We want to meet you...and buy you a cup of coffee or tea!

Hosted by Rachel Costella, LMFT, SCV-CAMFT Director of Membership

Continuing our 'Getting to Know You' efforts, we are scheduling more morning meetups around our region....casual talks over a cup of coffee or tea, and again, it's on us! 

Feel free to invite a therapist friend to join us, whether they are a chapter member or not. The more the merrier!

We hope to see you at Chromatic Coffee!

Presented by  Sara Jasper, JD, CAE

Learn from CAMFT's expert attorneys in a 2024 series of Law and Ethics webinars to support your practice.

Can't attend the webinar? No problem! The webinar will be recorded, and your registration will have access to the recording for 3 months.

Discount for Chapter Members
Members of a local chapter will receive a $5 discount on the Law and Ethics webinars. It's our way of saying thank you for being a valued part of the chapter community.

Chapter members:  $60
CAMFT members:  $65
Non-members:  $85

REGISTER HERE

During this 3-hour Law and Ethics presentation CAMFT Staff Attorney, Sara Jasper, will describe key issues to address at the outset of treatment with a particular emphasis on the importance of identifying the patient unit of treatment and setting up reasonable expectations within the patient unit. Ms. Jasper will talk about how this can be achieved through a discussion of patient goals, clarification of professional boundaries and competencies as well as key policies and procedures. Ms. Jasper will cover the No Surprises Act and how to discuss Medicare with patients now that LMFTs (and LPCCs) are Medicare eligible. Finally, Ms. Jasper to discuss additional issues to consider when treating patients with disabilities. The legal and practical information covered will help clinicians comply with their Americans with Disabilities (ADA) responsibilities.

The workshop will also address some of the most complex reporting issues therapists face, including: distinguishing between lawful vs. unlawful corporal punishment, when / whether to report consensual sexual activity with and between minors, and how CANRA’s mandated reporting rules apply to sexting between minors.

Educational Goals

Participants will come away from the presentation with legal and ethical information about how to effectively communicate and collaborate with patients at the outset of the therapeutic relationship. Participants can use what they learn to create clarity, for themselves and their patients, about the goals of the therapeutic relationship, professional boundaries, competencies and key policies and procedures.

Measurable Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Identify fundamental issues to raise when establishing therapeutic relationships
• Identify the types of professionals and entities who/that must comply with the No Surprises Act (NSA) and the good faith estimate regulations.
• Describe the requirements for good faith estimates
• Develop policies and practices that comply with the NSA and the regulations related to good faith estimates.
• Use practical ideas and tips for how to address the topic of Medicare with patients.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to legal requirements when establishing therapeutic relationships with clients who have communication disabilities.
• Identify the five categories of child abuse California mandated reporters are required to report
  
  

About the Presenter

A member of the State Bar of California since 2008, Sara Jasper, Esq. joined CAMFT as a Staff Attorney in 2011. Before coming to CAMFT, she worked as the Legal Liaison and Administrative Officer for the Sacramento Police Department and as an Associate at Middleton, Young & Minney, LLP where she practiced education and employment law. During law school, Sara clerked for the California Judicial Council, Center for Children, Families and the Courts and for the National Center for Youth Law. Since joining CAMFT, Sara has become a Certified Association Executive and earned her certificate in Nonprofit Organization Management. As a CAMFT staff attorney, Brad takes member phone calls regarding law and ethics issues and contributes articles on those subjects to CAMFT's publication, the Therapist. Prior to joining CAMFT’s legal team, Brad worked on litigation and regulatory matters as an attorney for San Diego Gas & Electric Company.

TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs

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Presented by Jessica Sorci, LMFT and Rebecca Geshuri, LMFT

Includes 3 CE credits for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and LCSWs.
This event will be online only. A recording will be made available to all registrants for 3 months. For those who can't attend live, CE credit is available by watching the recording and passing a test.

Motherhood is loaded with fantasies and expectations of how our children will fulfill our dreams and meet our own emotional needs. As mothers’ systems encounter the inevitable disappointments and losses inherent to the role, they often attribute those losses to their own failures and shortcomings: there’s something wrong with me, I’m not good enough, this is so embarrassing, etc. In our culture of perfectionistic mothering, moms’ Protector parts choose to exile and silence their losses and shame, out of fear of humiliation and rejection. When grief and shame are exiled, moms experience themselves as disordered. Protective parts band together to try to create a “good mom” facade, paradoxically confirming “bad mom” feelings. Maternal losses and grief re-kindle and stoke the flames of old shame fires. Grief and shame are Inescapable Vulnerabilities in motherhood.

