Presentation by Maureen Johnston, LMFT (1.5 CEUs available)

Join us for our first post-covid in-person event at Michael's!

There is plenty of space for distancing, and we will follow all covid protocols including everyone signing a covid release and acknowledgement form. The luncheon buffet will open at 11:15, with the presentation starting at 12pm. We are also live streaming it for those who can't attend in person. A recording of this presentation will be available to all registrants for 3 months.

Across the nation more and more states are working to pass laws impacting already marginalized transgender individuals and their families, and erecting barriers to the necessary emotional and medical treatments of gender expansive youth.

At the same time, the number of people of all ages who are stepping forward as gender expansive continues to rise. For each person who identifies as transgender, non-binary, gender queer, gender fluid, gender nonconforming, etc., there is almost always an entire group of family members and friends, who are affected and asked to change the way they have perceived and known this person, sometimes for decades.

Even if you are not a gender specialist, don’t have any desire to become one, and never have a transgender client in your caseload, given the sheer number of folks who are transitioning, you are quite likely to have clients who love someone who is gender expansive. Therefore, it is critical that you know how to support them. Because, while sadly, the suicide rates for trans folk are incredibly high, we know one of the most effective ways to lower this rate is family support.

This workshop will provide you with concrete suggestions on how to support your clients with a trans loved one. You’ll learn about the Gender Affirmative Model and the Phases and Milestones of the Trans Family Gender Journey Model, and how to utilize these with your clients.

Some of the typical reactions of parents, partners, siblings, and others as they confront the multiple dimensions of transition will be discussed. The complexities of the intersection with race, culture, and religion will be examined. You will come away with a better understanding of the psychological processes of many family members as they work to provide the love and support necessary.

We will also explore the importance our own gender journey on our work.

Interview with Maureen Johnston

Program Goals

The goal of this presentation is for participants to be able to provide more clinically appropriate treatment to the family members of gender expansive individuals. This presentation gives an overview of the complexities of the psychological, emotional, and logistical realities of gender identity transitions for the entire family.

Learning Objectives

• List the key elements of the Gender Affirmative Model
• Develop a working understanding of elements of the Trans Family Gender Journey Model
  
• Identify how aspects of one's own Gender Journey impact treatment
• Identify some of the impacts of the intersection of compounded marginalization of elements of identity

About the Presenter

Maureen has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice since 1994. She began learning about the vastly under met needs of the gender expansive community in the South Bay while supervising interns at the Billy de Frank LGBTQ+ Center in the early 2000’s.  She has been working with members of the Trans community for almost 20 years.
She hosted and co-facilitated ‘Group Nite!’ (a monthly set of support groups for gender expansive youth and their parents) for 6 years in San Jose´, and continues to lead online parent support groups. She recently began facilitating Play Therapy Groups for elementary age children in Los Gatos.  Maureen also provides training and consultation to professionals interested in Gender Affirmative Therapy, and hosts a monthly consultation group online.  https://www.maureenjohnston.com/about/

1.5 CEUs. This event will be IN PERSON, following all recommended protocols, and also live online. TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSW, LMFT, LPCC

If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CEUs. SCV-CAMFT is a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider (CEPA 052466). This course meets the qualifications of 1.5 continuing education credit for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs. SCV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

The views expressed in presentations made at SCV-CAMFT membership meetings or other SCV-CAMFT events are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of SCV-CAMFT. Presentations at SCV-CAMFT events do not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products or services.

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Presented by Dr. Cynthia Sholes, PhD

4 CEUs for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs

This event will be in person at Micheal's at Shoreline, following all Covid-19 protocols, and also offered as a live stream event. A recording of the event will be available for all registrants for 3 months.

Registration includes 4 CEUs, lunch buffet, and drinks. Michael's at Shoreline is a beautiful venue with outdoor patios for breaks and eating.

