by Jacqui Gerritsen, LMFT

Jacqui has been licensed since 2007. She joined the SCV-CAMFT board in 2015, initially as the Communication and Technology Director. She has a private practice in Palo Alto and San Mateo and is certified in TEAM-CBT level 2. She works with teens and adults and uses both a family systems model as well as a supportive, humanistic approach.

Happy Spring! As of this month, it’s been a year since the words Pandemic, COVID, Coronavirus and Social Distancing became part of our daily language. It seems odd to have a COVID anniversary, but here we are. I am so happy to see things returning to some kind of normal, like eating indoors, and recently I saw what looked like a youth soccer team practicing. Hopefully we are close to the finish line. I was able to get my first dose of the vaccine and am waiting for the second. I hope you all sign up as well, we qualify as heath care workers.

The Board of SCV-CAMFT has some exciting things planned for this year. On March 26th, bring your lunch and get comfy, while joining us for an online presentation by Tiffany McLain, founder of HeyTiffany, a website and blog dedicated to making life better for psychotherapists. In this training, we will explore the symbolic function of money for both the therapist and the client within the clinical setting. This event is free for members of SCV-CAMFT.

We continue to have online socials. Last month one member suggested we try something different like an Art Therapy-themed social. Stay tuned for more details as to when that will be. And please join us for this month’s social.

Stay healthy,
Jacqui Gerritsen
President SCV-CAMFT