In this workshop we will teach participants how to implement aspects of our unique adaptation of Internal Family Systems, called “The Mom Parts Method.” Mom Parts guides mothers through a process of identifying and naming both grief and shame in ways that open up self-compassion and inner trust. Ways of understanding and being with grief and shame will be explored, enabling participants to confidently escort clients closer to the root of their pain. It may be cliche to say “we need to feel to heal,” but the truth is that all moms experience these Inescapable Vulnerabilities and most moms don’t know how to metabolize them. Participants will have an experiential opportunity to explore their own Inescapable Vulnerabilities and how their own parts may prevent them from being with their clients’ grief and shame in session.

Program Goals

The goal of this workshop is to depathologize the presence of grief and shame in motherhood and to embolden and equip participants to move closer to these inescapable vulnerabilities that all moms experience. By implementing the Internal Family Systems concept of “parts”, participants will be able to identify predictable ways moms attempt to protect their vulnerability, and support mothers in accessing more of what IFS calls “Self-energy” as a healing agent.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to...

• Identify three or more ways that mothers inevitably experience loss.
• Explain at least two defining features of shame that distinguish it from both guilt and grief.
• Identify at least two experiences that grief and shame require, in order to heal.
  

About the Presenters

Rebecca Geshuri (left) and Jessica Sorci are both Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Certified Internal Family Systems Therapists and also Perinatal Mental Health Certified. As Co-Founders of Family Tree Wellness in Silicon Valley, California, Rebecca and Jessica lead their one-of-a-kind IFS-informed group psychotherapy practice that provides counseling, education and support for people who are in the family building phase of life. They are wildly enthusiastic about supporting other therapists who want to deepen their knowledge and skill with using IFS and working in Reproductive Mental Health. Their comprehensive Mothercentric Approach is being integrated into a book called MOM PARTS, and is currently being offered annually, alongside Mom Parts Salons and a Mothercentric Continuum consultation group. Most importantly, Rebecca and Jessica are mothers who bring their own personal experiences with grief and growing, mixed with creative expression and spirituality to their work. Their goal is nothing short of healing humanity's intergenerational burdens.

Program Outline

Define the Inescapable Vulnerabilities

1. What do shame and grief have in common?
2. Both are taboo in motherhood

What is GRIEF (30 min)

1. Motherhood means loss
2. Some moms experience losses that other mothers do not experience.
3. Some losses are inevitable.
4. Parts that protect against grief

Some losses are taboo

How grief gets pathologized. “Bad mom” parts

What is shame (30 min)

1. Two parts: a part that does the shaming and a part that feels the shame
2. A burden
3. How shame comes to exist (causes people to conform, works quickly, is effective)
4. What it does in the body
5. Why it shows up so much in motherhood
   1. Maternal losses re-kindle and stoke the flames of old shame fires.
   2. Fundamental attribution error
6. Parts that protect against shame

Questions (5-10 min)
15 minute BREAK

Experiential - using Mom Parts cards to bring participants into contact with Protectors who are holding grief or shame (50 min)

Finding Your Mom Parts type meditation

We have two internal resources available to us:

a. Protectors

b. Self-energy (moving closer to grief and shame; intimacy with)

Questions and Closing

References

Brown Brené. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. Penguin Life, 2015.

Cleghorn, E. (2022). Unwell women: Misdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world. Dutton.

Garbes, A. (2022). Essential labor: Mother as social change. Harper Wave.

Jones, Lucy. (2023) “Matrescence: On the metamorphosis of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood.” Penguin Random House UK.

Montei, A. (2023). Touched out: Motherhood, misogyny, Consent, and Control. Beacon Press.

Sweezy, M., & Schwartz, R. C. (2023). Internal Family Systems therapy for shame and guilt. The Guilford Press.

This is an intermediate level course.
TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs

If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CEUs. This course meets the qualifications of 3 continuing education credits for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. SCV-CAMFT is a CAMFT-approved continuing education provider (CEPA 052466).

The views expressed in presentations made at SCV-CAMFT meetings or events are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of SCV-CAMFT. Presentations at SCV-CAMFT events do not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products or services.

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Presented by Presented by David F. Khalili, LMFT

Includes 3 CE credits for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and LCSWs.
This event will be online only. A recording will be made available to all registrants for 3 months. For those who can't attend live, CE credit is available by watching the recording and passing a test.

Discover new horizons in sex therapy with renowned sex therapist, David F. Khalili, LMFT, from San Francisco's Rouse Relational Wellness and author of The Mental Health Workbook for Men. In this engaging workshop, David will lead you through an exploration of sex therapy that transcends traditional approaches. Learn invaluable techniques for navigating sensitive issues of anxiety, shame, and masculinity within therapeutic settings, all while incorporating insights from queer theory and critical race theory to promote inclusivity and understanding. Acquire and practice tools for conducting biopsychosocial assessments and addressing sexual concerns with confidence and sensitivity. Join us for a lively and interactive workshop on sex therapy!

