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. | Featured member |
AI in Mental Health: the Good, the Bad, and the Dangerous
Presented by
Rachel Wood, PhD, LPC
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
9:30 am - 12:55 pm PT
Zoom, 3 CEs
On Zoom
Course Description
Artificial Intelligence is shifting the relational bedrock of society; are we ready for it as mental health professionals? AI is already in your practice, whether invited or not. Hundreds of millions of people are using AI chatbots for emotional support, which means that most clinicians have clients who are turning to chatbots in between sessions. How do we conceptualize this in the therapeutic context? How do we assess for this? What are the potential implications of AI-attachment? AI is being seamlessly interwoven into clinical tools such as EHRs for documentation, scheduling, and note summarization. Utilizing these tools requires thoughtful engagement in order to uphold the highest ethical standards of privacy, informed consent, confidentiality, and most of all the therapeutic alliance itself. Before diving into these tools additional considerations include addressing algorithmic bias and our ethical responsibility to advocate for marginalized communities. All of this and more will be explored in this insightful, nuanced, and balanced presentation of AI in mental health.
Our presenter
Dr. Rachel Wood has a PhD in cyberpsychology and is a licensed counselor in the state of Colorado. As a researcher and therapist, Rachel raises awareness about mental health and the future of synthetic relationships. She invites mental health professionals to reflect deeply on the implications of AI usage in practice and in client’s lives. Dr. Wood enjoys her work as a speaker, workshop facilitator, and strategic advisor.
2026 RECAMFT Wall of S/HEROES
Thank you to these S/HEROES who have DONATED to our 2026 Joe & Pamela Ward Memorial Scholarship!
Shouldn't YOUR name be on this list? Click here to learn how you can be listed on this Wall of S/Heroes!
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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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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. |  |
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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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