Don't miss this 6 CE ZOOM event!

"What Every Therapist Needs to Know about Black Folks and Other People of Color (BIPOC)"

Friday, June 2, 2023

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Qualifies for 6.0 CEs

(6 hours of instruction plus 1 hour break for lunch)

Please share this event and register soon!   

Note: An on-demand version of this training will be produced. If you know you cannot attend the "live" training on Zoom on June 2nd, please do not sign up for this event; instead, wait for the on-demand program to be published and you can purchase it then.

Course Description

In this presentation, therapists will increase their understanding of some of the issues Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) are faced with on a daily basis and how those experiences can impact the way these individuals are viewed in society as well as how these experiences influence how BIPOC individuals may view themselves as well. Post-traumatic slave syndrome, transgenerational trauma, and implicit bias will be examined and discussed, and the role these constructs play in the everyday lives of BIPOC. 

The purpose of this presentation is to open the lines of communication around diversity, equity, and inclusion, in a way that enhances the understanding of Non People of Color to help them redefine cultural competence. This effort is to improve the lines of communication about hard topics, uncomfortable discussions, and the "pink elephant" in the room around racial issues.

The experiences of BIPOC individuals in America are often dismissed, invalidated, and ridiculed leading to the stress that comes with feeling invisible, inadequate, and misunderstood. In a therapeutic setting the presentation of BIPOC individuals are often misunderstood causing misrepresention, leading to misdiagnosis, medication mismanagement, and missing pieces existing in their mental health care. Therapists commit to a Code of Ethics to "DO NO HARM," however, microaggressions, implicit bias, color-blindness, and well-intended missteps can show up in the therapy room and undermine the mental health treatment of BIPOC clients. These challenges can be overcome with intentional commitment to examining, understanding, and holding space for clients of color in an effort to bridge the cultural gap and exercise true cultural competence.

In the 21st century, Non People of Color may be shocked, to hear that the dehumanizing remnants of slavery still paralyzes little black girls and boys sitting in classrooms where the truth is not told as it happened regarding their ancestors. It becomes especially dehumanizing when that black child is living in an area largely inhabited by Caucasian children who may not actually consider him or her as equal. It can feel to that child as though they are on display as the shining example of what "a Black" can achieve if, "They simply pulled themselves up by the bootstraps and took hold of their lives."

Some have said, "See, that one is smart, or speaks the King's English, or wears his pants neatly around his waist." Others, "This little girl, has nice tame curls, not like that girl who has those kinky puffy round things on each side of her head." Are we aware of this history when these children grow up and show up in the therapy room? Do you know they may face the very same challenges in college or later still, in the workplace, and finally in your office seeking therapy? Let's take an inside look, therapeutically. Hold on to your hats!!

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will:

1. Learn 6 specific tools to provide Allyship, and understand implicit bias and microaggressions and how to avoid them.
2. Understand and identify 3 principles of "Racial Invisibility" and how to eliminate it in therapeutic settings.
3. Redefine and implement 2 key components of cultural competence.
4. Explain 3 consequences of systemic racism.
5. Define 4 of the physiological and psychological implications of race-based trauma.
6. Engage in, learn, and implement 3 racial healing practices.
7. Recall 3 key behavior patterns associated with Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS).
8. Name 3 principles of "Critical Race Theory."

9. Recall 2 key principles to support and assist BIPOC clients in a safe therapeutic environment still impact Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in 2023.

10. Demonstrate 3 situations and how to interact with colleagues in work and social settings.

11. Identify racial trauma and 3 ways it may present in a client.

12. Recognize 4 reasons that history and past experiences around race.

Cost

Early-bird registration on or before May 22, 2023

• Licensed RECAMFT Members $69
• Prelicensed RECAMFT Members $29
• Members of Marin CAMFT $69
• Non-chapter members/general public $89

Registration on or after May 23, 2023

• Licensed RECAMFT Members $89
• Prelicensed RECAMFT Members $39
• Members of Marin CAMFT $89
• Non-chapter members/general public $109

Note: For those of you participating in our Justice Project: Antiracism, attending this event will take the place of reading two books. The first 25 people to complete either of our Justice Projects will receive free registration to attend 6 CEs of Law & Ethics trainings! Find out more here. 

Register here.

About Our Speaker

Shawn LaRé Brinkley, LMFT Therapist, Transformational Performance Coach, and Speaker/Trainer/Author is best described as a "people" person. Her group practice, Living Loved Pathways to Holistic Healing is in Encino, CA where she and her staff serve individuals, couples, children and adolescents, and families. The "Living Loved Team" specializes in non-traditional therapeutic modalities such as mindfulness, sound baths, and use music, art, and movement as healing tools to help manage and ultimately help heal trauma.

