-compassion during "Second Adolescence."
     
     
     

  Presenter Adam James Cohen, LMFT 

  Adam James Cohen, LMFT specializes in LGBTQ+ mental health. His private practice in San Francisco and Marin has focused on serving LGBTQ+ adults and adolescents since 2017. He developed Second Adolescence as a clinical framework for understanding and healing from the trauma of growing up queer in an anti-queer world. He is the executive producer and host of the podcast, Second Adolescence.

  
  

  Registering for this Zoom training does not include access to any recording or an on-demand version.

  You will be sent instructions on how to register with Zoom to get your personal Zoom link to use for attendance. Please read the email confirmation you receive after signing up on the Marin CAMFT website for these instructions.
  

  Attendance at the live event in full and completion of the evaluation at the end qualifies for 2 hours of Continuing Education (2 CEs).

  Date: Friday, June 12
  Time: 12:00 to 2:00 pm Pacific

  Cost: Free for current Marin CAMFT members, reciprocal chapter members, and BHRS staff (registration code required for reciprocal and BHRS attendees), $30 for non-members; $5 off if you have a referral code.
  Location:  Online via Zoom. Instructions for registering with Zoom, in order to receive your Personal Zoom Join Link, will be sent in your confirmation message from Marin CAMFT. You will need to complete that second Zoom-registration step in order to receive your Zoom Link by email.

  Register for: Understanding Second Adolescence:Supporting LGBTQ+ Adults Who Grew up in Anti-Queerness

  
  

  Additional Information about Marin CAMFT CE Programs
  

  For more information about the Friday Continuing Education Series or about joining the Marin CAMFT Continuing Education Committee, please contact our Director of Programs.
  

  • Continuing Education: This workshop meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and/or LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These CEs will be provided by Marin CAMFT (CAMFT Provider # 56895), which is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. We regret that at this time we are not able to provide CE credits for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full duration of the program (on Zoom, or in person, per event details above) and complete the course evaluation to receive the CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact our Director of Programs for more information.
    
    
  • Continuing Education Goal: Marin CAMFT is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.
    
    
  • Refund Policy: Our refund policy for paid registrations requires a $20 processing fee, and we must be notified in advance of the event if you would like to cancel. We do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant. Please allow up to a week from requesting the refund to it being processed. Participants who register for free may choose to cancel by emailing info@marincamft.org if they will not be attending, though this is not necessary.  Please contact our Director of Programs with any questions.
    
    
  • Request for Accommodations: If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the Director of Programs.

  • Grievance Procedure: Marin CAMFT will respond to complaints in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner, when submitted by program attendees in writing to the Director of Programs.
    
    
  • Anti-Discrimination Policy: Marin CAMFT shall not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, creed, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, ability, or other prohibited basis. Marin CAMFT does not require attendees to adhere to any particular religion or creed in order to participate in training. Marin CAMFT will not promote or advocate for a single modality of treatment that is discriminatory or likely to harm clients based on current accepted standards or practice.
    

  
  

  
  Continuing education credits are available for attendance in the Zoom presentation. You must stay on the Zoom meeting for the entirety of the training and complete the course evaluation afterward in order to receive a completion certificate. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed start time.
  
  

  
  
  

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• Friday CE Series: Career Counseling with Immigrant Bicultural Youth of Color

  • When
    Fri, September 11, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    1 registrant

  Register

  Engage with Liberation Psychology as a supportive framework for clients of color

  Empowering Futures: Career Counseling with Immigrant Bicultural Youth of Color Through a Liberation Psychology Framework

  Presented by 

  2 CEs available

  Free for Marin CAMFT members and RECAMFT reciprocal chapter members!

  This training will not be recorded. Please plan to attend the "live" session on Zoom if you are interested in this learning activity. 

  PLEASE NOTE: After you sign up here, you'll be sent instructions on how to complete a separate registration step with Zoom, which is how you will get your Zoom link. You can do that in advance, or right before the meeting begins. This registration step lets us more accurately track attendance in the Zoom meeting for our compliance purposes as a CE provider.

  
  

  Workshop Description

  
  This introductory level training introduces Liberation Psychology as a culturally responsive and socially grounded framework for working with immigrant and bicultural youth of color in career counseling and related clinical contexts. Many clinicians work with clients who are navigating complex intersections of culture, identity, family expectations, and systemic barriers that shape educational and vocational decision making. This training offers a structured lens for understanding these experiences while moving beyond purely individual level explanations of distress.

  Participants will be introduced to key concepts of Liberation Psychology including critical consciousness, problematization, de ideologization, recovery of historical memory, and praxis. These concepts will be translated into clinically relevant language and applied to career related concerns such as academic pressure, family obligation, identity conflict, internalized oppression, and limited access to opportunity. The training will emphasize how sociopolitical forces, immigration related stressors, and dominant cultural narratives can influence clients’ self perceptions, career choices, and sense of agency.

  Using a case example, the presenter will demonstrate how Liberation Psychology can be integrated into assessment, conceptualization, and intervention within therapeutic and career focused work. Practical strategies will be discussed for helping clients develop critical awareness, reconnect with cultural strengths, and make career decisions that are both contextually informed and personally meaningful.

