PRESENTER: Susan Lowe, LMFT, PMH-C

Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Registrants must attend the full 2 hours to receive CEs..

This presentation enhances mental health therapists' skills in identifying, assessing, and managing perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). Focusing on evidence-based screening tools, clinical presentations, and the impact of these disorders on mothers, infants, partners, and family dynamics, attendees will learn to differentiate between common emotional changes like the 'baby blues' and more severe conditions such as perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders.

Key areas covered include recognizing the types, symptoms, and risk factors of perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders and understanding their effects on family dynamics. Participants will explore the long-term implications of untreated perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders and learn about effective therapeutic interventions and support strategies. The presentation will review evidence-based treatments, including psychotherapy and medication, and emphasize the importance of cultural competence by providing strategies to address the unique need of diverse perinatal populations.

Attendees will also learn to identify and share local and national resources for supporting perinatal families. By the end of the training, participants will be equipped with the tools and knowledge necessary to provide effective and empathetic care, improving outcomes for pregnant and postpartum xlients. The presentation aims to foster a deeper understanding of diverse needs of perinatal clients and the importance of culturally sensitive approaches in clinical practice.

OBJECTIVES:

After the presentation the audience will be able to:

1) Recognize the clinical presentations, onset, duration, and severity of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) in supporting pregnant and postpartum clients and their families.

2) Identify and utilize at least three evidence-based screening tools and interventions to address perinatal mental health.

3) Recall two key principles to differentiate between common emotional changes like the ‘baby blues’ and more severe conditions such as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs).

4) Be able to understand how perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) impact mothers, infants, other children, partners, and family dynamics if left untreated.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Susan Lowe is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with a Perinatal Mental Health certification (PMH-C) from Postpartum Support International. She earned her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the School of Cultural and Family Psychology at Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, CA, with a specialization in African American Family Studies.

Susan has worked in various clinical settings, including community mental health, residential substance abuse treatment facilities, foster care, and both group and private practices. She is a member of the Sankofa Birthworkers Collective, where she leads postpartum support groups for Black birthing families in the Inland Empire.

At Indigenous Circle of Wellness, Susan supports Native American and Indigenous families through direct care, postpartum support groups, and community wellness education. Her private practice focuses on the health and well-being of Black, Native/Indigenous, and other communities of color, ensuring culturally inclusive care.

Susan also supports professionals as a consultant, speaker, and trainer, providing organizational training for providers supporting marginalized and minority communities while aiming to increase cultural competence and humility among providers who serve them. Her speaking topics include cultural humility, historical and intergenerational trauma and health, and perinatal mental health.

Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCS, AND/or LEPs. IE-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Provider # 62278

PRESENTER: Ashley N. Green, M.A. LMFT

Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Registrants must attend the full 2 hours to receive CEs..

Enhancing the professional understanding of narcissism and how to help your client survive and/or exit the relationship safely.  

OBJECTIVES:

After the presentation the audience will be able to:

1) Learn how to identify the different types of narcissism.

2) Learn the differences between narcissistic parenting styles.

3) Identify the 4 stages of the narcissistic abuse cycle.

4) Learn interventions to help your client survive narcissism.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Ashley is a Redding, CA. Native and has been practicing psychotherapy in Redding since 2012. She is the 2023-24 Redding Regional CAMFT Chapter President. Ashley left agency work and went into private practice in 2017 where she also supervises and employees associates. She is currently going through the CAMFT Certificated Supervisor program as well.

Ashley has an Integrative Psychotherapy approach, which responds appropriately to the client utilizing the therapy approach that best fits for them. She believes that an important aspect in therapy is building a therapeutic relationship with trust and a connection. She enjoys working with adults, teens, tweens, and families with her field of focus being survivors of narcissism, postpartum, bipolar, anxiety, depression, trauma, life changes, and grief and loss.

Ashley is also a CEPA Certified CE provider as co-owner of her company Heal Your Heart Therapy, which she owns with her mom, Dr. Patricia Bay, Psy.D., LMFT. In addition to teaching classes to other therapists, Ashley conducts classes for the public on Surviving Narcissism.

Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCS, AND/or LEPs. IE-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Provider # 62278

PRESENTER: Jamie Roberts, M.A. LMFT

Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Registrants must attend the full 2 hours to receive CEs..

Discovering Autism later in life is a mix of both Relief and Grief for a newly diagnosed person.  In this presentation we will explore the mental health journey of integrating a new identity after years or decades of misdiagnosis. Specifically focusing on the relief of finally understanding your lived experience and the grief of not knowing sooner. Working with neurodivergent clients requires deconstructing neurotypical expectations, unlearning internalized ableism, processing trauma and supporting advocacy. Jamie shares both her clinical insights as well as lived experiences with a later in life diagnosis of Autism and ADHD.

OBJECTIVES

In successfully completing and attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1.  Recognize Autistic traits in adults that are commonly over looked.

2. Identify four therapeutic themes experienced by later in life diagnosed Autistics

3. Recall the four types of sensory experiences for neurodivergent people.

4. Demonstrate 3 situations and how to interact as a client integrates the relief and grief of a later in life diagnosis.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Jamie Roberts (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that received a later in life diagnosis of both ADHD and Autism.  As she explored her own identity, her special interest in teen mental health shifted to why teen girls were not receiving ADHD or Autism diagnosis and the long-term effects into adulthood.  Jamie is the founder of Equilibrium Counseling Services, a teen and young adult mental health center in Southern California. In 2024 she opened Expand Clinical Training Corp, to provide additional education for clinicians on Neurodivergent topics. Jamie is the Neurodivergent Therapist across social media and is an active speaker on Neurodivergent and Teen topics. She is also the author of the book Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety.

Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCS, AND/or LEPs. IE-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Provider # 62278