Educational Goals

The educational goals of this talk aim to broaden therapists' perspectives on sex therapy, emphasizing its holistic approach beyond addressing pain and sexual functioning. By introducing concepts from queer theory and critical race theory, the talk seeks to foster inclusivity and understanding of diverse sexual experiences. Additionally, therapists will be equipped with practical tools and techniques for conducting biopsychosocial assessments to address sexual concerns effectively. Furthermore, the talk aims to enhance therapists' confidence in discussing sex with clients, particularly men, by providing strategies to navigate shame, anxiety, and entitlement within therapeutic settings.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to...

• Identify six categories treated within sex therapy.
• Describe the difference between the linear model and the circular model of sex.
  
• State the three factors included in the biopsychosocial assessment for sex therapy.
• Identify three interventions for shame and anxiety in sexuality.
  
• Describe three common challenges men face regarding sex and sexuality.

About the Presenter

David F. Khalili is a licensed therapist, board-certified sexologist, and founder of Rouse Relational Wellness and Rouse Academy. David’s book Mental Health Workbook for Men was published recently to help men improve their relationships with themselves and others. David aims to help men feel less lonely and more connected with their communities. Specializing in couples and sex therapy, David draws from his diverse background which includes peer sex education, work in adult boutiques, and a Master's degree in Sexuality Studies from San Francisco State University. For more information about David's practice, visit rousetherapy.com. Rouse Relational Wellness is a boutique mental health practice for those seeking sex and couples therapy in San Francisco and throughout California, offering specialized support for queer, BIPOC, kinky, and poly individuals. Their team of licensed and associate-level providers is trained and committed to fostering a space where everyone can explore their relationships with empowerment, understanding, and compassion. Utilizing various approaches and services, their mission is clear: Shame Less, Love More. Learn more about their practice at rousetherapy.com, or their educational site, rouseacademy.com.

Presentation Outline

What is sex therapy (10 min)
     • How sex therapy is more than working with pain and sexual functioning
    • Queer theory and critical race theory are introduced

Expanding our view of sex (25 min)
     • Normalizing and empathizing with rigid views of sex, while acknowledging their limitations
     • Offering different views of sex to help clinicians and their clients reduce anxiety and shame discussing or approaching sex
     • Discussion and personal reflective exercise to work on own biases

Biopsychosocial Assessments (60 min)
     • Structured approach to assessing sexual concerns
     • Approaches to rule out or refer to other specialists
     • Practice and modeling of conducting assessments
         • Helps them work through anxiety on talking about sex with clients
     • Special considerations

Break (10 min)

Working with men in sex therapy (40 min)
     • Continuing queer theory and critical race theory
     • bell hooks concept of “soul murder”
     • Internalized homophobia
     • Internalized patriarchy
     • Narcissism and entitlement

Working with Shame and Anxiety (35 min)
     • Approaches to working with shame, anxiety and entitlement
         • In session exercises
         • Between session exercises
     • Terry Real’s relationship grid

Q&A (10 min)

This is an introductory and intermediate level course.
TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs

If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CEUs. This course meets the qualifications of 3 continuing education credits for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. SCV-CAMFT is a CAMFT-approved continuing education provider (CEPA 052466).

The views expressed in presentations made at SCV-CAMFT meetings or events are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of SCV-CAMFT. Presentations at SCV-CAMFT events do not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products or services.

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Presented by  Michael Griffin, JD, CAE

Learn from CAMFT's expert attorneys in a 2024 series of Law and Ethics webinars to support your practice.

Can't attend the webinar? No problem! The webinar will be recorded, and your registration will have access to the recording for 3 months.

Discount for Chapter Members
Members of a local chapter will receive a $5 discount on the Law and Ethics webinars. It's our way of saying thank you for being a valued part of the chapter community.

Chapter members:  $60
CAMFT members:  $65
Non-members:  $85

REGISTER HERE

The workshop will discuss key issues involved when working with suicidal clients, including:
The incidence of suicide, statistical and demographic data, avoiding liability, standards of care; identifying risk factors for suicide and undertaking reasonable protective actions, the “Zero Suicide Model,” relevant exceptions to confidentiality, relevant ethical standards and issues involving documentation.

The workshop will discuss key issues involved when working with dangerous clients, including:
Standards of care, the “duty to protect” based upon Tarasoff v. Regents of Univ. of Calif., (1976) and Civil Code §43.92, the meaning of “patient communication” based upon Ewing v. Goldstein, Ph.D. (2004) and Ewing v. Northridge Hospital Center, (2004), the “duty to report,” based upon Welfare and Institutions Code §8100(b)(1) and §8105(c), and relevant exceptions to confidentiality.

