Introduction to PACT – The Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy Part 1 – Understanding the Convergences of Developmental Neuroscience, Arousal Regulation and Attachment Theory in Treating Couples

Presented by

Hans Stahlschmidt, PhD

Friday, May 2nd, 2025

10:00 am - 12:15 pm

Zoom, 2.0 CEs

On Zoom

Note: This is Part 1 of a planned two-part series. The second part will be on Friday, June 6. It is not necessary to take both trainings, however Part 2 will build off the introductory concepts offered in this Part 1 course.

Course Description

This course will introduce a different approach to working with couples. It suggests that couples will co-develop a relationship that reflects a deep mutual care system and is also a growth model that encourages and supports the partners to grow and prosper. Major principles of this care system are building safety and security with each other and putting the relationship first, as well as finding agreements that organize their relationship in a secure-functioning way and develop effective co-regulation. Pact is both a bottom-up and a top-down model of couple therapy. This approach allows more freedom for the therapist to use the self for the benefit of the therapy.

Educational Goals

Attendees will learn about the main psychological and biological domains that PACT is built on and that drives the treatment of couples toward the development of secure functioning and the main components needed for secure functioning.  The course will cover the unique role the therapist plays in PACT and how this can be different, fun and freeing.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Identify and understand the 3 Domains of PACT and their linkage.
2. List the 3 components of the PACT goal of Secure Functioning.
3. List 3 aspects of Secure Functioning.
4. Identify at least 1 aspect of the brain's error potential that contributes to challenges between a couple.

About Our Speaker

Hans Stahlschmidt, PhD

Dr. Hans Stahlschmidt has been part of the PACT Institute for over 13 years. Hans is a highly experienced therapist who works with couples and individuals in private practice in Berkeley, CA. He believes that navigating a primary relationship is one of the most difficult human endeavors but also one of the most rewarding ones — a challenge that will make us grow.

Hans has studied, worked, and taught in Germany as well as in the United States. He holds a German psychology degree from the Freie Universität Berlin and practiced in Berlin as a licensed psychologist. He received his PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. While drawing upon a range of psychological approaches, he has made the PACT model his theoretical and practice-related home.

Location 

Zoom Meeting. Requires pre-registration with Zoom using the instructions provided in your RECAMFT confirmation email in order to get your personal Zoom Join Link.

Registration

RSVP here.  Please note that once you have RSVP'd for this event, you will receive a link to register for the Zoom Meeting. You must complete this second Zoom-registration step to gain access to the event link.

Pricing

1) Registration for All RECAMFT Members - no charge

2) Reciprocal registration for members of Marin CAMFT (CODE REQUIRED) - no charge

3) Other CAMFT Members - Licensed - $30.00

4) Other CAMFT Members - Pre-Licensed - $14.00

5) Non-CAMFT Members (general public) - $36.00

Training Schedule and Attendance Requirements

Please note, this is a 2.0-CE training, comprised of two hours of training plus time for RECAMFT announcements during the meeting. You must be logged on at the beginning of the training, be present during the event (including responding to attendance checks by coming on camera, verbally replying, and/or replying in the chat), and stay logged on for the full duration, to end at 12:15 pm, in order to earn the CEs. If your camera is off the entire time, and RECAMFT cannot verify you were physically present at your computer throughout the training, then RECAMFT cannot issue a CE certificate, as we would not be able to show that the BBS requirements for your participation were met.

Recording

RECAMFT intends to record this event, and assuming no technical hurdles, will be producing it as an on-demand course to be published at the RECAMFT CE Center, including the ability to earn CEs. RECAMFT members will have access there for free. Non-members and reciprocal chapter members will be able to purchase access. Access to the recording is not included with any registration for this "live" (real-time on Zoom) training. If you know that you will not be able to attend on the event date listed above, please do not register for this training and instead wait until the on-demand version is published. Registrations are managed separately and cannot be transferred.

