Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos! स्वागत! Bienvenu! Welkom! !خوش آمدی
ברוך הבא! Willkommen! ようこそ！ Byenvini! Chào mừng! 欢迎！Välkommen!
Yes, we have mental health professional members who speak each of the above languages saying "Welcome".
Our President's Welcome from Pat Hromalik, LMFT Welcome to the Redwood Empire Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. I’m glad you are here. We are a vibrant, diverse group of therapists with a wide range of focuses and specialties, serving our communities in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Lake Counties. Search our therapist directory using a variety of parameters to help you find potential therapists. Learn about our mission, vision, values and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, racial and social justice. We pride ourselves on being one of the largest and most active CAMFT Chapters with many benefits to our members. While we promote the Licensed Marriage and Family designation, we welcome affiliate clinicians (LPCC, LCSW, PhD, PsyD, etc.) to join our community. We offer an array of CE trainings with dynamic monthly speakers covering a range of topics that are timely and cover new therapeutic methods and approaches. Our on-demand library of CE courses from prior presenters allows for learning on your schedule and at your own pace. There are opportunities for you to gather socially, to network, to engage in shared activities and hobbies, and to get support through our Ethics Roundtable consultation group and our CARE Circle (Compassion, Acknowledgement, Recharge and Empowerment). I am particularly excited about our renewed focus on prelicensed members through regular networking and speaker events, as well as robust scholarship offerings, all geared to help our next generation of therapists through their educational and experiential journey to licensure, and launching one of the most challenging and rewarding careers that there is. Learn more about membership and to join here. Our mission is further defined through our revised Strategic Three (3) Year Plan that I worked hard to shape based on my fellow board members thoughtful and honest input and evaluation during our 2025 planning retreat. I am committed to our goals and want to see as many of our objectives met as possible. We have a dedicated and dynamic team on the Board and we need your help to bring all these wonderful ideas and initiatives to life. Please consider getting involved through volunteering on a committee or serving on the board or helping with micro volunteer opportunities - email us at info@RECAMFT.org. We are a great group - we work hard, we have fun and we laugh a lot! I look forward to meeting more of you and getting to know you. I am honored to help lead our organization. Together we can make 2026 our best year ever! Pat Hromalik, LMFT 2026 RECAMFT President For the Community For Mental Health Professionals RECAMFT's Mission: "The purpose of RECAMFT is to promote and maintain professional competence and integrity with knowledge, innovation, compassion, humor and respect for human dignity and diversity. We do this by providing opportunities for networking, education and community outreach for our members.” Racial and Social Justice Pledge: RECAMFT is committed to equity including addressing structural racism and systemic injustice. We endeavor to be inclusive and value individuals from all ethnicities, ages, races, sexual orientations, genders, languages, abilities, religions, citizenship statuses, and socioeconomic backgrounds into our chapter and into treatment. We strive to advocate, educate, collaborate, and strategize for positive racial and social justice change within our membership and our community. The Best CE Bargain! You can earn ALL your CEs for renewal, simply by attending the monthly RECAMFT meetings and taking our Law & Ethics six-hour seminars, now offered as several 3-hour online trainings. It's the best CE bargain anywhere and includes fun networking with your colleagues, a wide variety of interesting speakers and topics, a chance to get known in the community for what you do, and great snacks! RECAMFT provides CEs for professionals who are licensed with the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences. There is no charge to members for 1.5 or more CEs at most general monthly meetings put on by this chapter. Non-members who desire CEs can pay to purchase a CE certificate. |
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Hard-to-Identify OCD Symptoms that Can Prevent Treatment Progress Presented by Brian Crites, LMFT & Litsa Tanner, LMFT Friday, September 18th, 2026 9:00 am - 12:00 pm PT 2.5 CEs - On Zoom Course Description Everybody knows about contamination and excessive washing OCD, however, the lesser known, and harder to differentiate subtypes of OCD, such as harm, sexual, and suicidal obsessions, can cause treatment challenges, and stump even the most seasoned of clinicians. This presentation will help clinicians gain the knowledge and confidence necessary to differentiate between OCD and other mental health disorders with similar presentations. This will enable therapists to identify and engage the most effective treatments for their clients, leading to better outcomes, less client drop outs, and less therapist burnout. This course is appropriate for all clinicians of all experience levels. Expressive Arts Therapy: Creative Interventions Presented by Danielle Saporta, LMFT
