The CAMFT Executive Director and staff present programs for chapters as requested. These are available at no charge to any chapter that requests a presentation. CAMFT pays costs for transportation and lodging. These presentations are between 1.5 and 6 hours. All the presentations offer CE credits. Click here for a list of topics and to request a presentation.

Law & Ethics presentations (up to 6 CEs)

For information and advice on how to navigate the extensive legal, ethical, and licensure regulations that govern the profession, you can request a live presentation at your chapter meeting or event by one of CAMFT's knowledgeable legal staff. One presentation is offered free of charge to each chapter once every calendar year.

State of the Profession/ State of CAMFT presentation (1.5 CEs)

For information on the State of CAMFT, legislative updates, BBS updates, and general governance issues, you can request a member of CAMFT staff to speak at your next chapter meeting or event.

Road to Licensure presentations (2 CEs)

To assist pre-licensees in your chapter, you can request this an instructional guide of the laws and regulations surrounding the process of trainee to associate to applicant to LMFT, including a review of the forms involved in the process and a discussion of the breakdown of hours.

University/School Presentations

If your chapter has developed a relationship with local universities and its MFT faculty, please reach out to Christie Kederian, EdD, LMFT at ckederian@camft.org to receive membership materials to bring along on your next visit. For those chapters who would like to build relationships with neighboring schools, Dr. Kederian is happy to help build those bridges and even join you on your visit.

Board of Directors visit

Your enthusiastic Board of Directors at CAMFT is eager to connect with you and meet your fellow chapter board leaders and members. Before each Board meeting, there is a meet-and-greet reception with local chapter leaders. All CAMFT members are welcome to attend Board meetings as an observer. Additionally, you can request a chapter visit from a Board member in your area.

A visit from CAMFT’s Chapter Relations Manager

CAMFT wants to learn more about how we can best support our chapters! If you would like to voice your chapter's specific concerns to CAMFT, or simply give CAMFT a better sense of specific projects your chapter is working on, you can request an in-person/virtual chapter visit from CAMFT’s Chapter Relations Manager at mchampion@camft.org

Be sure to take advantage of the many opportunities CAMFT offers to publicize the important benefits your chapter offers.

The Therapist Chapter Spotlight Spread

Chapter membership and activities are promoted in each issue of The Therapist. If you would like your chapter highlighted in the upcoming issue of The Therapist, please submit a story that highlights an experience, benefit, breakthrough, pre-licensee fair or club, award, or recognition celebrated by your chapter.

If you have an interest in participating, please submit no more than 250 words highlighting a project, activity, accomplishment, program, etc. that you would like to see noted in the magazine and that you think would be of interest to CAMFT members. Please feel free to also include a picture.

Monthly Chapter Events E-Blast

All chapter events submitted to CAMFT, can be viewed on the Chapter Events page here.

The Chapter Events page is updated weekly, so chapters are encouraged to submit their events here by Sunday evenings, for posting within 1-2 business days.

In addition, at the 1st of each month, CAMFT sends an email blast to the entire membership of all future chapter events, to encourage those CAMFT members in each region who are not members of a chapter yet, to attend the events and/or join the chapter.

The deadline to submit the events for this email blast is usually the last Sunday of the month. Chapter Leaders will receive a monthly reminder email of the submission deadline by the 15th of each month. The reminder will be sent through the Chapter Leadership Group email listserv. Please designate ONE leader per chapter to submit chapter events here.

The Chapter Events Listserv

To assist chapters in promoting their events to other chapters, we encourage chapter leaders to join the Chapter Events Listserv. Any education/events/programming/other chapter leader interested in joining this group, please email mchampion@camft.org.

This Listserv provides chapters the opportunity to post their own chapter events, to share other chapter’s events with their members, to work together on planning shared events, and to provide speaker referrals.

