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The Desert Chapter
California Association of Marriage Family Therapists 
(CAMFT)

"Promoting Excellence in Mental Health Care through Education and Community"                     

Chapter Events

 

Upcoming events

    • Fri, June 16, 2023
    • 1:00 PM - 4:15 PM
    • A Zoom Presentation
    Register


    Desert–CAMFT
    presents:

    June 2023 Law & Ethics Webinar

    with

    Bradley J. Muldrow, Esq.
    Alain Montgomery, Esq.
    CAMFT Staff Attorneys

    A Zoom Presentation

    Friday, June 16, 2023
    1:00 pm – 4:15 pm

    3.0 CE Credits

    Reclaiming Your Reputation:
    Law and Ethics Tips for Promoting and Protecting
    Your Brand in the Age of Yelp and Google Reviews

    1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    Bradley J. Muldrow, Esq.

    Presentation Description

    Negative online reviews often leave MFTs feeling stuck. Responding to such reviews may breach patients’ confidentiality, but ignoring them can leave bad impressions for prospective patients. Developing an appropriate response to negative reviews can be even more pressing when the reviews include false information or defamatory accusations.

    Join CAMFT staff attorney Bradley J. Muldrow, JD for an enlightening discussion about how MFTs can successfully manage their brands by effectively responding to negative online reviews and, in appropriate circumstances, asking patients to leave reviews or provide testimonials. The workshop will address the online review removal protocols for two of the most popular online review websites, alternative methods for responding to negative online reviews, and ethical issues to consider prior to soliciting patient reviews and testimonials

    Educational Goals

    • Participants will recognize how the ethics code has changed to allow MFTs to solicit testimonials (and impliedly reviews) from certain patients, in appropriate circumstances. 
    • Participants will understand the concept of “undue influence” and how that understanding should shape their approaches to soliciting testimonials and reviews. 
    • Participants will understand important issues they should consider prior to using anonymous testimonials in advertisements, etc.

    Measurable Learning Objectives

    1. Participants will be able to identify five potential methods for responding to improper / unlawful reviews left on review websites. 
    2. Participants will be able to state which patients they may solicit testimonials (and impliedly reviews) from in appropriate circumstances. 
    3. Participants will be able to state five issues MFTs should consider prior to soliciting testimonials or reviews from minors who have consented to their own treatment.

    How a Professional Will Can Help Therapists
    Prepare Their Clients for the Unexpected

    2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
    Alain Montgomery, Esq.

    Presentation Description

    Therapists have an ethical obligation to maintain practices that facilitate continuity of care for their clients. A Professional Will is a comprehensive document that can be used to ensure clients have access to the information and resources they need in the event of unforeseen circumstances. During this one and a half hour presentation, CAMFT Staff Attorney Alain Montgomery, will review key legal and ethical considerations for therapists to consider in preparing a Professional Will.

    Educational Goals

    • To help workshop participants understand how a professional will fulfills ethical obligations to facilitate continuity of care for clients under certain circumstances.
    • To ensure workshop participants know how a professional will can be utilized to preserve client records in compliance with applicable legal standards.
    • To explain the framework of a professional will so workshop participants can identify the pieces of information they need to create a comprehensive and effective document to serve as their professional will.

    Measurable Learning Objectives

    Participants will be able to:
    1. Describe the applicable CAMFT Ethical Standard(s) that discuss professional wills.
    2. Illustrate how a professional will accomplishes the effective legal, ethical, and seamless transition of care when a therapist is unable to undertake that task due to incapacity or death.
    3. Identify and describe the key elements of a professional will.

    Presenter Bios

    As a CAMFT staff attorney, Bradley J. Muldrow, Esq. takes member phone calls regarding law and ethics issues and contributes articles on those subjects to CAMFT's publication, the Therapist. Prior to joining CAMFT’s legal team, Brad worked on litigation and regulatory matters as an attorney for San Diego Gas & Electric Company.

    Since becoming an attorney, Brad has given law and ethics presentations to attorneys and judges as a member of the J. Clifford Wallace Inn of Court. He has also served as a board member for the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Foundation, a San Diego-based nonprofit.