Friday, October 2nd, 2026 9:00 am - 12:30 pm PT 3 CEs - On Zoom Course Description This foundational course is designed for therapists at any stage of their career who wish to deepen their understanding of trauma-informed expressive arts approaches and explore how creative interventions may support meaningful therapeutic work with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Through experiential activities, participants will learn about expressive arts modalities and consider client needs, readiness, safety, and trauma-informed principles, while also attending to scope of practice and professional competence. No prior expressive arts experience is necessary, and minimal materials are required—a writing utensil and paper are sufficient, though participants are welcome to bring additional art materials. This course does not constitute training or credentialing in art therapy or qualify participants to practice outside their existing scope of competence. Register here. | "Where do I start?" Launching and sustaining a private practice
When: Sat., Oct. 24 So, you want to start a private practice? Thinking about launching a practice - or ready to reinvigorate the one you already have? RECAMFT is here to offer support and understanding of the nuts and bolts of starting, building, and sustaining a private practice in today’s environment. The RECAMFT Prelicensed Committee hosts and sponsors a 3-hour workshop focused on the practical side of private practice, including:
The workshop will feature RECAMFT Prelicensed Committee members sharing helpful insights, experiences, and lessons learned from building and sustaining their own practices, along with three experts from our community! Expert Commentators
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Our members offer a wide array of groups for the public. Please visit our Therapy Groups page to see the current list, which you can download as a PDF. To purchase an advertisement in RECAMFT's Therapy Groups List, click here.  Are you looking for a Medi-Cal provider?
We are constantly updating our Therapist Directory to reflect providers who take the Partnership Healthplan of California Medi-Cal (managed by Carelon in Sonoma County). You can search for a provider on the Carelon website here. When prompted for "Plan name/Code" enter "Partnership."
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Click here to see this FREE 2 hr training Presented by Doreen Van Leeuwen, LMFT Critical Incident Responder, and expert in Disaster Mental Health October 19, 2017 |
"Brief Disaster Response Training for Helping Professionals"
Do you have a Professional Will?
Find everything you need to create one on the Members' Only page. Not a RECAMFT member? This is just one more good reason to join today!
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| Adopted by the RECAMFT Board on August 20, 2021 RECAMFT and our members strive to be exemplary professional resources for Marriage and Family Therapists, Associates, affiliates and people seeking our services, through leadership, quality education, and establishing a collegial, compassionate network to serve our local communities. |
Land & People Acknowledgement Statement (to be read before all RECAMFT meetings) “We are meeting today in the ancestral homes of the Coast Miwok, Wappo, Wintun and Pomo Nations of Sonoma, Mendocino, Napa and Lake counties.* RECAMFT acknowledges these Nations as the traditional caretakers of this land and water, and we are grateful for their strength and perseverance in the struggle to maintain their culture, language and traditions. Every voice is essential in protecting the sacredness of this space we hold together today. Please speak with love and care in your comments to others. We want our space to be safe and welcoming for all. We welcome feedback regarding our ongoing efforts to create inclusive, equitable safe spaces.” *Optional for a speaker who is in a county other than our four. “And our speaker is presenting from the home of the … Nation(s). Adopted by the RECAMFT Board August 23, 2024. |  |
RECAMFT’s Values (from our Strategic Plan) Respect, compassion, inclusivity, collaboration, adaptability, transparency
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Redwood Empire Chapter of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
is a CAMFT Approved Continuing Education Provider: License #57173.
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Thank you to Ed Aiona and the Sonoma County Water Agency for giving us permission to display
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