  While the primary focus is on immigrant and bicultural youth, the framework is applicable to clinicians working with adults who continue to carry unresolved cultural and vocational tensions.

  This training is designed for licensed therapists seeking an introductory exposure to Liberation Psychology and its application in clinical and career related practice. No prior knowledge of Liberation Psychology is required. Attendees who work with adolescents, emerging adults, immigrants, or clients from marginalized communities may find this training particularly relevant. The presentation will be experiential, reflective, and clinically oriented, with attention to ethical and culturally responsive practice.
  
  

  Educational Goals

  This training provides an introduction to working with transgender youth who are experiencing self-harm and suicidal ideation.
  
  

  Learning Objectives

  Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
  

  1. Identify at least three core concepts of Liberation Psychology and describe their relevance to clinical and career related work with immigrant and bicultural youth of color.
  2. Explain how sociopolitical context, cultural identity, and systemic barriers can influence vocational distress, identity conflict, and career decision making in therapeutic settings.
  3. Apply Liberation Psychology informed principles to a case example by identifying culturally responsive assessment considerations and intervention strategies.
  4. Demonstrate at least one clinically applicable strategy that supports client agency, critical awareness, and integration of cultural strengths in career related counseling.
     
     
     

  Presenter Cecile Bhang, PhD 

  Cecile Hyewon Bhang, Ph.D., Psy.D. (she/her) is a licensed psychologist, researcher, and educator with extensive clinical and academic experience. She serves as an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Department at Sonoma State University and has worked across university counseling centers, community mental health agencies, and private practice settings focusing on working immigrant and bicultural and multicultural individuals and families. Dr. Bhang’s clinical work is grounded in culturally responsive, integrative approaches that center relational and contextual understanding, including Relational Cultural Theory along with skills-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

  Dr. Bhang’s scholarship focuses on culturally contextualized frameworks for understanding identity development, resilience, and career related concerns among marginalized youth and young adults. Her work bridges theories of culture, power, and psychological well being to enhance clinical practice and training. She provides consultation and professional trainings on multicultural competence, social justice oriented practice, and the application of Liberation Psychology in counseling.

  In addition to her academic and clinical roles, Dr. Bhang maintains a private practice and provides bilingual services in Korean and English. She is committed to advancing equitable, strengths based mental health care and mentoring future clinicians. For more information about her work and clinical services, please visit www.drcbhang.com.

  
  

  Registering for this Zoom training does not include access to any recording or an on-demand version.

  
  

  You will be sent instructions on how to register with Zoom to get your personal Zoom link to use for attendance. Please read the email confirmation you receive after signing up on the Marin CAMFT website for these instructions.
  

  Attendance at the live event in full and completion of the evaluation at the end qualifies for 2 hours of Continuing Education (2 CEs).

  Date: Friday, September 11
  Time: 12:00 to 2:00 pm Pacific

  Cost: Free for Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal members, $30 for non-members.
  Location:  Online via Zoom. Instructions for registering with Zoom, in order to receive your Personal Zoom Join Link, will be sent in your confirmation message from Marin CAMFT. You will need to complete that second Zoom-registration step in order to receive your Zoom Link by email.
  

  
  

  Register for Empowering Futures: Career Counseling with Immigrant Bicultural Youth of Color Through a Liberation Psychology Framework

  
  

  
  

  Additional Information about Marin CAMFT CE Programs
  

  For more information about the Friday Continuing Education Series or about joining the Marin CAMFT Continuing Education Committee, please contact our Director of Programs.
  

  • Continuing Education: This workshop meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEPs and/or LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. These CEs will be provided by Marin CAMFT (CAMFT Provider # 56895), which is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. We regret that at this time we are not able to provide CE credits for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full duration of the program (on Zoom, or in person, per event details above) and complete the course evaluation to receive the CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact our Director of Programs for more information.
    
    
  • Continuing Education Goal: Marin CAMFT is committed to offering continuing education courses to train LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs to treat any client in an ethically and clinically sound manner based upon current accepted standards of practice.
    
    
  • Refund Policy: Our refund policy requires a $20 processing fee, and we must be notified in advance of the event if you would like to cancel. We do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant. Please allow up to a week from requesting the refund to it being processed. Participants who register for free may choose to cancel by emailing info@marincamft.org if they will not be attending, though this is not necessary.  Please contact our Director of Programs with any questions.
    
    
  • Request for Accommodations: If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the Director of Programs.

  • Grievance Procedure: Marin CAMFT will respond to complaints in a reasonable, ethical and timely manner, when submitted by program attendees in writing to the Director of Programs.
    
    
  • Anti-Discrimination Policy: Marin CAMFT shall not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity based on gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, creed, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, ability, or other prohibited basis. Marin CAMFT does not require attendees to adhere to any particular religion or creed in order to participate in training. Marin CAMFT will not promote or advocate for a single modality of treatment that is discriminatory or likely to harm clients based on current accepted standards or practice.
    

  
  

  
  Continuing education credits are available for attendance in the Zoom presentation. You must stay on the Zoom meeting for the entirety of the training and complete the course evaluation afterward in order to receive a completion certificate. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed start time.
  
  

  
  
  

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