    Alain Lance Montgomery, Esq., is a member of the State Bar of California. Alain received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Prior to joining the CAMFT legal department, Alain worked in public interest law as a legal advisor for the Superior Court of California where he helped self-represented parties navigate the complexities of small claims litigation. As a member of the CAMFT legal department, Alain has served as part of the support staff for the CAMFT Ethics Committee and has represented the Association at various state regulatory board meetings. After graduating from college and before attending law school, Alain worked as a ski instructor at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort.

    Cost:

    $35 Desert-CAMFT Members
    $55 for Non-members
    $20 for Prelicensed

    Registration is open until June 15 at 10pm.

    • Thu, July 20, 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    • A Zoom Presentation
    Register


    Desert–CAMFT
    presents:

    July 2023 Law & Ethics Webinar

    with

    Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq.
    CAMFT Staff Attorney


    A Zoom Presentation

    Thursday, July 20, 2023
    9:00 am – 12:15 pm

    3.0 CE Credits

    WhatsApp with Therapists?
    Exploring the Legal Ins and Outs of Advertising on Social Media


    Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq.

    Presentation Description

    If you consider yourself a member of #therapistsofinstagram or otherwise incorporate social media into your advertising strategy, you should be considering the laws and ethics of putting yourself out there. Social media advertising can be a great way to connect with new and current patients, but it also opens to doors to ethically dubious interactions when a non-patient slides into your DMs in crisis or a patient publicly posts clinically-relevant material to your personal Facebook page. In this three-hour presentation, CAMFT staff attorney Kristin Roscoe will help you unpack what legal and ethical considerations therapists should take into account when advertising services via social media and how to address some of those stickier virtual interactions.

    Educational Goals

    • TBD. 
    • TBD
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    Measurable Learning Objectives

    1. TBD
    2. TBD
    3. TBD.

    Presenter Bio

    Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq., CAMFT Staff Attorney, takes CAMFT member phone calls regarding law and ethics issues and contributes articles on those subjects to The Therapist. Before joining CAMFT’s legal team, Kristin represented healthcare systems and professionals in professional negligence litigation at La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames. Since entering the legal profession, Kristin has worked in various capacities presenting to and advocating on behalf of her clients both in and outside of the courtroom. Kristin received her B.A. from The College of Wooster in 2006 and graduated from The American University Washington College of Law with her J.D. in 2012.

    Cost:

    $35 Desert-CAMFT Members
    $55 for Non-members
    $20 for Prelicensed

    Registration is open until July 19 at 10pm.