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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 registrant 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 be physically present at your computer and watching and/or listening to the training while logged onto the zoom meeting for the entire presentation, and complete a post test and an evaluation to receive your CE credit certificate. Within a week after the conclusion of this educational event, once RECAMFT has processed attendance, an email with a link to the test and evaluation form will be sent to all participants whose physical presence during the online meeting is verified. 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.
• Notice of Recording: Whenever possible, our CE events are recorded or filmed and may appear on our website. Your participation in this event by registering and attending indicates your approval for your likeness to appear in the recording, if any.
  
• Grievances: Direct grievances to therapy@recamft.org, and/or the chapter president at recamftpresident@gmail.com.
  

MAY BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9 AM - 11 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, May 9, 2025
• 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.

Co-Working Group

Got paperwork and projects that never leave your to-do list? Struggle to focus when you're working solo? Join us for a co-working session where accountability, structure, and supportive company help you finally get it done.

• Friday, May 9, 2025
• 1 - 4 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

RECAMFT members are invited to join a focused co-working session, designed to harness the power of group synergy and the pomodoro technique. Bring your notes, billing, website updates, assignments, or any task that could use a little structure and supportive social energy to get moving! These sessions are drop-in friendly, come when you can and stay for as long as you like.

The pomodoro technique is a time management method of breaking projects down into intervals of 25 minutes of focused work punctuated by 5 minute breaks. During our focus sessions mics will be muted but during breaks you can relax and chat with each other, ask questions, share resources, and get feedback.

Groups are co-facilitated by Gina Culver and Tara D'Orazio! Tara is facilitating this first session on May 9th. For more information you can reach us at therapy@recamft.org.

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RECAMFT members, please register for the May 9 Co-Working Session here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

Additional Co-Working Groups will be held on:

• May 16 12:30 to 2pm facilitated by Gina Culver
• May 23 hours TBA facilitated by Tara D'Orazio
• May 30 2pm to 3:30pm facilitated by Gina Culver

Compassion Fatigue Peer Support Group

We can support each other!

• Friday, May 16, 2025
• 10:30 am - 12 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

    

Within the last 7 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

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RECAMFT members, please register for the May Compassion Fatigue Support Group Meeting here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

Additional Compassion Fatigue Groups will be held on:

• June 20

Look for more groups scheduled for the fall.

Co-Working Group

Got paperwork and projects that never leave your to-do list? Struggle to focus when you're working solo? Join us for a co-working session where accountability, structure, and supportive company help you finally get it done.

• Friday, May 16, 2025
• 12:30 - 2 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

RECAMFT members are invited to join a focused co-working session, designed to harness the power of group synergy and the pomodoro technique. Bring your notes, billing, website updates, assignments, or any task that could use a little structure and supportive social energy to get moving! These sessions are drop-in friendly, come when you can and stay for as long as you like.

The pomodoro technique is a time management method of breaking projects down into intervals of 25 minutes of focused work punctuated by 5 minute breaks. During our focus sessions mics will be muted but during breaks you can relax and chat with each other, ask questions, share resources, and get feedback.

Groups are co-facilitated by Gina Culver and Tara D'Orazio! Gina is facilitating this session on May 16th. For more information you can reach us at therapy@recamft.org.

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RECAMFT members, please register for the May 16 Co-Working Session here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

Additional Co-Working Groups will be held on:

• May 23 hours TBA facilitated by Tara D'Orazio
• May 30 2pm to 3:30pm facilitated by Gina Culver

Got a case that's bothering you? Have you found yourself pondering an ethical dilemma? Join us for the Ethics Roundtable and explore solutions to sticky cases with other colleagues, which is a totally enriching and mutually supportive experience together.  

If you are a RECAMFT member, come and discuss your ethical situations 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., May 30, 2025 (note: changed date)
• Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
• You will be sent a Zoom link in your confirmation e-mail.

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About our facilitator

Gina Culver, LMFT is a past president of RECAMFT.  You can learn more about the Ethics Roundtable, which meets approximately three times each year, here. 

Contact Gina at therapy@recamft.org.

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.