Measurable Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Explain how the standard of care applies when working with a suicidal patient.
• Provide one or more examples of appropriate documentation when working with a suicidal patient.
• Provide one or more examples of risk factors for suicide.
• Provide one or more examples of reasonable preventive measures when working with suicidal patients.
• Describe one or more examples of exceptions to confidentiality when working with a suicidal patient.
• Describe one or more examples of the “duty to protect,” based upon Tarasoff v. Regents of Univ. of Calif., (1976) and Civil Code §43,92.
• Describe one or more examples of the “duty to report,” based upon Welfare and Institutions Code §8100(b)(1) and §8105(c).
• Describe one or more circumstance(s) where an exception to confidentiality may apply when working with a dangerous patient.
• Identify one or more ethical standards which apply when working with a suicidal patient.

About the Presenter

Michael Griffin, Esq., LCSW has been a member of the CAMFT legal team since 2007. A graduate of the USC School of Social Work and Chapman University School of Law, Mr. Griffin earned his LCSW in 1982 and his California license as an Attorney in 2002.  He has a broad professional background in various mental health settings (including Western Youth Services in Orange County, California, and Rady Children’s Psychiatry Dep’t in San Diego) as a clinician, administrator, supervisor, clinical case manager, school program coordinator, and outpatient clinic director. In addition to his work for CAMFT, Mr. Griffin is a practicing psychotherapist with adults, adolescents and children in Laguna Niguel, California.

TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs

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Presented by  Alain L. Montgomery, Esq.

Learn from CAMFT's expert attorneys in a 2024 series of Law and Ethics webinars to support your practice.

Can't attend the webinar? No problem! The webinar will be recorded, and your registration will have access to the recording for 3 months.

Discount for Chapter Members
Members of a local chapter will receive a $5 discount on the Law and Ethics webinars. It's our way of saying thank you for being a valued part of the chapter community.

Chapter members:  $60
CAMFT members:  $65
Non-members:  $85

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During this three (3) hour presentation, CAMFT Staff Attorney Alain Montgomery, JD will examine issues related to rendering mental health services via telehealth to help providers adopt sound legal and ethical practices around the use of telehealth. The workshop will review the legal standards of practice for telehealth and review sections in the CAMFT Code of Ethics that address telehealth best practices. Additional topics include matters related to rendering services to clients via telehealth who are physically located in other states and/or other countries and discuss the technical safeguards that protect client information when using videoconferencing technology.

Measurable Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Identify the preliminary and ongoing requirements to initiate when providing mental health services via telehealth;
• Determine when it is lawful to render mental health services via telehealth to a client who is not physically located in the state of California; and,
• Identify the technical safeguards that protect client information when using videoconferencing software
  
  

About the Presenter

Alain Lance Montgomery, Esq., is a member of the State Bar of California. Alain received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Prior to joining the CAMFT legal department, Alain worked in public interest law as a legal advisor for the Superior Court of California where he helped self-represented parties navigate the complexities of small claims litigation. As a member of the CAMFT legal department, Alain has served as part of the support staff for the CAMFT Ethics Committee and has represented the Association at various state regulatory board meetings. After graduating from college and before attending law school, Alain worked as a ski instructor at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort.

TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs

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Presented by Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq

Learn from CAMFT's expert attorneys in a 2024 series of Law and Ethics webinars to support your practice.

Can't attend the webinar? No problem! The webinar will be recorded, and your registration will have access to the recording for 3 months.

Discount for Chapter Members
Members of a local chapter will receive a $5 discount on the Law and Ethics webinars. It's our way of saying thank you for being a valued part of the chapter community.

Chapter members:  $60
CAMFT members:  $65
Non-members:  $85

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As we enter the holiday season, there is no gift less desired by a therapist than being served with a subpoena. In this three-hour webinar, attendees will learn the purpose of different types of subpoenas, how to digest a subpoena, steps to take in responding to a subpoena, and the role of the psychotherapist-patient privilege.

Measurable Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Analyze a subpoena to determine who issued the subpoena, what type of documents or testimony are requested, and the appropriate next steps in responding to a subpoena seeking records or testimony.
• Identify the holder of the psychotherapist-patient privilege, when it is appropriate for a therapist to assert the psychotherapist-patient privilege on behalf of a patient, and when such an objection is not appropriate.
  

About the Presenter

Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq., CAMFT Staff Attorney, takes CAMFT member phone calls regarding law and ethics issues and contributes articles on those subjects to The Therapist. Before joining CAMFT’s legal team, Kristin represented healthcare systems and professionals in professional negligence litigation at La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames. Since entering the legal profession, Kristin has worked in various capacities presenting to and advocating on behalf of her clients both in and outside of the courtroom. Kristin received her B.A. from The College of Wooster in 2006 and graduated from The American University Washington College of Law with her J.D. in 2012.

TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs

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