Advertising Materials

CAMFT literature, such as the membership magazine, The Therapist magazine, CounselingCalifornia.com brochures, flyers on CAMFT benefits, and other promotional giveaway materials are made available to chapters at no charge when utilized for a chapter function. To request CAMFT literature or other promotional items for your next chapter event, please send your request to mchampion@camft.org.

Annual Conference Host Chapter Display

The local chapter(s) in or near the location of the Annual Conference are encouraged to be Chapter Hosts. As such, the chapter would receive a resource table adjacent to the Conference Registration Desk. The intent of the Chapter Host(s) is to greet Conference attendees and to have available pertinent local information, e.g., information about the chapter, the community, local restaurants, local entertainment, etc. The Chapter Host(s) are also encouraged to engage Conference attendees in conversation, offer refreshments or give-away, and recruit chapter members.

Each CAMFT application package (given to prospective members) contains information about chapter affiliation. In addition, each process package (initial package sent to applicants upon receipt of member application) contains chapter information, as does each acceptance package (notification of acceptance by CAMFT Board).

Mailing Lists

A chapter can request and receive, at no charge, up to four mailing/e-mail lists per year comprised of members of CAMFT located within the region represented by the chapter. These can be used for special chapter promotions or membership drives. Click here to request the mailing list.

Add/Drop Reports

CAMFT sends a monthly add/drop report to chapter presidents and membership chairs at the beginning of each month. These reports show:

1. All newly added CAMFT members residing in chapter’s zip code range, and
2. All former, dropped CAMFT members from the chapter’s zip code range who as of that month, are no longer members.

* If the “drop” list shows the names of people who are still active chapter members (despite no longer being CAMFT members), chapters must: Notify the person that their chapter membership status is dependent upon their status as a CAMFT member. CAMFT policy regarding membership is that a person cannot be a chapter member if they are not also a member of State CAMFT.

**Chapters are encouraged to use these lists to target and recruit new members and ensure that their chapter members are current members of state CAMFT.

Click here to view a quick video of where to find all the resources available to chapter leaders.

Click here to view the latest resources available to chapter leaders.

If you have suggestions for resources to add, please email mchampion@camft.org.

Feel free to reach out to the Chapter Relations Manager, Michele Champion at 858-292-2638 x 308, or mchampion@camft.org, with any questions or concerns regarding your Chapter.

The Chapter Leader Listserv is a private networking group that allows Chapter Leaders to connect and communicate with other Chapter Leaders in a more personalized and more user-friendly way. Chapter leaders (Board members and committee chairs) are automatically added to the Listserv. For more information click here.

Chapter Leadership Conference

CAMFT hosts a weekend-long meeting each year for chapter representatives to promote networking and information exchange among chapter leaders. A typical program includes an informative keynote address and various breakout sessions on issues pertaining to organizing and sustaining a successful chapter.

Chapter Excellence awards and stipends are presented to chapters who have shown exemplary achievement in various fields. Chapters are encouraged to submit an application to be considered for the chapter excellence award.

The award nomination forms, as well as all information pertaining to the conference, can be found in the “Chapter Leadership Conference” section here.

Webinars

i. Live
ii. CAMFT's On-Demand Learning Library

CAMFT records workshops to offer online as continuing education workshops in CAMFT’s On-Demand Learning Library. You can purchase and watch at your convenience in the comfort of your home, and some of them are free!

There are over 40 workshop videos available on a wide range of subjects so anyone can find a workshop of interest to help them in their practice, their road to licensure or to complete required 36 CE hours for 2-year license renewal for LMFTs, LEPs, LPCCs and LCSWs.

Once you have purchased the video, you can start and stop as needed, so there is no pressure worrying about your access expiring.

Included in the library are The Therapist L & E and Professional Exchange articles and tests; Compendium purchase, and test purchase; tutorial and continuing education videos, offering from no CE hours to 7 CE hours each, 12 videos offer L & E training, and this includes the CAMFT Supervision Workshop Series.

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