Note: CEs are not provided for participating in the Ethics Roundtable.

Co-Working Group

Got paperwork and projects that never leave your to-do list? Struggle to focus when you're working solo? Join us for a co-working session where accountability, structure, and supportive company help you finally get it done.

• Friday, May 30, 2025
• 2:30 - 3:30 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

RECAMFT members are invited to join a focused co-working session, designed to harness the power of group synergy and the pomodoro technique. Bring your notes, billing, website updates, assignments, or any task that could use a little structure and supportive social energy to get moving! These sessions are drop-in friendly, come when you can and stay for as long as you like.

The pomodoro technique is a time management method of breaking projects down into intervals of 25 minutes of focused work punctuated by 5 minute breaks. During our focus sessions mics will be muted but during breaks you can relax and chat with each other, ask questions, share resources, and get feedback.

Groups are co-facilitated by Gina Culver and Tara D'Orazio! Gina is facilitating this session on May 30th. For more information you can reach us at therapy@recamft.org.

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RECAMFT members, please register for the May 30 Co-Working Session here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

 PART 2: Introduction to PACT – The Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy – Assessing and Working with the Attachment Types within Your Couples

Presented by

Hans Stahlschmidt, PhD

Friday, June 6th, 2025

10:00 am - 12:15 pm

Zoom, 2.0 CEs

On Zoom

Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series. It is not necessary to have taken Part 1 on May 2nd in order to attend, however this Part 2 will build off the introductory concepts offered in the previous Part 1 course.

Course Description

This workshop will focus on the assessment of adult attachment styles and the development of clinical interventions aimed at shifting maladaptive couple dynamics. Utilizing key principles from an arousal-based therapeutic framework, we will examine strategies for guiding couples from states of dysregulation toward effective co-regulation. Emphasis will be placed on systemic interventions that address the couple as a unit, while reducing the risk of over-identification with one partner or inadvertently conducting individual therapy within a conjoint format.

Additionally, we will deepen our capacity to maintain therapeutic self-regulation and examine the role of countertransference in couple therapy. Particular attention will be given to how the therapist’s emotional responses can be recognized and utilized as a clinical tool to support and enhance the couple’s process.

Educational Goals

This training will teach interventions regarding the various attachment styles – especially of the avoidant and angry-resistant/ambivalent - of the partners in couple relationships. Attendees will understand dysregulation and co-regulation in various couple relationships as related to the attachment patterns of the partners. Attendees will also learn some basic interventions that can promote and facilitate increased co-regulation.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the two major insecure attachment styles.
2. Apply the technique of addressing the couple system via “Down the middle” intervention
3. Apply basic PACT interviewing techniques.
   

About Our Speaker

Hans Stahlschmidt, PhD

Dr. Hans Stahlschmidt has been part of the PACT Institute for over 13 years. Hans is a highly experienced therapist who works with couples and individuals in private practice in Berkeley, CA. He believes that navigating a primary relationship is one of the most difficult human endeavors but also one of the most rewarding ones — a challenge that will make us grow.

Hans has studied, worked, and taught in Germany as well as in the United States. He holds a German psychology degree from the Freie Universität Berlin and practiced in Berlin as a licensed psychologist. He received his PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. While drawing upon a range of psychological approaches, he has made the PACT model his theoretical and practice-related home.

Location 

Zoom Meeting. Requires pre-registration with Zoom using the instructions provided in your RECAMFT confirmation email in order to get your personal Zoom Join Link.

Registration

RSVP here.  Please note that once you have RSVP'd for this event, you will receive a link to register for the Zoom Meeting. You must complete this second Zoom-registration step to gain access to the event link.

