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• 3000-Hour Club: Picnic in San Rafael

  • When
    Sat, June 03, 2023
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    IN PERSON: Lagoon Park at the Civic Center, 3530 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael
  • Registered
    13 registrants

  Register

  Calling All Pre-Licensed and Newly Licensed Folks
  

  Join us June 3 for a chance to meet, chat, share ideas and build community
  

  

  
  

  The Marin CAMFT 3000-Hour Club would like to invite all our pre-licensed and also our newly licensed members to meet up in person for a picnic on Saturday, June 3rd from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at Lagoon Park, 3530 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael.
  

  
  

  Marin CAMFT will provide hot & cold drinks, if you would like please bring something to eat & share.

  Please register in advance so we know you will be coming.  There is plenty of parking at the lot on Armory Drive, per map below. We will meet at the picnic benches on the east side of the Lake.

  
  

  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 all important 3,000 hours, we'd love for you to join us.
  

  The 3000-Hour Club is open to any pre-licensed member of Marin CAMFT. Not a member yet? Our chapter offers free membership to students and associates - sign up to join Marin CAMFT here.

  
  

  Register for the 3,000-Hour Club meeting on June 3 here.

  Our Director for Pre-Licensed Members Katharine Spencer will reach out to confirm attendance a day or so before the meeting.

  
  

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• Friday CE Series: The Be Body Positive Model: Practical Resources for Transforming Body Image in Clients

  • When
    Fri, June 09, 2023
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    108 registrants

  Register

  Gain skills to build embodiment practices in your clients.
  

  The Be Body Positive Model: Practical Resources for Transforming Body Image in Clients
  

  Presented by Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, CEDS-S
  

  2 CEs available

  Free for Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal chapter members!

  Workshop Description
  

  Elizabeth Scott LCSW, CEDS-S, will introduce the rich resources available in the Be Body Positive Model for clinicians working with clients with disrupted embodiment. You will learn about a model for therapy that includes an analysis of power and agency and its impact on the client’s relationship to their body and self-care. We will discuss the social conditions that contribute to disruptions in embodiment like eating disorders, self-harm and substance abuse, and how a cultural perspective in clinical treatment can empower providers to challenge power inequities and oppressive social conditions in their client’s lives.  She will explain why it is useful to shift from a focus on “body image” to “embodiment” and the value of promoting self-compassion instead of self-esteem.
  

  Educational Goals

  The goal of this presentation is to:
  

  •   Introduce the five competencies of the Be Body Positive model that support resilience against disruptions in embodiment like eating disorders.
  •   Discuss practical applications to bring to clinical work with clients. 

  Learning Objectives

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

  1. Identify the five competencies of the Be Body Positive model

  2. Discuss how the client’s identity and social location impact their relationship to the body.

  3. Use three interventions that promote positive embodiment in clients.

  4. Describe the difference between self-compassion and self-esteem based on the research of Kristen Neff.
     

  
  

  Presenter
  

  Elizabeth Scott LCSW, CEDS-S, is an educator and psychotherapist whose work focuses on the intersection of embodiment, social justice and mindfulness. As Co-Founder and Director of Training for The Body Positive, Elizabeth trains educators and students to use the Be Body Positive model to promote joyful embodiment and excellent self-care. She developed the Big-Hearted Embodiment certification training and is building an international community of clinicians who are committed to social justice and positive embodiment as core values in their treatment work. Elizabeth has studied yoga, breathwork and socially engaged Buddhism for 33 years. She practices psychotherapy in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  

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

  
  

  The Zoom link and password are provided in the registration confirmation email after sign-up is completed.
  

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

  Date: Friday, June 9
  Time: 12 noon to 2 pm Pacific
  Cost: Free for Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal members, $20 for non-members.
  Location:  Online via Zoom. Password and link sent upon registration.

  Register for The Be Body Positive Model, Practical Resources for Transforming Body Image in Clients

  
  

  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 Norman Hering.
  

  • 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 units 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 at marincountycamftchapter@gmail.com 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, therefore refunds are not available for this program, as the maximum purchase price is $20. We also do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant.  Please contact our Director of Programs at marincountycamftchapter@gmail.com with any questions.
    
    
  • Request for Accommodations: If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the Director of Programs at marincountycamftchapter@gmail.com.

  • 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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• Saturday Workshop Series: Telehealth: Law & Ethics, Technology, and Best Practices for Connecting with Your Clients

  • When
    Sat, June 17, 2023
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    158 registrants

  Register

  Satisfy the new BBS requirement for telehealth training with Marin CAMFT
  

  Telehealth: Law & Ethics, Technology, and Best Practices for Connecting with Your Clients
  

  3 CEs available

  This course is designed to satisfy the requirements of California AB 1759 (Chapter 520, Statutes of 2022), which goes into effect on July 1, 2023. Based on this new law, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences requires current license holders up for renewal and future applicants for licensure to have completed three hours of training in the provision of mental health services, including law and ethics related to telehealth.