Shawn LaRé founded the "Diversity Committee" at SFV-CAMFT in 2018 and has served on the board as Vice-President of Programs in 2021-22 and currently serves in the role of President-Elect. She spent several years as editor of the newsletter, "Connections," and has been selected as a member speaker in 2018 presenting on Human Sex Trafficking and in 2021, she presented "What Every Therapist Needs to Know about Black Folks and Other People of Color (BIPOC)." Brinkley has co-authored two book anthologies and is currently working on her first solo book project.

Additionally, Shawn LaRé is pursuing her Doctorate in General Psychology, with an emphasis in Performance Psychology. In the Spring of 2022, she traveled to Trinidad & Tobago to deliver her first TEDx Talk, entitled "When the Fairy-tale Fades". Brinkley considers herself a lifelong learner as well as a teacher of her acquired life lessons. She lives life on "full tilt boogie" and believes love, laughter, and ADHD are her superpowers. Shawn LaRé's motto: "When life gives you lemons, don't just make lemonade, you gotta' suck on them 'til it tastes like chocolate."

Location 

Wonderful Zoom! Details in your confirmation email. 

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Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT (Provider #57173) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. 

• Disability Accommodation: To request an accommodation for a disability, please email therapy@recamft.org.

• Refunds: Refunds may be requested up to 7 days before the event by contacting therapy@recamft.org. No refunds are given beginning 7 days prior to the event. If a member cannot attend the event due to a mandatory evacuation or Public Safety Power Shut-off the day of the event, they can request and receive a refund with verification of address.

• CE Certificate: You must attend the entire presentation which will be verified by our Zoom logs, and complete a post test and an evaluation to receive your CE credit certificate. At the conclusion of this educational event, after confirming attendance, an email with a link to the test and evaluation form will be sent to all attendees who attended the online event. Once you complete and submit your evaluation, you will have immediate access and be able to print or save your CE Certificate. This course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hrs of continuing education (CE) credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences

• Notice of Recording: Our CE events may be recorded or filmed and may appear on our website. By participating in this event you may appear in that recording. By participating in this event you agree to be recorded/filmed and give permission for RECAMFT to use your likeness where it may appear on our website or in promotion/marketing materials.

• Grievances: Direct grievances to therapy@recamft.org, and/or the chapter president at recamftpresident@gmail.com.

JUNE BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9:00 - 11:00 am.  

All RECAMFT members are always welcome.

This Board will be meeting in person, with access to the meeting  via a Zoom connection provided for non-Board members who would like to be there as guests. 

To join us, please register here! Registration is required.

The Zoom link for this meeting will be e-mailed to confirmed attendees before the meeting.

Please note, no continuing education credits available for board meetings.

Calling all fiber artists, painters, crafters, quilters, woodworkers: Come one, come all!

Bring your work in progress to

RECAMFT's virtual crafting circle!

• Friday, June 9, 2023
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
• Zoom Meeting

Please join us for this opportunity to socially connect with other RECAMFT members in this virtual crafting circle. Bring any project that you're currently working on to this relaxed atmosphere. We can't wait to meet your creative side!

You should receive a confirmation e-mail after registration that contains the Zoom link to join the Crafting Circle. If you do not receive a Zoom link, please e-mail recamftmembership@gmail.com

REGISTER HERE

Hosted by Tara D'Orazio, LMFT, Membership Chair

CE NOTICE: There are no CEs for this event.

RECAMFT Crafting Circles - 2nd Friday of the month

• January 13
• February 10
  
• March 10
  
• April 14
• May 12
• June 9

Compassion Fatigue Peer Support Group

We can support each other!

• Friday, June 16, 2023
• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Pacific
• Zoom Meeting

Within the last 6 years there have been increased stressors for therapist members professionally and personally.  These stressors include but are not limited to:

• The Tubbs Wildfire and its aftermath
• The COVID-19 Pandemic
• Political, racial and world events that have caused unrest and violence and deaths
• The economic issues that have results from the pandemic and other world events

Many therapists have taken on an increased caseload to meet the needs that continue to outstrip the capacity of mental health professionals, while navigating working in a very different way online.  In addition, clients' recoveries are slower and their symptoms, stressors and pain are more acute.  

