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• Friday CE Series: Using Mindfulness and Compassion Practices in Clinical Work with Clients

  • When
    Fri, May 09, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    127 registrants

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  Practice and apply mindfulness techniques in your therapeutic work

  Using Mindfulness and Compassion Practices in Clinical Work with Clients

  Presented by Fiona Brandon, LMFT

  2 CEs available

  Free for Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal chapter members!

  PLEASE NOTE: Marin CAMFT has made a slight change to how our Zoom meetings work: After you sign up here, you'll be sent instructions on how to complete a separate registration step with Zoom. You'll need to complete that registration step in order to get your Zoom link. You can do it in advance, or right before the meeting begins. Each person will get their own personal Zoom link. This lets us more accurately track attendance in the Zoom meeting for our compliance purposes as a CE provider.

  
  

  Workshop Description

  
  This 2-hour experiential workshop will offer participants practical tools and inspiring ideas for integrating mindfulness and compassion practices into their work with clients. These practices can help clients regulate their nervous system while gaining new insights into their healing process. During the training participants will be guided in a mindfulness-based practice and a compassion-based practice. After each practice a case study will be presented. The case studies will illustrate practical ways for integrating the practices into clinical work in explicit and implicit ways. Participants will have time to integrate their learnings through brief writing exercises, larger group discussions and Q&A. The training is helpful for new and seasoned clinicians as well as beginner and advanced meditators. Therapists do not need to have a background in meditation to benefit from this training on using mindfulness techniques with clients.
  
  

  Educational Goals

  This presentation will teach a mindfulness-based practice and a compassion-based practice, both of which can be used with clients during session to help them regulate their nervous system. This training covers ways therapists can use contemplative practices to increase patient insight during clinical work.
  
  

  Learning Objectives

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

  1. Describe 2 ways mindfulness uses "top-down" processing to regulate “bottom-up processing”  
  2. Explain to clients at least 3 ways in which mindfulness meditation helps to regulate the nervous system and decrease depression and anxiety 
  3. Describe at least 2 ways in which compassion-based meditations can be helpful for clients from non-dominant groups
     
     

  Presenter Fiona Brandon

  Fiona Brandon, MPS, MA, MFT, is the Director of the Nalanda Institute’s Compassion Based Resilience Training (CBRT) and core faculty of the Embodied Psychotherapy Program. As a licensed psychotherapist and clinical consultant, she integrates Buddhist psychology, depth psychology, expressive arts therapy, dream imagery, and sensorimotor psychotherapy in her work with adults and couples. Fiona is a co-editor and contributor to the 2023 anthology Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy: Accelerating Healing and Transformation (2nd ed.) published by Routledge. She also contributed the chapter, Mindfulness: Self-healing Mechanism and Psychotherapeutic Ally to the forthcoming book Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness: A Practitioner Guide to be published in 2025 by Oxford University Press. To learn more about Fiona visit www.fionabrandon.com
  
  

  
  

  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 CEUs).

  Date: Friday, May 9
  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 with Marin CAMFT for Using Mindfulness and Compassion Practices in Clinical Work with 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 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 Series: Hike in Oakland with East Bay CAMFT

  • When
    Sat, May 24, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM
  • Location
    Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, 10060 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  BRIDGING THE BAY CAMFT CHAPTER HIKE SERIES: HIKE #1 MAY 24
  

  Join us on Saturday, May 24 for a hike hosted by East Bay CAMFT at Redwood Regional Park in Oakland
  

  
  

  Many things make Marin a special place. One is that we have SF and the East Bay nearby to explore and appreciate. In order to reach across to the therapist communities over the bridges we will be getting together for three shared hikes; one in each of our backyards. East Bay CAMFT will be hosting the first on Saturday, May 24th, followed up by one in Marin, then ending the series in SF.
  
  Come out to meet other bay-area therapists while taking in the unique natural beauty that each region has to offer.
  

