Hello IE-CAMFT Members:

I wanted to bring your attention to our Authors and Program Providers Gathering on October 25th from 8:30am-12 noon.  This event will run concurrently with our October Training on EMDR: healing unprocessed memories that create disturbance and dysfunction.  The authors event will include several authors and program providers and as an added bonus this year we are asking you to bring gently used field-related books to swap out with others’ contributions.  You will have an opportunity to visit with the authors, buy their books, before and after the training if you are attending the seminar; if you aren’t attending the seminar, you may attend the authors gathering at any time between 8:30 and 12.  Learning about new subject matter to add to our libraries is always good for new resources.  Don’t forget the holidays will be here before you know it, consider this also as an opportunity to shop for your holidays for your friends and family.

Carol Rose Adkisson

President, IE-CAMFT

As a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and a business owner, I have the privilege of working with clinicians that include associates and practicum students.  I remember the daunting task toward that dream of attaining 3000 hours.  It is so easy to let anxiety creep in, “Will I get my hours, when will I get my hours, how will I survive financially, will I pass the tests?” can take you to a place of fear.  At times it could cause you to forget why you are on this path, the path to make a difference in the lives of the populations with whom you work.  For those of you reading this and resonating with what I am saying, try to trust in the process, one hour at a time.  You will get there.  That isn’t the end of the journey, but the beginning of another one.  This is a season in your life that you may even miss some day.  Remember life happens during the journey, not when the goal is attained.

Carol Rose Adkisson, President

IE-CAMFT

 

Welcome fellow IE-CAMFT Members! As we approach a new season of the year, our children returning back to school, many of us begin focusing anew on business.  I wanted to bring your attention to the many benefits that IE-CAMFT Chapter members receive.  Please feel free to share this information with the other clinicians you run across on a day-to-day basis. 

Benefits of membership with IE-CAMFT

1.     2-Unit Educational Seminars – 10 per year

2.     Reduced fee for our Annual Law and Ethics Seminar

3.     Free Classified Ads on our website and also in our Monthly Ad Bulletin

4.     Networking Opportunities with fellow clinicians

5.     Public Online Therapist Directory

6.     Members Only Area on our website that includes the following

         Member Directory

         Forum Participation

         Further Information about our Monthly Presentations

 These benefits are all for an annual fee of $40 for clinical, affiliate or associate members and $25 for pre-licensed members.  These fees are scheduled to go up in September, so it behooves anyone wanting to join the chapter or renew her/his membership to do so in August!

Please avail yourself of these benefits, they can be very useful, in whatever capacity you are currently working.  As I said before, please help us to get the word out.  As clinicians we all need support and education.  IE-CAMFT is here for you.

It is an interesting time of the year.  Summer.  A great time to take some time for you and your family and friends to enjoy each other. You know that thing we teach to our clients called self-care? Depending where you work, whether private practice or any type of agency, whether you take insurance or are private pay, you may see fewer clients during this time.  After all, many of them are on vacation too.  As with any business, there are busier times than others.  If you can, start to prepare for those times, as these times will likely happen.  Remember that as clinicians, managing our own stressors comes first, so we can continue to help our various populations to heal.  Enjoy your summer.

Carol Rose Adkisson

This is Carol Rose Adkisson, your newly-elected IE-CAMFT Chapter President.  Thank you for entrusting me to lead our organization into this new season.  I hope that along with our newly-elected board we will bring a fresh new perspective to our new positions.  My vision is to grow IE-CAMFT to the next level.  I have no doubt this is attainable.  Like all of us in our new positions, I am grateful to have our predecessors passing down their experience and knowledge.  Look for new marketing techniques, amazing education, and growth in our future.  The sky is the limit and limitless possibilities can only be a good thing.

Greetings CAMFT members. I hope you are all enjoying this cool weather while it lasts. We have a big meeting coming up in May, including both our annual board elections and a presentation by state CAMFT executive director, Nabil El-Ghoroury, on the current state of the profession, including an update on legislation that will affect MFTs, regulatory practices of the BBS, and information on legal resources offered by CAMFT. I hope you will all consider attending and voting for our slate of nominees.  We are still in need of a secretary, so if you are willing to serve in this capacity, please let us know as soon as possible. We also encourage those who want to be more involved to come volunteer at our events.  Please email us at iecamft@gmail.com  for more information.  Have a great month!

Happy April, everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying their spring so far. At IE CAMFT, we are welcoming spring by preparing to nominate a new team of officers. We are very lucky to have such wonderful leadership who put in a lot of team work every month to bring us our CEU events. Though we are committed to continuing to bring you quality events and support as an organization, you may have noticed in the recent email regarding the upcoming election that our team will be changing. I encourage you all to come and share your voice by voting at our next meeting. I also hope you will join me in welcoming our new team, who will continue working together to grow and strengthen our chapter.

Happy February, everyone!

I hope you are all staying warm and dry this winter. I want to thank Dr. Joan A. Friedman for her presentation “A Twin’s Dialectic” last month.  We received overwhelmingly positive feedback regarding the information she provided about working with twins and some of the unique challenges that presents. 

We are having our annual law and ethics training coming up in this month in a couple of weeks. It is an all-day training at which lunch will be served. We hope to see you there!  Also, if you enjoy our IE-CAMFT trainings, please consider joining the chapter if you haven't yet and letting others know about the benefits of IE-CAMFT membership and encourage them to join! 

Members may attend our monthly 2-unit seminars for free as well as receive a substantial discount on our 6-unit seminars; free classified ads that appear on our website and in our monthly ad bulletin; an online therapist directory open to the public; and the opportunity to participate in our "Members Only" pages on the website including a member directory, a forum, and discussion and information pages regarding our monthly presentations all for an annual fee of $40 for clinical, affiliate, or associate members or $25 for pre-licensed members. Meetings also allow attendees the opportunity to network and collaborate with other professionals. To join, go to www.iecamft.org and click on the "Join Us" tab.

Hope you all have a great month!

Amanda Cavicchi, MA, LMFT

The next IE CAMFT 3000 club meeting will be held on February 9th from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at 2641 Hamner Avenue, Suite 210, Norco, CA. It will be a Q&A with a focus on getting into private practice.

Simple Practice is hosting a free CE workshop and lunch on Saturday, February 23 from 10am - 1pm for CAMFT members.  Simple Practice is an online documentation program. For more information and to register, go to: Simple Practice Workshop