Be on the lookout for your Marin CAMFT Board of Directors ballot in your email inbox November

Member participation in chapter elections is important to maintain the organization

Ballots will go out by email in early November. Voting is conducted electronically - it will only take a few clicks to submit your ballot. Please take the time to click through and vote when you see the emailed announcement arrive in your inbox. Marin CAMFT is a membership association and we need participation of members in our voting process - your vote counts!

Want to get more involved with Marin CAMFT?

Board positions are open and opportunities are available! Nominations are now being accepted for the following positions for the 2026 leadership year.

President-Elect: Supports the current leadership for a year, then steps into the President role the following year, and Past President the year after. 

Learn more about this role here. 

Secretary: Drafts agendas and keeps the minutes for monthly board meetings, and otherwise makes sure we're staying organized and in compliance as a non-profit organization. Two-year position.

Director of Programs:  Leads the team that decides what events we host for our Marin CAMFT members and the clinician community, and hosts CE trainings for the chapter. Two-year position.

Director of Marketing:   Identifies and secures opportunities to promote Marin CAMFT as a chapter. Our current Marketing Director, Rachel Barr, has volunteered to run again (thanks Rachel!) however other interested candidates are also able to run. Two-year position.

Director of Community Service:  Works directly with our community focused committees including serving as Board liaison with the Scholarship and Trauma Response Team committees. Two-year term.

Director of Inclusivity (New Position):  Leads and supports the Inclusivity Committee in support of the goals and initiatives it defines. Two-year term.

Director of Pre-Licensed:  Represents pre-licensed members, organizes events including 3,000-Hour Club meetings, and supports this important part of our community. Open to pre-licensed members. One-year term.

Read more about these 2026 leadership opportunities here.

If you'd like more information on any of these, please reach out to info@marincamft.org and our current Board Members would be happy to speak with you further, or come to our Fall Celebration on October 12th and we can connect with you then. Candidate statements are now being collected, to prepare for our chapter election to be held in November. The new term starts on January 1st. We are so grateful for the service of Marin CAMFT's existing Board members and can't wait to hear the new ideas that the next Board brings in!

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Marin CAMFT continues our series of hikes with East Bay CAMFT and San Francisco CAMFT with Hike #3 on Saturday, October 4 in San Francisco.  

In July, Marin CAMFT joined with its neighbors East Bay and San Francisco for a hike at Tennessee Valley. The day started out cool but the sun came out as the group got to the beach.

A good number of the crew took a detour up to the hillside to take in the amazing view while others enjoyed the beach below. After heading back a handful were able to rejoin to grab a bite at Good Earth in Mill Valley to end the morning building connection in community with one another.

We hope Marin CAMFT members will join us for our final Bridging the Bay Hike in San Francisco this Saturday! Register here for complete details.

Continuing Education Programming
at Marin CAMFT

Upcoming Live Programs on Zoom

•  October 10: From Dysregulation to Dialogue: Integrating DBT Skills in Family Systems
  

• November 14: Divorce Myths and Misconceptions [note: CEs not available for this talk however we hope you will still join us for the information to be shared!]
  
  
• December 12: The Adaptive Information Processing System in Clinical Conceptualization

You can always check our Events Calendar for further information as events are confirmed.

Consider joining the Continuing Education Committee to help us put on our programs

We invite Marin CAMFT members to participate in the CE Committee's monthly meetings, to help us continue our tradition of planning high-quality trainings for our community of therapists.  The CE Committee meets quarterly to review programs and presentation ideas. 

Please reach out to Dr. Norman Hering to learn more:  programs@marincamft.org

Check out our ever-expanding catalog of on-demand programs!

 Marin CAMFT On-Demand Training now offers an ever-expanding library of content. We have been excited to see how many of you have already taken advantage of this new offering. Watch these courses and earn CEs at your convenience!

Courses currently available are:

• Supporting Women through Menopause with Kara Cruz, LMFT
• Family Cut-offs and Estrangement with Tracy Ross, LCSW and Judi Aronowitz, LCSW
• Psychotherapy Supervision with Dr. Nancy McWilliams
• Mental Health Impacts of Long Covid with Dr. Monica Federoff and Dr. Sarita Shah
• Adult ADHD with Dr. Nicolas Chu
• DBT for Parents with Dr. Kavita Ajmere and Dr. Haleh Kouchmeshki 
  
• Effective Collaboration with Psychiatrists with CalPsychiatry
  
• Neurodiversity-Affirmative Therapy with Katy Higgins Lee, LMFT
• Middle Eastern Queer Folks and Identity Integration with David Khalili, LMFT
• Depathologizing Forgetfulness and Dementia with Nader Shabahangi, PhD, LMFT
• Working with Sensitivity with Alane Freund, LMFT
  

All are offered for free or at low cost for Marin CAMFT members, and reasonable rates for non-members. Members need to log on to your membership account at marincamft.org to get the code.,Marin CAMFT on-demand course catalog.

For those trainings that presenters give us permission for recording, we typically will be publishing on-demand versions within about a month of the original "live" training date. Please note that the BBS does not allow you to also claim CEs for both the "live" and the on-demand version.

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Marin CAMFT continues to promote our members through local advertising! We featured the Marin CAMFT Therapist Directory in our print ad in Marin Magazine. Marin CAMFT members, don't forget to update your profile in our online directory to be sure that potential clients can reach you! Tips for updating can be found in our online help.

Invitation to the Marin CAMFT listserv

The listserv is our chapter's email community. It's a great resource for getting and giving referrals, making connections, learning about office space for rent, and more!

If you are a Marin CAMFT member and want to join the listserv, please send a message to MCAMFT+subscribe@groups.io and our listserv moderator will confirm Marin CAMFT membership and subscribe you.