  BRIDGING THE BAY CAMFT CHAPTERS HIKE #1
  

  • Where: Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park - see Google Map with driving instructions to the park
  • Parking: Free
  • Look for the white EBCAMFT flag:
    

  
  

  • When: Saturday, May 24. Meet up time will be 9:30am and the hike will begin at 9:45am.
  • Difficulty: Moderate
  • Estimated Distance: 3.3 miles
    
  • Allow for 3-4 hours.
  • Dogs: Allowed
  • Who: This regional CAMFT chapter event will be headed up by East Bay CAMFT's Craig Toonder, MFT (ctoondermft@gmail.com 510-499-7137 for any questions).

  
  

  Trail Information

  Trail Route - see Google Map with the trail route here
  
  Route will be: Unnamed trail from parking lot, Camp Trail, West Ridge Trail, Baccharis Trail, Dunn Trail, Graham Trail, West Ridge Trail, Camp Trail, unnamed trail to parking lot
  
  Greenspace Info: http://www.ebparks.org/parks/redwood (note: the address listed at this link is different from the meeting point for the hike; please use the address and map included in this announcement as the location).

  Google Map to the meeting area in Redwood Park

  
  

  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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• Friday CE Series: Supporting Women Through Perimenopause: Approaches and Interventions for Psychotherapists

  • When
    Fri, June 13, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    online via Zoom

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

  Discover new insights about working with menopausal clients

  Supporting Women Through Perimenopause: Approaches and Interventions for Psychotherapists

  Presented by Kara Cruz, LMFT

  2 CEs available

  Free for Marin CAMFT members and reciprocal chapter members!

  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 it 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

  
  Research has found that between 20-40% of women may experience depression during menopause. While most are more familiar the physical symptoms, it is important to learn about the emotional and psychological impacts. This is important, as all biological women who live long enough will experience menopause. In this live, two hour, virtual, interactive training we cover Perimenopause/Menopause and how this phase of life impacts a woman's mental health and overall wellness.
  
  

  Educational Goals

  This training provides an overview of the psychological, emotional and physical impacts of perimenopause and menopause on women's mental health. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the life stage transitions across perimenopause, menopause and post menopause and how these changes intersect with mood, anxiety, sleep and overall functioning. Participants will have the opportunity to explore appropriate screening questions, interventions, referral strategies and resource connections for clients.
  
  

  Learning Objectives

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

  1. Describe the differences between each stage: perimenopause, menopause and post menopause.
  2. Identify common physical, emotional and psychological symptoms associated with perimenopause/menopause.
  3. Determine how the transition into perimenopause and menopause can impact women’s mental health and mood.
  4. Explain how the clinician can promote client self advocacy and make appropriate referrals.
  5. Identify 1-2 considerations when working with cisgender versus transgender clients during the peri/menopause stage.
  6. Utilize appropriate screening tools, interventions and identify appropriate referrals to address anxiety, mood and sleep disturbance symptoms.
     
     
     

  Presenter Kara Cruz

  Kara Cruz, LMFT is certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), and is EMDR-trained and currently completing certification. She is a private practice owner, educator, and clinical supervisor with over a decade of experience serving women navigating complex trauma, ADHD, and reproductive mental health across the lifespan; including perinatal, postpartum, and perimenopause transitions. Kara specializes in working with clients who are impacted by trauma, mood and anxiety conditions, hormonal mental health conditions and in high-achieving women. In addition to her clinical work, she provides continuing education and professional training on topics such as Women and ADHD, Perinatal Mental Health, Perimenopause, and Trauma-Informed Care. Kara is the founder of Kara Cruz Psychotherapy & Wellness, where she provides individual and group psychotherapy, as well as Kara Cruz Training & Consultation, where she supports therapists and helping professionals through consultation, courses, and speaking engagements. She is the co-founder of Women’s Support Circle, a growing community offering no-cost support groups and events, and she created the Wellness for Women Healers Community, a free Facebook group for professionals in women’s mental health and wellness.
  