About the Presentation


In 2021, over 47 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in what has been called “The Great Resignation”. Many of them were essential, frontline workers who cared so much that they were driven to past their limits.  Exhausted, frustrated, and experiencing compassion fatigue they were in the throes of burnout, a state characterized by mental, emotional, and physical depletion due to prolonged and excessive stress.   Many people, labeled as “non-essential” workers, involuntarily lost their jobs in 2020 due to the shutdowns of the pandemic. They got to see what life was like without the driving pressures of work. Feeling underappreciated and often disrespected they decided to opt-out of the hedonic treadmill of the American Dream and opt-in to a life of languishing. For some the voluntary joblessness has been a blessing.  They were ready for retirement anyway even if they didn’t know it.   However, the majority weren’t prepared for retirement and the joblessness, voluntary or not, is causing hardship.  They are now turning to overburdened mental health professionals to help them with the mental and emotional effects of their burnout state and the resulting frustration, anxiety, lack of motivation, and hopelessness that often comes from needing something you don’t really want. Those that have hope and feel a sense of control over their lives are looking to find a new direction, a path of purpose and productivity that won’t lead to burnout, but rather, to satisfaction and passion.  The hopeful would also benefit from guidance from mental health professionals who know how to direct them off the burnout path. In this workshop, you will learn how you can identify the signs of burnout in yourself and your clients before it leads to self-sabotaging behaviors.  You will learn about neuroscience based tools to help your clients get off the burnout path and find authentic feelings of purpose without the automatic stress habits that hijack the mind.

Program Goals

This presentation gives an overview of subclinical burnout and the scourge of stress that leads to burnout.  The goal of this workshop is for participants to be able to identify the signs of chronic stress in language and behavior and help their clients find the locuses of control that allows them to see their way out of the burnout cycle.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the 3 hallmarks of burnout as they may be presented by your client.
• Distinguish the 3 types of Burnout and the most common causes of each.  
• Understand the mental, emotional and physical cycle of burnout and how to intervene at any of those points.
• Practice a fast-acting somatic technique that stops stress that leads to burnout.
• Understand a novel long term solution that extinguishes ongoing stress patterns that keep the burnout cycle going.

About the Presenter

Dr. Cindy is a neuroscientist turned positive transformation coach. She helps caring people, who feel so burnt-out they just want to quit, reconnect with their deepest selves to find authentic power and purpose.  Dr. Cindy got her PhD in Neuroscience from UCSF Medical School in 1996. After having two babies, she quit her demanding, frustrating and exhausting career path to pursue her life’s purpose.  She became a medical hypnotherapist and a life coach applying neuroscience concepts and understanding to solve her clients problems.  One of her clients referred to her as a “human condition detective”. Now she teaches other coaches and therapists how to tap into their clients subconscious mind and quickly and effectively change the self-sabotaging patterns that keep them stuck, freeing them up to realize their true human potential. Dr Cindy now lives the life of her dreams and believes anyone can find and follow their purpose to live their dreams.

TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSW, LMFT, LPCC

SCV-CAMFT is a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider (CEPA 052466). This course meets the qualifications of 4 continuing education credit for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs. SCV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

The views expressed in presentations made at SCV-CAMFT membership meetings or other SCV-CAMFT events are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of SCV-CAMFT. Presentations at SCV-CAMFT events do not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products or services.

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Presentation by Kalpana Asok, LMFT

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1.5 CEUs. This event will be IN PERSON, following all recommended protocols, and also live online. The luncheon buffet will open at 11:15, with the presentation starting at 12pm. A recording of this presentation will be available to all registrants for 3 months.

About the Presenter

Kalpana Asok has over 20 years of experience working in her independent practice in Silicon Valley, specializing in individual and couples therapy, parenting, and career growth for women in tech. She is also a recently published author of Whose Baby Is It, Anyway? Inside the Indian Heart; and Everyday Flowers, a volume of poetry, both published by ipbooks. She can be reached through her website at www.calmtherapy.com. 

TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSW, LMFT, LPCC

If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CEUs. SCV-CAMFT is a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider (CEPA 052466). This course meets the qualifications of 1.5 continuing education credit for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs. SCV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

The views expressed in presentations made at SCV-CAMFT membership meetings or other SCV-CAMFT events are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of SCV-CAMFT. Presentations at SCV-CAMFT events do not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products or services.

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Presented by Linda Johnson

3 CEUs for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs

This event will be in person at Micheal's at Shoreline, following all Covid-19 protocols, and also offered as a live stream event. A recording of the event will be available for all registrants for 3 months.

More Details and Registration Coming Soon!

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Presented by Joe Burgo

3 CEUs for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs

This event will be in person at Micheal's at Shoreline, following all Covid-19 protocols, and also offered as a live stream event. A recording of the event will be available for all registrants for 3 months.

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Presentation by Connie Habash  

3 CEUs.

If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CEUs. SCV-CAMFT is a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider (CEPA 052466). This course meets the qualifications of 3 continuing education credit for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs. SCV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

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