Come to this group to share your experience and be witnessed by your peers as we navigate this unprecedented time.  This will be a time to not only share what we are experiencing and holding, but to also uplift each other.  Uplifting sharings could include readings, music or art, as well as guest members with healing offerings with body movement, sound, etc.  We will also explore some of the valuable written resources around this topic such as the books Burnout and Trauma Stewardship if there is interest.  We want this group to be what you need and are open to ideas and suggestions.

Know that you are not alone, and come to be supported, validated and lifted up.

Pat Hromalik, RECAMFT Director at Large and Compassion Fatigue Group Facilitator

RECAMFT members, please register for the June Compassion Fatigue Support Group Meeting here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account for the members-only registration to be processed.

Please note, this membership event does not qualify for CEs.

Future Compassion Fatigue Support Group Meetings will be held on the third Friday of the month through the end of the year (except for July and August) from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Pacific time.

• Friday, September 15
• Friday, October 20
• Friday, November 17
• Friday, December 15

Got a case that's bothering you? Have you found yourself pondering an ethical dilemma? Join us for the Ethics Roundtable.  

If you are a RECAMFT member, come and discuss it with colleagues in a confidential setting, and set your mind at ease. You don't have to have a case to discuss, but can just come to gain some knowledge from seasoned colleagues. The Ethics Roundtable will help you feel better and more confident in your clinical work. No CEs, but the 90 minutes will be well spent. 

• Where: Zoom Meeting
• When: Fri., June 23, 2023
• Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
• You will be sent a Zoom link in your confirmation e-mail.
  

About our committee chair

Reyna Seminara, LMFT is a past president of RECAMFT. She specializes in EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy.  You can learn more about the Ethics Roundtable, which meets approximately three times each year, here. 

Contact Reyna at RECAMFTethics@gmail.com.

Disability Accommodation: To request an accommodation for a disability, please email therapy@recamft.org.

Grievances: Direct grievances to therapy@recamft.org, and/or the chapter president at recamftpresident@gmail.com.

Rustic Ranch Reunion

at The Bridle Path 

Sat., June 24th, 2023

1pm to 4pm

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Greetings Friends,

We're throwing a laid-back festivity at the picturesque Bridle Path in Santa Rosa, and we'd be over the moon if you would join us!

Mark your calendars for a unique and delightful afternoon on Saturday, June 24th, from 1pm to 4pm, and come ready for some good food, great company, and a heap of fun. It's a casual affair, with the goal of enjoying the stunning outdoors and camaraderie amongst our beloved community.

An enchanting horse and carriage ride awaits you around the ranch, as well as an opportunity to get up close and personal with our friendly, petite equine friends - the miniature horses. 

We will be firing up the grill, serving classic hamburgers and their vegetarian counterparts, accompanied by refreshing, non-alcoholic beverages. We ask each attendee to please bring a potluck dish to share with our friends.

Don't forget to dress comfy and casual, perfect for a day at the ranch. Whether you're more of a sunglasses or a baseball cap person, just make sure you're sun-ready and wearing comfortable shoes.

Let us know by June 22nd if you're able to come. We're looking forward to some heartfelt conversation, a bit of adventure, and plenty of laughs with you at our Rustic Ranch Reunion.

Location:
The Bridle Path
530 Irwin Ln, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

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Accessibility Notes: Please note that the venue consists of areas with gravel and grass. Our friendly four-legged friends will also be present. The ground is level, and seating and shade will be provided to ensure your comfort throughout the day. There is a short stroll from the parking field to our gathering spot.

Parking Instructions: Upon arrival, please proceed through the open gate. If the gate appears closed, just inch forward until the automatic gate is activated. Clear signs will guide you to the designated parking area, where a friendly attendant will help you find your space.

Please remember that this event is an exclusive Members Only gathering - a rare opportunity for our community to swap screen time for some precious face-to-face interaction.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Got questions or need more info? Just drop a line to therapy@recamft.org. We're saddled up and ready to assist.

(Photo caption: Membership Committee Chair, Tara D'Orazio, smiling next to an adorable miniature horse.)

AUGUST DAY-LONG BOARD RETREAT

The RECAMFT Board of Directors holds a day-long retreat annually in the summer for long range visioning and planning for our organization. The 2023 Retreat is scheduled for Friday, August 18th, location TBD.

This retreat is for RECAMFT board members only, who will be manually registered in advance (therefore, no registration option publicly available for the meeting). All other meetings, except the Annual Board Retreat, are always open to ALL members. 

• Where: TBD
• When: Fri., 8/18/23
• Time: 10 am to 4 pm.

SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9:00 - 11:00 am.  

All RECAMFT members are always welcome.