Pricing

1) Registration for All RECAMFT Members - no charge

2) Reciprocal registration for members of Marin CAMFT (CODE REQUIRED) - no charge

3) Other CAMFT Members - Licensed - $30.00

4) Other CAMFT Members - Pre-Licensed - $14.00

5) Non-CAMFT Members (general public) - $36.00

Training Schedule and Attendance Requirements

Please note, this is a 2.0-CE training, comprised of two hours of training plus time for RECAMFT announcements during the meeting. You must be logged on at the beginning of the training, be present during the event (including responding to attendance checks by coming on camera, verbally replying, and/or replying in the chat), and stay logged on for the full duration, to end at 12:15 pm, in order to earn the CEs. If your camera is off the entire time, and RECAMFT cannot verify you were physically present at your computer throughout the training, then RECAMFT cannot issue a CE certificate, as we would not be able to show that the BBS requirements for your participation were met.

Recording

RECAMFT intends to record this event, and assuming no technical hurdles, will be producing it as an on-demand course to be published at the RECAMFT CE Center, including the ability to earn CEs. RECAMFT members will have access there for free. Non-members and reciprocal chapter members will be able to purchase access. Access to the recording is not included with any registration for this "live" (real-time on Zoom) training. If you know that you will not be able to attend on the event date listed above, please do not register for this training and instead wait until the on-demand version is published. Registrations are managed separately and cannot be transferred.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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 registrant 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 be physically present at your computer and watching and/or listening to the training while logged onto the zoom meeting for the entire presentation, and complete a post test and an evaluation to receive your CE credit certificate. Within a week after the conclusion of this educational event, once RECAMFT has processed attendance, an email with a link to the test and evaluation form will be sent to all participants whose physical presence during the online meeting is verified. 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.
• Notice of Recording: Whenever possible, our CE events are recorded or filmed and may appear on our website. Your participation in this event by registering and attending indicates your approval for your likeness to appear in the recording, if any.
  
• 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 AM - 11 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, June 13, 2025
• 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.

Compassion Fatigue Peer Support Group

We can support each other!

• Friday, June 20, 2025
• 10:30 am - 12 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

    

Within the last 7 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

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RECAMFT members, please register for the June Compassion Fatigue Support Group Meeting here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

Additional Compassion Fatigue Groups will be held on:

• September 19
• October 17
• November 21
• December 19

SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9 AM - 11 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, September 12, 2025
• 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.

Compassion Fatigue Peer Support Group

We can support each other!

• Friday, September 19, 2025
• 10:30 am - 12 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

    

Within the last 7 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

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RECAMFT members, please register for the September Compassion Fatigue Support Group Meeting here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

Additional Compassion Fatigue Groups will be held on:

• October 17
• November 21
• December 19

Got a case that's bothering you? Have you found yourself pondering an ethical dilemma? Join us for the Ethics Roundtable and explore solutions to sticky cases with other colleagues, which is a totally enriching and mutually supportive experience together.  

If you are a RECAMFT member, come and discuss your ethical situations 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., September 26, 2025
• Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
• You will be sent a Zoom link in your confirmation e-mail.

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About our facilitator

Gina Culver, LMFT is a past president of RECAMFT.  You can learn more about the Ethics Roundtable, which meets approximately three times each year, here. 

Contact Gina at therapy@recamft.org.

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.

Note: CEs are not provided for participating in the Ethics Roundtable.

OCTOBER BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9 AM - 11 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 10, 2025
• 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.

Compassion Fatigue Peer Support Group

We can support each other!

• Friday, October 17, 2025
• 10:30 am - 12 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

    

Within the last 7 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

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RECAMFT members, please register for the October Compassion Fatigue Support Group Meeting here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

Additional Compassion Fatigue Groups will be held on:

• November 21
• December 19

NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING

Join the RECAMFT Board of Directors for our monthly meeting, which is held the SECOND Friday of each month from 9 AM - 11 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 14, 2025
• 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.

Compassion Fatigue Peer Support Group

We can support each other!

• Friday, November 21, 2025
• 10:30 am - 12 pm Pacific
  
• Zoom Meeting

    

Within the last 7 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

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RECAMFT members, please register for the November Compassion Fatigue Support Group Meeting here. Remember to enter the email address associated with your RECAMFT account to sign in and register for this members-only meeting.

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

Additional Compassion Fatigue Groups will be held on:

• December 19