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The Redwood Empire Therapist
RECAMFT's Online Newsletter
April 2024
SAVE THE DATE - APRIL 5th!
| Ketamine and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy - New Options for Treating Suicidal Ideation Presented by Liminal Medicine Suegee Tamar-Mattis, DO Celeste Monnette, LCSW Moksha Donohue, LMFT Friday, April 5th, 2024 10:00 am - 12:15 pm Zoom, 2.0 CEs |
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is at the forefront of the psychedelic psychotherapy movement. When used under proper medical and therapeutic supervision, ketamine can provide near-immediate relief from emotional pain, while helping individuals look deeply into themselves. It has been shown to quickly help with Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) as well as chronic suicidal ideation.
Save the date! Coming May 3rd...
Presented by Teresa Bertoncin, LMFT, LPCC Friday, May 3rd, 2024 10:00 am - 12:15 pm Zoom, 2.0 CEs Register here. | Join us for Teresa Bertoncin's fascinating look at the Gen-Z |
No Shortcuts: Gen-Z and the Hero's Journey
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Did you miss the BBS-MANDATED 3 CE Telehealth course?
Telehealth: Law & Ethics, Technology, and Best Practices for Connecting with Your Clients with Lisa Wenninger, BC-TMH Catch it on video here, and get your mandated 3 Telehealth CEs. Return to top RECAMFT's Mission Statement 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. Got a sticky problem? Come discuss it confidentially with your colleagues at our next Ethics Roundtable
Not consultation, just a great way to get some ideas about how to handle your sticky case. Friendly and open group. Learn more here.
Are you creative? Join us for our Crafting Group. Bring any craft you like, get on Zoom with us and visit with your colleagues while we knit, sew, paint, draw, cook, create, etc.
Welcome back, RECAMFT community! We are so excited to share some of the upcoming monthly CE events coming this fall. RECAMFT Zoom presentations
CAMFT events to consider attending:
We are still reviewing applications for presentations to be scheduled for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. Please submit an application if you have a presentation idea to therapy@recamft.org. Are you interested in seeing what we have coming up? Consider microvolunteering with the Programs & Conferences Committee! Microvolunteering opportunities: screening speaker applications; providing support at in person CE events; monitoring Q&A for speakers during monthly Zoom presentations. We are especially looking for a Programs Committee Chairperson. | Dear RECAMFT Colleagues: I am pleased to inform you that our first Law & Ethics in Petaluma was a big success! A talented group of volunteers held several planning sessions, and chose the Petaluma Community Center for our event. It's a lovely site, with a large pond out front full of ducks and geese. About 70 mental health professionals (approximately 1/3 were non-RECAMFT members) met for the day-long training, and enjoyed the collegial atmosphere, and great food throughout the day. We had a hearty breakfast with lots of goodies provided by Swedish Chef Helena Gustavsson Giesea from Baked on the River in Guerneville. She also personally brought over lunches for our noon break which were delicious. There are some volunteers I want to personally acknowledge and thank because without them, the day would not have been the great success it was.
We have two more excellent speakers before our summer break in July and August. Teresa Bertoncin, LMFT, LPCC is someone I met through CAMFT, and she will be giving us a terrific talk on Gen-Z on May 3rd. Successful published author and RECAMFT member Jennifer Shannon, LMFT will be speaking in June. The team at Liminal Medicine will catch us up on ketamine this month on April 5th. Lots of excellent presenters are already lined up for the fall. I'm particularly excited about Dr. Jenn Kennedy who will kick us off with her talk on sexual issues in women on Sept. 6th. I met Dr. Jenn working on a CAMFT committee some years ago, and think she is a terrific speaker and clinician. Stay tuned for more.... Lastly, I want to mention how very proud I am of our Racial and Social Justice Committee (RSJC). The RSJC's hard work led to RECAMFT winning a prestigious award from CAMFT for our DEI efforts. I especially want to acknowledge the hard work of the Co-chairs, Linda Block, LMFT, and Katharina Kienböck, LMFT, for leading the way. Linda has further gone on to serve on the CAMFT DEI committee. This committee has worked hard over the last four years, and it's time for new volunteers to step up. If you're interested in a committee (prelicensed, programs, RSJC, scholarship, or membership), please send an email to therapy@recamft.org and let me know. I would be happy to answer any questions you have. This a volunteer-driven non-profit, and everybody needs to take a turn helping. Our volunteers are what make RECAMFT so special! With warmth and appreciation for our community, Dr. Bob Casanova, PsyD, LMFT President, RECAMFT.org 2017-18 President, CAMFT.org 
Dr. Bob Casanova, PsyD, LMFT is the 2024 RECAMFT President. He also served as the 2017-18 state CAMFT President. He has a private practice in Windsor, CA.