Past events

Sat, April 22, 2023 When They Say Porn is the Problem: Clinical Conceptualizations and Treatment for this Phenomenon Grounded in Mental Health
Fri, March 24, 2023 Navigating the Road to Licensure
Fri, February 24, 2023 Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety
Fri, October 21, 2022 Continuing the Community Conversation: How the Focus on Economic Growth and Prosperity (the “new” capitalism) Undermines Mental Health and Ways Therapists Can Advocate for Change
Wed, October 05, 2022 CAMFT State of the Profession
Fri, September 23, 2022 Incorporating Contemplative Energy Practices for Sexual Trauma Survivors Into Therapeutic Work
Fri, August 19, 2022 Fundamentals of Art Therapy and How it Can Help You Break Through Blocks in Treatment with Children
Fri, July 15, 2022 Emotional Sobriety as a Catalyst Toward Sustainable Sobriety
Mon, June 27, 2022 (Session Two) 2022 Law & Ethics Workshop
Mon, June 27, 2022 (Session One) 2022 Law & Ethics Workshop
Mon, June 27, 2022 (Sessions One & Two) 2022 Law & Ethics Workshop
Fri, May 20, 2022 What You Need to Do to Set Up and Manage a Private Practice
Wed, May 18, 2022 Navigating the Road to Licensure (Recorded Event)
Fri, May 13, 2022 Navigating the Road to Licensure
Fri, March 18, 2022 The Fire That Does Not Burn
Fri, February 18, 2022 The Future of Therapy — What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You
Fri, January 21, 2022 Shifting Bravely with Holli Kenley, LMFT
Sat, November 13, 2021 State of the Profession with CAMFT Executive Director, Nabil El-Ghoroury, PhD, CAE
Mon, October 25, 2021 Recorded Session: Law & Ethics
Fri, October 22, 2021 Law & Ethics
Fri, October 15, 2021 Grief: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Sat, October 02, 2021 Navigating the Road to Licensure for Pre-licensed
Fri, September 17, 2021 Mental Health Aspects of Diagnostic Immigration Evaluations
Wed, July 21, 2021 Recorded Session for: Millennials Are the Therapy Generation: Discussing Working with Millennials in Psychotherapy
Fri, July 16, 2021 Millennials Are the Therapy Generation: Discussing Working with Millennials in Psychotherapy
Fri, June 18, 2021 Stuck with Couples? Why Your Awesome Individual Therapy Skills Don't Work for Couple Clients
Sat, May 22, 2021 Recorded session: Working with Polyamory in Therapy: Your Most Pressing Questions Answered
Fri, May 21, 2021 Working with Polyamory in Therapy: Your Most Pressing Questions Answered
Fri, April 16, 2021 Grief: You, Me and All of Its Manifestations
Fri, March 19, 2021 Mediation: Helping People Break-Up Nicely
Fri, February 19, 2021 Working with Shame and Anger in Gestalt Therapy with Children and Adolescents AND General Meeting and Networking
Fri, January 15, 2021 General Annual Meeting of the Desert Chapter
Fri, January 15, 2021 Using Action Methods (Psychodrama) In Groups
Sat, December 12, 2020 Law & Ethics Part 2: Progress Notes (recorded)
Sat, December 12, 2020 Law & Ethics Part 3: Treating Minors with their Consent (recorded)
Sat, December 12, 2020 Law & Ethics Part 4: Child Abuse Reporting (recorded)
Sat, December 12, 2020 Law & Ethics Part 1: Depositions (recorded)
Fri, December 11, 2020 Safe to Love Again: Couples Therapy and the Four Feelings of Attachment
Fri, November 20, 2020 Effective Somatic Practices for Virtual Therapy in the Age of COVID-19
Fri, November 13, 2020 Law & Ethics Workshop Part 4: Child Abuse Reporting
Fri, October 16, 2020 Use of Social Media for Business Growth - A Free Zoom Presentation
Fri, October 09, 2020 Law & Ethics Workshop Part 3: Treating Minors with their Consent
Fri, September 25, 2020 Law & Ethics Workshop Part 2: What are Progress Notes?
Fri, September 18, 2020 Introduction to Systematic Affair Recovery Theory (SART)
Fri, August 21, 2020 "EMDR Basics"
Fri, July 17, 2020 Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples with Wanda Garner
Fri, July 10, 2020 Law & Ethics 2020: Part One
Fri, May 15, 2020 Common Misconceptions About Self-Care and How to Optimize Self-Care
Fri, April 17, 2020 Challenges to Moving Your Clinical Practice Online.
Fri, March 20, 2020 Cancelled due to Corona-Virus: Effective Marketing and Social Media Marketing For Private Practice
Fri, February 21, 2020 Death with Dignity: Transforming End of Life Experiences
Fri, January 17, 2020 January Annual Meeting