This meeting is held via Zoom. 

To join us, please register here! Registration is required.

The Zoom link for this meeting will be e-mailed to confirmed attendees before the meeting.

Please note, no continuing education credits available for board meetings.

Calling all fiber artists, painters, crafters, quilters, woodworkers: Come one, come all!

Bring your work in progress to

RECAMFT's virtual crafting circle!

• Friday, September 8, 2023
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
• Zoom Meeting

Please join us for this opportunity to socially connect with other RECAMFT members in this virtual crafting circle. Bring any project that you're currently working on to this relaxed atmosphere. We can't wait to meet your creative side!

You should receive a confirmation e-mail after registration that contains the Zoom link to join the Crafting Circle. If you do not receive a Zoom link, please e-mail recamftmembership@gmail.com

REGISTER HERE

Hosted by Tara D'Orazio, LMFT, Membership Chair

CE NOTICE: There are no CEs for this event.

RECAMFT Crafting Circles - 2nd Friday of the month

• September 8
  
• October 13
  
• November 10
  
• December 8
  

2023 CAMFT Presentation:

"Road to Licensure"

Registration opening soon!

When: Friday, September 22, 2023, 10:00 am - 12:00 9m

Where: Zoom Webinar

CEs: 2.0 if CE fee paid

Cost: Free to attend; $24 for 2 CEs

You do not need to be a CAMFT member to attend and earn CEs. 

Course Description         

The road to licensure is paved with good intentions and ever-evolving regulations. This presentation will provide pre-licensees and supervisors with an overview of the licensure process, including the new supervision regulations that went into effect in 2022. Topics will include: supervised experience requirements for MFT applicants, supervisor qualifications, and licensing examinations.

Educational Goals

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the licensure process for marriage and family therapists, the roles and responsibilities of pre-licensees and supervisors, and how to navigate common challenges these parties often encounter.

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Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #57173) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

• Disability Accommodation: To request an accommodation for a disability, please email therapy@recamft.org.

• Refunds: Attendance is available for free. If you pay the fee to earn CEs for this event, you may request a refund if you cancel 7 days in advance of the event.  No refunds for late cancellations or if you do not attend or otherwise do not meet the CE requirements.  Questions? Contact therapy@recamft.org.
  

• CE Certificate: A CE certificate is available to those registrants who opt in and pay the administrative fee, and meet all CE requirements. You must attend the entire presentation and complete a post test and an evaluation to receive your CE credit certificate. At the conclusion of this educational event, after confirming attendance, an email with a link to the test and evaluation form will be sent to all attendees who registered and paid for CEs. Once you complete and submit your evaluation, you will have immediate access and be able to print or save your CE Certificate. This course meets the qualifications for 2.0 hrs of continuing education (CE) credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Only those who pay the administrative fee will be able to earn CEs for this presentation.
  

• Grievances: direct grievances to therapy@recamft.org, and/or the chapter president at recamftpresident@gmail.com.

2023 CAMFT Presentation
"Live" Zoom Event

"State of the Profession"

Presented by: 

 Joy Alafia, CAE

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Zoom Webinar

1.5 CEs

Viewing this announcement from email? Registration page here

Can't make the live event on Zoom that day? A recorded option is also available. Details and registration are here.

Course Description         

Join CAMFT Executive Director Joy Alafia, CAE, for an understanding about events, legislation, and internal association processes that are currently impacting CAMFT members.

Cost

• Pre-Licensed RECAMFT Members: $18
• Licensed RECAMFT Members and other CAMFT members: $22
• Non-Members/General Admission: $27

Educational Goals

Designed for Mental Health Professionals, this 90-minute presentation will discuss general CAMFT issues and priorities. There will also be updates on Medicare, the BBS, licensure portability, as well as California legislative updates. Finally, discussion on why it is important to avail yourself of the Legal Consultation service CAMFT provides. There will be ample time for Q&A.

Learning Objectives

After this program, participants will be able to:

1) Recall at least 3 recent/pending legislations and how marriage and family therapists may be impacted by the bills.

2) Identify 1 resource for legal consultation for therapists

3) Identify 1 change on the horizon on how MFTs work in today's world

About Speaker

Joy Alafia, CAE brings more than 17 years of association leadership experience to her new position. She begins her new role at CAMFT after her tenure as the President and CEO of the Western Propane Gas Association (WPGA), where she has advocated for renewable propane and
equitable access for alternative sources of clean energy. Joy has spoken around the world about the importance of sustainable energy and is credited with transforming the propane industry’s focus and shifting its priorities to the commercialization of net zero-carbon energy solutions.