  Workshop Description
  

  In many ways, providing therapy through Zoom or other online options is similar to working with a client in person – except when the technology glitches out, or the client is in crisis. Are you prepared for these situations? This course offers specific guidance on the legal requirements and practical considerations for providing therapy by telehealth in California, including informed consent, assessing appropriateness for telehealth, telehealth across state lines, HIPAA and confidentiality, and documentation. You’ll learn about important safety plans that should be prepared for each client, along with suggestions for implementing a simple technology failure protocol. The focus will be on best practices for two-way video therapy conducted on Zoom or other platforms, though all telehealth modalities will be discussed.

  Educational Goals
  

  This course covers the California laws for delivery of telehealth by LMFTs, LPCCs, LCSWs, and LEPs, along with ethical requirements established by professional associations including CAMFT, ACA, etc., with a focus on client safety and unique considerations for clinical care via telehealth.

  Learning Objectives
  

  Upon completion of this morning presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. Assess a prospective client for suitability for therapy via telehealth.
  2. Identify 3 requirements in California law for documenting telehealth sessions with clients.
  3. Name 3 components of a client telehealth safety plan.
  4. Explain when telehealth is permitted across state lines and describe how a California therapist should assess legality of providing telehealth to a specific client in a specific state before providing care.
  5. Describe 2 ways that telehealth may increase equity in mental health for marginalized populations and support social justice.
  6. Apply an ethical decision-making model to common scenarios that uniquely arise in the provision of telehealth.
     

  
  

  Presenter Lisa Wenninger
  

  Lisa Wenninger, MA, MBA, NCC, APCC, BC-TMH (she/her) is a second-year doctoral student in Counselor Education & Supervision at Antioch University, with a research focus on antiracist skills in counseling, and coursework and experience in teaching teletherapy skills to counseling students. Lisa was herself trained in telehealth starting in early 2019 in her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. She is a CCE Board Certified TeleMental Health Provider and received the 2022 CCE Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider training award by the NBCC Foundation. Lisa has an MBA from Columbia and extensive experience in technology from a 20-year career in software development before becoming a therapist. Lisa is a California APCC and a National Certified Counselor. Lisa's clinical website is https://theworkiswithin.com. 
  
  
  

  
  

  Attendance for the entirety of the Zoom event and completion of the course evaluation afterwards will qualify for 3.0 Continuing Education hours.

  
  

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

  Upon registering you will receive a Zoom link and password.

  • Date: Saturday, June 17
  • Time: 10:00 am to 1:15 pm Pacific (3 hours of instruction plus 15 minutes for breaks)
    
  • Location:  Online via Zoom. Password and link sent upon registration.

  
  

  Additional Information

  For more information about the Saturday Workshop Series or about joining the Committee, please contact Marin CAMFT's Director of Programs Norman Hering.
  

  • 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 CEUs 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 units for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full live session and complete the evaluation at the end to receive CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact the 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: Refunds are available up to 7 days in advance event, subject to a $20 administrative fee. We're sorry but we do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant. To request a refund, please email marincountycamftchapter@gmail.com. If you have questions about this policy, please contact the Director of Programs.
    
    
  • 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.
    
    

  CEs are available only with attendance for the entirety of the Zoom session. You must complete the course evaluation afterwards in order to receive a completion certificate, which will be emailed to you when the evaluation is submitted. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom meeting late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted from the waiting room. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed event start time.

  
  

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• Saturday Workshop Series: Law & Ethics Part 1 (morning): Affirmative Counseling With Transgender and Gender Non-Confirming Clients as an Ethical Issue

  • When
    Sat, October 21, 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    6 registrants

  Register

  Marin CAMFT Law & Ethics 2023 Two-Part Series

  Part 1 - Morning Session: Law & Ethics: Affirmative Counseling with Transgender and Gender Non-Confirming Clients as an Ethical Issue
  

  3 CEs available

  
  

  Register for one or both of these two workshops being held on October 21. Both qualify for the BBS requirement for Law & Ethics continuing education.

  This information is for the Morning Session: Saturday, October 21, 9am to 12:30pm.  Information for the Afternoon Session on Writing Ethical Affirmative Letters for Gender Transition is available here.

  Law & Ethics 2023 Two-Part Series
  

  
  

  Part 1 (morning):  Affirmative Counseling with Transgender and Gender Non-Confirming Clients as an Ethical Issue

  Workshop Description
  

  Many therapists have received no training on working with transgender and gender non-conforming clients. Being culturally competent is an ethical imperative. Learn how you can provide ethical and affirming counseling to your transgender and gender non-conforming clients.

  Educational Goals for Part 1
  

  Participants will be able to:
  

  1. Demonstrate understanding of the importance of Transgender Affirming Care as an ethical Issue in practice and put that knowledge into practice
  2. Demonstrate understanding minority stress and how it affects our Transgender and Non-Binary Clients

  
  

  Learning Objectives for Part 1
  

  Upon completion of this morning presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe four ways to provide Ethical Affirmative Counseling to Transgender and Non-Binary Clients.
  2. Name three missteps made by therapists working with Transgender clients.
  3. Name three things they can do to make their practices more affirming for transgender and Non-Binary clients.
  4. Discuss with clients the current state of legal rights for Transgender/Non-Binary clients in CA.
     