  PLEASE NOTE: This event will be recorded to be produced as an on-demand program. 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. Registering for this Zoom training does not include access to any recording.  If you cannot attend 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.

  
  

  
  

  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 CEUs).

  Date: Friday, June 13
  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 with Marin CAMFT for Supporting Women Through Perimenopause: Approaches and Interventions for Psychotherapists

  
  

  
  

  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 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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• Neurodivergence Unveiled: Reframing Trauma, Identity, and Care for the Neurodivergent Client

  • When
    Fri, July 18, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Registered
    Be the first

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  Learn about neurodivergence and trauma with Central Coast CAMFT

  Neurodivergence Unveiled: Reframing Trauma, Identity, and Care for the Neurodivergent Client

  Offered in partnership with Central Coast CAMFT

  Presented by Stephanie Kollar, MA, LMFT

  2 CEs available

  Free for Marin CAMFT members

  Workshop Description

  
  This training will be hosted by Central Coast CAMFT. Registration is offered for free to Marin CAMFT members.

  This presentation, led by an autistic mental health therapist, will guide clinicians through a deep exploration of neurodivergence, trauma, and the challenges in understanding and identifying neurodivergent clients. Drawing from lived and professional experience, this course will provide clinicians with a framework to reduce ableist perspectives, enhance therapeutic rapport, and apply an anti-ableist, affirming worldview to their practice. The presentation will delve into the nuances of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, and Complex PTSD (CPTSD), highlighting how these conditions intersect and how therapists can more accurately identify and support neurodivergent clients. Participants will leave with practical tools to navigate sensory processing needs, adapt existing evidence-based practices, and reframe their approach to neurodivergence for more inclusive, effective care.

  Educational Goals

  This course is designed to help therapists identify and understand the lived experience of neurodivergence, while reducing ableist identification of neurodivergence. By reframing neurodivergence through an anti-ableist, affirming worldview, clinicians will be equipped to enhance their approach to trauma-informed care and adapt their practices to better serve neurodivergent clients.

  Learning Objectives

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

  1. Differentiate 3 differences between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Complex PTSD (CPTSD), identifying the key similarities and differences between these conditions. 
     
  2. Recognize and address 3 common areas of misdiagnosis, especially in clients of color, and understand the implications of such misdiagnoses.
     
  3. Describe at least 3 strategies for adapting existing evidence-based practices to meet the unique needs of neurodivergent clients.

  
  

  Presenter Stephanie Kollar

  

  Stephanie Kollar, MA, LMFT has a diverse background in mental health work, including field-based family therapy with families living in poverty and navigating high levels of intersectional identities. Specializing in neurodivergence, trauma, anxiety, depression, and behavioral challenges, Stephanie developed a keen ability to differentiate between subtle diagnostic distinctions and recognized the importance of honoring neurodivergent differences. She has also provided short-term, evidence-based care for adults and now runs a private practice focused on anti-ableist, affirming care for neurodivergent individuals. As a professor in the Master’s of Clinical Psychology program at Antioch University Santa Barbara, her alma mater, Stephanie specializes in the intersection of neuroscience and anti-ableist mental health care. Identifying as both autistic and ADHD (AUDHD), she integrates her lived experience into her work, helping students and colleagues better understand and engage with the neurodivergent experience.
  

  
  

  Attendance at the live event in full and completion of the evaluation that will be emailed to you after qualifies for 2 hours of Continuing Education (2 CEUs).

  Date: Friday, July 18
  Time: 9:30 to 11:30 am Pacific

  Cost: Free for Marin CAMFT members, $30 for non-members.
  Location:  Online via Zoom.
  

  
  

  Register through Marin CAMFT for this Central Coast CAMFT training on Neurodivergence and Trauma 

  
  

  
  

  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 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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