Thank you to Newport Academy and Rob and Justina for sponsoring this year's Annual Law & Ethics! We appreciate you so much!!
SAVE THE DATE - JUNE 7th!
Author and CBT Expert Jennifer Shannon, LMFT will present a 2 hour CE program, Fri., June 7th, 10 am to 12:15 pm, Zoom. "Three Underlying Beliefs That Cause Anxiety and How to Change Them, a CBT Approach"
Jennifer Shannon is a licensed psychotherapist and a Certified Diplomat in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy specializing in anxiety. She co-founded the Santa Rosa Center For Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and has over forty years of experience treating children, teens, and adults. She is the author of numerous books, including Don’t Feed The Monkey Mind, The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens, The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens, and A Teen’s Guide To Getting Stuff Done, all published by New Harbinger Press. Her books have been selected for the Reading Well Books on Prescription in the UK. She speaks regularly at national conferences and has been featured on radio programs, and in magazines and newspapers. Registration coming soon.... Our March 30th Law & Ethics speaker was Brad Muldrow, Esq, from CAMFT's staff.
Some of the lovely breakfast food Annette Seibel set up for us at Law & Ethics. Others jumped in to help also. Annette even baked some gluten-free things for us!
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage, Jewish American Heritage, Mental Health Awareness, and Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness month. There are numerous days and weeks of significance throughout the month including Earth Day on April 22nd. See more here. We especially welcome submissions where awareness themes intersect with mental health. Please send your submission (500 word max) to therapy@recamft.org by the 15th. Questions? therapy@recamft.org. Return to top |
Members! Your SHORT DESCRIPTION is the most important thing on your profile. Why? Because that shows in our 
The Board assigned a Task Force to examine the best ways to engage and serve our prelicensed members. Now we are ready for new Students, Prelicensed and Newly Licensed Members to join our Prelicensed Committee. If you are interested in helping with the Prelicensed Committee, please let us know by emailing your interest to 
Without these folks we wouldn't have had the wonderful event we did. Be sure to thank them next time you see them for making RECAMFT look good to all our guests! 
Call for Submissions for the May 2024 Issue of The RECAMFT Therapist!
Please send an email to therapy@recamft.org if you can help. Return to top 2024 Scholarship period now open until April 30th! Joe and Pamela Ward Memorial Scholarship
The funds that make these awards possible have been generously donated by members of our chapter and are doubled by matching funds authorized by our Board of Directors. Your donations will go twice as far! Please visit www.recamft.org/scholarship to apply or give a tax-free donation today! | Upcoming events
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RECAMFT's 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. Contact therapy@recamft.org to advertise a job. Featured member
If you are not currently enrolled in the listserv, please email therapy@recamft.org and ask to be added. You have the option of setting up your account to be
After you have been added to the listserv, you can change the way you receive the emails to any of the above choices. In Gmail the emails will appear under your Forums tab. To send an email to the listserv, simply address your email to recamft@groups.io If you do not want to be on our listserv, you can delete your account or write to therapy@recamft.org and ask to not be a part of the listserv. But we urge you to give it a try. You are missing out on a ton of meaningful collaboration with your colleagues. We hope you will enjoy being part of our online community! Highlights from RECAMFT's Board of Directors The March Board meeting highlights... Some of the key issues addressed:
| Praise about the Racial & Social Justice Committee (RSJC) A letter of appreciation for RECAMFT and our Racial and Social Justice Committee!
Hello, Y'all, I'm writing from Whitefish, Montana, where I now reside. I just read the newsletter, and I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate the Redwood Empire CAMFT community. I can't hold back any longer from telling you how much I admire what you do and that every award you earn is so richly deserved. Congratulations not only for that, but for your forward thinking, your deep-hearted consideration, and the extraordinary service you offer in myriad ways. I'm beyond impressed by the work you do in DEI. I hope you will continue to have hybrid presentations or recordings of those you deem appropriate so that those of us out-of-towners can participate. With warmest regards, Shira Shira Marin, PhD, LMFT CGP Certified Group Practitioner Inner Life Coaching & Psychotherapy for Individuals, Couples & Groups Past President, No. California Group Psychotherapy Society Contributing Editor, Journal of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy Individual & Group Consultation International video & audio consultation +1 415-488-5557 CA Lic: 15972 WOW, Shira! Thank you for this email. You made our month with this one!