  
  

  Presenter Cathy Hanville
  

  Cathy Hanville, LCSW (they/she) has been in private practice since 2001, first in San Francisco, then the East Bay, and now both in CA and PA where she has moved to. They specialize in working with anxiety, trauma, and gender. She is certified as an EMDRIA Consultant and as a WPATH Gender specialist. They also coach other therapists on starting and building their practices. 
  
  
  

  
  

  Attendance for the entirety of the Zoom event and completion of the course evaluation afterwards will qualify for 3.0 Law & Ethics Continuing Education hours.

  
  

  
  

  Upon registering you will receive a Zoom link and password.

  • Date: Saturday, October 21
  • Time: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm Pacific (3 hours of instruction plus 30 minutes for breaks)
    
  • Location:  Online via Zoom. Password and link sent upon registration.

  
  

  Additional Information

  For more information about the Saturday Workshop Series or about joining the Committee, please contact Marin CAMFT's Director of Programs Norman Hering.
  

  • 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 CEUs 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 units for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full live session and complete the evaluation at the end to receive CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact the 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: Refunds are available up to 7 days in advance event, subject to a $20 administrative fee. We're sorry but we do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant. To request a refund, please email marincountycamftchapter@gmail.com. If you have questions about this policy, please contact the Director of Programs.
    
    
  • 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.
    
    

  CEs are available only with attendance for the entirety of the Zoom session. You must complete the course evaluation afterwards in order to receive a completion certificate, which will be emailed to you when the evaluation is submitted. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom meeting late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted from the waiting room. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed event start time.

  
  

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• Saturday Workshop Series: Law & Ethics Part 2 (afternoon): Writing Ethical Affirmative Letters for Gender Transition

  • When
    Sat, October 21, 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    4 registrants

  Register

  Marin CAMFT Law & Ethics 2023 Two-Part Series

  Part 2 - Afternoon Session: Law & Ethics: Writing Ethical Affirmative Letters for Gender Transition
  

  3 CEs available

  
  

  Register for one or both of these two workshops being held on October 21. Both qualify for the BBS requirement for Law & Ethics continuing education.

  This information is for the Afternoon Session: Saturday, October 21, 1pm to 4:30pm.  Information for the Morning Session is available here.

  Part 2 (afternoon): Writing Ethical Affirmative Letters for Gender Transition
  

  Workshop Description
  

  If you are working with transgender and gender non-conforming clients you will be asked to write letters for them to receive gender affirming medical care. To be culturally competent with these clients you need to be able to write these letters. Learn about the WPATH standards of care that oversee such letters and the ethical issues that may arise.

  Educational Goals for Part 2
  

  Participants will be able to:
  

  1. Demonstrate understanding of how to write ethical and affirming letters for medical interventions for Transgender and Non-Binary Clients
  2. Understand the legal and ethical issues related to writing gender affirmative letters
     

  
  

  Learning Objectives for Part 2
  

  Upon completion of this morning presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. List four essential aspects for letters to clients requesting medical intervention
     
  2. Name three issues of institutional discrimination and roadblocks transgender and non-binary people face when accessing medical care
     
  3. Describe two of the basic requirements for most gender affirming surgical procedures
     
  4. Describe The Insurance Gender Non-Discrimination Act AB 1586 and how it requires insurance companies to cover transition related services and what the exceptions are
     
     

  
  

  Presenter Cathy Hanville
  

  Cathy Hanville, LCSW (they/she) has been in private practice since 2001, first in San Francisco, then the East Bay, and now both in CA and PA where she has moved to. They specialize in working with anxiety, trauma, and gender. She is certified as an EMDRIA Consultant and as a WPATH Gender specialist. They also coach other therapists on starting and building their practices. 
  
  
  

  
  

  Attendance for the entirety of the Zoom event and completion of the course evaluation afterwards will qualify for 3.0 Law & Ethics Continuing Education hours.

  
  

  
  

  Upon registering you will receive a Zoom link and password.

  • Date: Saturday, October 21
  • Time: 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Pacific (3 hours of instruction plus 30 minutes for breaks)
    
  • Location:  Online via Zoom. Password and link sent upon registration.

  
  

  Additional Information

  For more information about the Saturday Workshop Series or about joining the Committee, please contact Marin CAMFT's Director of Programs Norman Hering.
  

  • 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 CEUs 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 units for Licensed Psychologists. Participants must attend the full live session and complete the evaluation at the end to receive CE completion certificate. Marin CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Contact the 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: Refunds are available up to 7 days in advance event, subject to a $20 administrative fee. We're sorry but we do not provide refunds in case of non-attendance by the registrant. To request a refund, please email marincountycamftchapter@gmail.com. If you have questions about this policy, please contact the Director of Programs.
    
    
  • 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.
    
    

  CEs are available only with attendance for the entirety of the Zoom session. You must complete the course evaluation afterwards in order to receive a completion certificate, which will be emailed to you when the evaluation is submitted. Because of the requirement to attend the training in full, if you attempt to log in to the Zoom meeting late, after the training is already underway, you may not be admitted from the waiting room. Please log onto the event promptly at the listed event start time.
  

  
  

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