Prior to her work at WPGA, she served as the Director of Business Products for the California Association of Realtors®, where she created innovative partnerships and business solutions for industry practitioners.

Continuing Education credits: 
You are eligible for 1.5 CEs by attending either the "live" event on Zoom in full, OR viewing the recorded program, but not both. If you attend this "live" Zoom event in full, then within 1 business day after the event is concluded, you will receive an e-mail with the speaker evaluation, and after you submit that, then you will get a link to download your CE certificate.

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Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #57173) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

• • Disability Accommodation: To request an accommodation for a disability, please email therapy@recamft.org.

  • Refunds: Refunds may be requested up to 7 days before the event by contacting therapy@recamft.org. No refunds are given beginning 7 days prior to the event. If a member cannot attend the event due to a mandatory evacuation or Public Safety Power Shut-off the day of the event, they can request and receive a refund with verification of address.

  • CE Certificate: You must attend the entire presentation and complete a post test and an evaluation to receive your CE credit certificate. At the conclusion of this educational event, after confirming attendance, an email with a link to the test and evaluation form will be sent to all attendees who attended the online event. Once you complete and submit your evaluation, you will have immediate access and be able to print or save your CE Certificate. This course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hrs of continuing education (CE) credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences

  • Grievances: direct grievances to therapy@recamft.org, and/or the chapter president at recamftpresident@gmail.com.

  
  

OCTOBER BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9:00 - 11:00 am.  

All RECAMFT members are always welcome.

This meeting is held via Zoom. 

To join us, please register here! Registration is required.

The Zoom link for this meeting will be e-mailed to confirmed attendees before the meeting.

Please note, no continuing education credits available for board meetings.

Calling all fiber artists, painters, crafters, quilters, woodworkers: Come one, come all!

• Friday, October 13, 2023
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
• Zoom Meeting

Please join us for this opportunity to socially connect with other RECAMFT members in this virtual crafting circle. Bring any project that you're currently working on to this relaxed atmosphere. We can't wait to meet your creative side!

You should receive a confirmation e-mail after registration that contains the Zoom link to join the Crafting Circle. If you do not receive a Zoom link, please e-mail recamftmembership@gmail.com

REGISTER HERE

Hosted by Tara D'Orazio, LMFT, Membership Chair

CE NOTICE: There are no CEs for this event.

Register for each month separately:

• September 8
  
• October 13
  
• November 10
  
• December 8
  

NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9:00 - 11:00 am.

All RECAMFT members are always welcome.

This meeting is held via Zoom. 

To join us, please register here! Registration is required.

The Zoom link for this meeting will be e-mailed to confirmed attendees before the meeting.

Please note, no continuing education credits available for board meetings.

Calling all fiber artists, painters, crafters, quilters, woodworkers: Come one, come all!

• Friday, November 10, 2023
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
• Zoom Meeting

Please join us for this opportunity to socially connect with other RECAMFT members in this virtual crafting circle. Bring any project that you're currently working on to this relaxed atmosphere. We can't wait to meet your creative side!

You should receive a confirmation e-mail after registration that contains the Zoom link to join the Crafting Circle. If you do not receive a Zoom link, please e-mail recamftmembership@gmail.com

REGISTER HERE

Hosted by Tara D'Orazio, LMFT, Membership Chair

CE NOTICE: There are no CEs for this event.

Register for each month separately:

• September 8
  
• October 13
  
• November 10
  
• December 8
  

DECEMBER BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9:00 - 11:00 am.  

All RECAMFT members are always welcome.

This meeting is held via Zoom. 

To join us, please register here! Registration is required.

The Zoom link for this meeting will be e-mailed to confirmed attendees before the meeting.

Please note, no continuing education credits available for board meetings.

Calling all fiber artists, painters, crafters, quilters, woodworkers: Come one, come all!

• Friday, December 8, 2023
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 
• Zoom Meeting

Please join us for this opportunity to socially connect with other RECAMFT members in this virtual crafting circle. Bring any project that you're currently working on to this relaxed atmosphere. We can't wait to meet your creative side!

You should receive a confirmation e-mail after registration that contains the Zoom link to join the Crafting Circle. If you do not receive a Zoom link, please e-mail recamftmembership@gmail.com

REGISTER HERE

Hosted by Tara D'Orazio, LMFT, Membership Chair

CE NOTICE: There are no CEs for this event.

Register for each month separately:

• September 8
  
• October 13
  
• November 10
  
• December 8