Statement of Acknowledgement from the RSJC While RECAMFT is proud of winning this CAMFT Chapter Excellence Award for DEI, we acknowledge that as an organization there is still work to be done. We are committed to carrying out this work as a community of healers, and humbly dedicate ourselves to leaning in towards the deeper work within the communities we serve, our membership, and ourselves. Every voice is essential and valuable in building RECAMFT into what we all hope it can and should be. We welcome feedback regarding our ongoing efforts to create inclusive, equitable safe spaces. Please help us as we continue to learn and grow together. RECAMFT Racial and Social Justice Committee March 15, 2024
Members - you can access recordings of our zoom events from 2023, 2022, and 2021 in our new on-demand library which has been migrated over to Thinkific (https://recamft.thinkific.com/). NEW! RECAMFT On-Demand Programs: https://recamft.thinkific.com NEW! RECAMFT discount codes are posted for members only here: https://www.recamft.org/member-discount-codes (requires sign-in using your RECAMFT member email/password) NEW! Dissociative Identity Disorder training (DID). 4 CEs: https://recamft.thinkific.com/courses/2023-12-DID NEW! Ketamine training (May 2023), 2 CEs: https://recamft.thinkific.com/courses/2023-05-Ketamine Members can watch the video, pass the test, fill out the evaluation, and download your certificate. It's that easy! You can earn CEs for any recorded event if you didn't already earn CEs from the live event. Return to top
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Our listserv has over 400 members on it, and is active daily with great conversations, resources, offerings, in search of, books, movies, office rentals, jobs, internships, etc. You can view the home page of our listserv at 
After last month's newsletter about RECAMFT winning the CAMFT Chapter Excellence Award for DEI, we received the following email from Shira Marin, PhD, LMFT a long-time Marin CAMFT member and therapist. 
Would you like to be a part of RECAMFT's award-winning 
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Law & Ethics Attendees Rock - Funded Scholarship Program!
by Pat Hromalik, LMFT
At our second in-person training conference for Law and Ethics since the pandemic, we raised a whopping $1000 for the Joe and Pamela Ward Memorial Scholarship fund for pre-licensed and newly licensed therapists.
How did this enthusiastic audience do this?
They generously participated in our raffle for great prizes donated by local businesses, including gift certificate goody bags for two high end consignment stores and a barbershop, specialty olive oil basket and special food and gift certificate basket, as well as a patio spruce up set with a beautiful succulent dish garden and candle lantern. We also had a mini fund raiser along side the raffle by our Scholarship Chairperson, Tara D’0razio, who crocheted cute mini creatures that participants could get for a donation. Last October we ran a similar raffle at the first L&E in person event and raised $671. These two amounts put us over are initial goal of raising $4500 over 3 years to match the amount RECAMFT would contribute to fund 3 annual $1,000 scholarships. To date we’ve raised $4,611, and now have a start on funding our 2025 scholarships.
Please support the following local businesses who generously supported our last two raffles:
- Boulevard Barbers in Petaluma
- Cottage Gardens in Petaluma
- Friedman’s Home Improvement in Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Sonoma
- Mendocino Wine and Olive LLC in Yorkville
- SeeSaw Childrens Consignments in San Anselmo
- Softshell Spa in Petaluma
- Stella’s Fine Consignments in San Anselmo
- Trader Joe’s in Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Greenbrae, Napa
To learn more about our scholarship program, read about our past winners, or to donate, or to apply for our 2024 scholarships by April 3Oth click here.
Read a good book lately? Send your review to therapy@recamft.org
Pat Hromalik, LMFT, has a private practice in Petaluma, CA. She is currently serving as a RECAMFT Director at Large. Her website is PetalumaPathCounseling.com.
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We knew these two were up to something when they were spotted out for dinner in Sebastopol! Cynthia Halliday (right) was RECAMFT's 2010 President. Laura Strom (left) is RECAMFT's 2014, 2021, 2022 President, and was CAMFT's 2015-16 President. When they met in 2012, both their lives changed forever. They are fast friends, and manage to come up with lots of things to do together! Turns out they were celebrating Cynthia's birthday! Happy birthday, Cynthia! |
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Thank you for reading this month's newsletter! RECAMFT is great because of involved members like you!!
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