Fri, December 20, 2019 Holiday Social
Fri, December 06, 2019 Law & Ethics Workshop with David Jensen
Fri, November 15, 2019 November Networking Meeting: It Happens to Boys with Carol Teitelbaum
Fri, October 18, 2019 Focusing: What It Is and Clinical Applications
Fri, June 07, 2019 Feeling Frazzled? [Open to Interns, Trainees and Supervisors]
Fri, May 17, 2019 Mirror Mirror on the Wall--Do You Have a Narcissist in Your Practice?
Fri, April 19, 2019 Discover the Four Financial Pitfalls Your Clients Need to Know
Fri, March 29, 2019 Your Attitude Determines Your Success! How to Rediscover Your BadAss Self!
Thu, March 07, 2019 Healing Addiction Workshop
Fri, February 08, 2019 Treatment Resistant Depression
Thu, December 20, 2018 Holiday Party 2018!
Fri, October 26, 2018 The Psychotherapist as a Creator of Outcomes
Fri, September 28, 2018 Fall Networking Social
Fri, September 28, 2018 Therapist Practice in a Box
Fri, September 14, 2018 Good Grief!!
Fri, August 17, 2018 Art Therapy With Children
Wed, May 23, 2018 Using Psychological Evaluation to Promote Growth and Maximize Potential: A Workshop Using Psychological Evaluation to Promote Growth and Maximize Potential: A Workshop
Fri, May 04, 2018 Spring Social Event
Tue, April 17, 2018 Cannabis Workshop
Fri, March 09, 2018 Road to Licensure 41550 Eclectic St. Palm Desert, CA 92260
Fri, February 23, 2018 "Dr. Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy"
Fri, December 15, 2017 December 2017 Social
Fri, November 17, 2017 Bi-Polar Workshop
Fri, October 13, 2017 Power Down & Parent Up: Screen Dependence and Raising Tech-Healthy Children
Fri, July 07, 2017 July Networking Social
Fri, June 16, 2017 Law and Ethics with Michael Griffin from CAMFT
Fri, May 19, 2017 State of Recovery in Coachella Valley - A No Charge Event
Sat, February 25, 2017 An Introduction to Biofeedback
Fri, December 02, 2016 Holiday Networking Social
Sat, November 19, 2016 The 3000 Club Presents: The Road to Licensure
Fri, November 04, 2016 Sexual Health in the Coachella Valley
Fri, September 16, 2016 Engaging Clinicians in the Steps and Stages of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Sat, August 06, 2016 The 3000 Club Presents: The Basics of TF-CBT - The Who, What, and How of Trauma Focused Evidence-Based Treatment
Fri, July 22, 2016 July Networking Social
Fri, June 17, 2016 “The Psychotherapist as a Creator of Outcomes!” with David Jensen
Fri, April 22, 2016 Spring Networking Social
Fri, March 25, 2016 CANCELLED - The 3000 Club - March Potluck Social
Fri, March 18, 2016 WHY YOU BURN OUT: The Open Door Dinner Lecture Series
Sat, February 27, 2016 The 3000 Club - Winter Workshop - "The Therapist's Toolbox"
Fri, January 29, 2016 *** First Networking Social for 2016 ***
Fri, December 04, 2015 ICD-10 Workshop
Fri, October 09, 2015 Jirvana Workshop
Sat, October 03, 2015 **CANCELLED** - 3000 Club Workshop: Workplace Options Panel Discussion
Fri, September 18, 2015 3000 Club Networking and Social Potluck
Thu, September 10, 2015 Breaking the Link Between Trauma and Addiction through Advanced Mindfulness Techniques”
Fri, July 10, 2015 Summer Networking Social
Sat, June 20, 2015 "Road to Licensure"
Fri, April 17, 2015 DSM-5 Workshop with Garry Raley
Thu, March 19, 2015 Resilience and Compassion Fatigue
Fri, February 06, 2015 Therapy Business Breakthrough by Casey Truffo
Wed, January 14, 2015 Compassionate Attentiveness by Saleem Noorali, LCSW
Mon, December 08, 2014 Eating Disorders by Dr. Heather Gaedt
Wed, December 03, 2014 Desert CAMFT Holiday Social
Mon, November 10, 2014 DBT by Beth Freimuth
Thu, October 09, 2014 Terry Gatewood: Sexual Addiction 101
Fri, August 15, 2014 "Psychodrama and Experiential Therapy"
Fri, June 27, 2014 Law and Ethics: What the Law Expects from Me? Part IV
Tue, May 13, 2014 “Feelings? What are they and how do we deal with them” with Carol Teitelbaum, LMFT
Thu, May 01, 2014 CAMFT 50th Anniversary The Gold Standard: Integrating Mental Health and Community
Sat, March 29, 2014 “Off The Rollercoaster, Seven Steps to Help Gamblers and their Families Build Trust and Stability”
Wed, January 29, 2014 2014 Desert CAMFT Board Installation
Tue, January 28, 2014 Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Lung Cancer


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