MARIN CAMFT CONNECTIONS
July Aug Sept 2024
President's Message
Lauren Ogren, LMFT
2024 Marin CAMFT President
As
I write this on the summer solstice, I am grateful for the light and
the promise of the long summer evenings ahead. Though we are all no
longer school kids, eager to leave behind desks and homework in June,
summer still creates change in our lives. Whether that’s later starts to
the mornings to take our own kids to camp, vacations in the warmer
months, or a slowing down of work load due to client vacations and
cancelations, we cannot stop the changes that summer brings. I hope to
embrace them this year, allowing myself time to relax and enjoy the
moment while I have a bit more space in my schedule. I also hope to take
this time to focus on building new ventures and relationships.Here at MCAMFT we are taking this summer hiatus as time to continue to build and better this cohort. As a board we have decided to move forward with a revamping of our backend systems, which for you as members means a much smoother user experience and accessibility in the future. This will look like easier and more user-friendly membership renewals, easier access to our CE offerings, and even the ability to offer asynchronous CE courses to earn CEs at your leisure (finally!). We have already implemented our new email system, which allows members to contact us in a more direct manner by our roles in the organization, through emailing: title @ MarinCamft.org (example under my signoff below).
MCAMFT is also planning multiple community and in person events to continue to foster the comradery we have in this lovely chapter of CAMFT. Heartfelt thank you to the members and Boardies who attended the Juneteenth celebration in conjunction with EBCAMFT on Saturday, June 22nd, and we are excited to offer another opportunity for community outreach on September 29th at the Folsom Street Faire in San Francisco. We also have two in person networking events coming up, one in August in Southern Marin and then our always fabulous Fall Celebration in October. Connection is the foundation of our profession, and we are so happy to be supporting more connection with our members, whether that is through the virtual experience or in person.
Hope you all have a chance this summer to enjoy a light filled evening of connection and joy.
Warmly,
Lauren Ogren
President, Marin CAMFT
president@marincamft.org
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Looking Ahead to Fall Programs
Marin CAMFT takes a break from continuing education programming in July
and August. We have many trainings in the works
for the Fall including:
More details will become available in the Events Calendar as they are confirmed. | Did you miss a recent training? Many of our events are available as audio programs in the Marin CAMFT Podcast Library (login required). Recent additions include:
If you are a Marin CAMFT member, you can log on at marincamft.org and go to the Members Only section, then choose Podcast Library. |
Marin CAMFT members: Want to participate in the Continuing Education Committee, to help your chapter to identify speakers and plan our programming? Meetings are held quarterly. Please reach out to programs@marincamft.org for information on the next one. This is an important function of Marin CAMFT and the CE Committee is always in need of additional support.
3,000-Hour Club
For Students, Trainees, and Associates working towards licensure
The 3000-Hour Club will be starting a Book Club. If you are interested in joining you can see some of the potential books here. To join just send an email to prelicensed@marincamft.org
We will also be looking to host a pre-licensed symposium with food and drink and presenters talking about topics that matter to you. Look forward to more information in the next couple of months.
Pre-licensed members can use the code MARIN25 at checkout for $25 off either MFT Law and Ethics exam prep course or the CA MFT Clinical exam prep course at The Therapist Development Center! https://therapistdevelopmentcenter.com
Here are some photos from the Pre-Licensed Plant Party hosted by the 3,000 Hour Club at the end of June.
Membership in Marin CAMFT is free for all pre-licensed associates, trainees and students, and includes opportunities to participate in our 3,000 Hour Club. Contact us to learn more about events and opportunities: prelicensed@marincamft.org
MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED WITH MARIN CAMFT!
Interested in supporting the local Marin community in the event of disaster or crisis? Come join the Marin CAMFT Trauma Resource Team. please contact TRT Co-Chair Beth Leib at bethleibmft@gmail.com |
Planning Ahead: Board Leadership Positions for 2025
Marin
CAMFT is looking ahead to our election season, which will happen in
November. In preparation, we wanted to plant the seed and ask: Are you
interested in participating more actively with your chapter?
The offices of President Elect, Treasurer, Membership Director, and Pre-Licensed Director will be up for election. Some of our current board members in those positions may generously volunteer to continue service for another term. However, each year we recruit a President Elect, who will serve one year in that role before becoming President the following year.
We are putting the idea out there now in case you might want to consider stepping up for that or one of our other board positions. Interested members curious about any of the open positions can reach out to President Lauren Ogren at president@marincamft.org to start the conversation. We will need a candidate statement and photo submitted by mid October in order to prepare the ballot.
We will share more information on these opportunities in the Fall Quarter Marin CAMFT Connections.
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.
Questions, comments, feedback on this new newsletter format?
Please email Lisa our Newsletter Editor at editor@marincamft.org or just hit "reply" on this message and let us know what you think!
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