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The Catalyst Center is the non-profit arm of the California Alliance of Child & Family Services. We offer APA, LPCC, LMFT, LCSW, LEP, STRTP, GH CEs. SHRM CEs- coming soon.

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Over the last few years, there has been more recognition of the significant impact that multiple types of loss have had on us and our clients. This often shows up for our clients as fatigue, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, somatic pain, sleeping problems and more. There are many types of grief, such as anticipatory grief, disenfranchised grief, the grief from ambiguous and nonfinite loss, as well as complicated grief. We will discuss the new DSM 5-TR diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder and factors that put our clients at risk.  Grief affects us all cognitively, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Once you know how it can specifically show up in your clients, you can begin to name and normalize this experience for them. In this workshop, you will learn questions that will help open up grief conversations, what to avoid saying, and resources that can help you and your clients. We will discuss how to consider these when planning treatment for our clients.  Trainer: Debi Jenkins Frankle Debi Jenkins Frankle LMFT Grief Therapy Specialist. Debi has been working with clients suffering from lifetimes of loss for over 25 years. She and husband, Mark Frankle LMFT, are the co-founders of the Calabasas Counseling and Grief Recovery Center. Debi is the founder of Private Practice Grief Workshops and Trainings for Mental Health Clinicians as well as the FB group for therapists: Private Practice Grief. She is an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University in The Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Debi provides trainings for grief counseling professionals throughout the world. Debi was a national trainer for The Grief Recovery Institute for 12 years, is a past president of San Fernando Valley chapter of CAMFT, past committee co-chair of the Crisis Response Network for SFV CAMFT and a member of CAMFT, and the Association for Death Education (ADEC). Debi loves hanging out in the garden, growing all kinds of wondrous plants.   Other Important Information: Accommodations for special needs Please email the Training Assistant, Brisa Romero at bromero@catalyst-center.org to request additional accommodations. Grievances: To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email Ivon Favela, Deputy Director of Training at ifavela@catalyst-center.org CE Certificates: will be awarded after course survey completion. Refund/Cancelation Policy: All requests for cancellation and refunds must be submitted in writing to Bromeroa@catalyst-center.org prior to the course date. Otherwise, No Refunds will be allowed.  CE Statement: California Alliance of Child and Family Services (CACFS) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs (Provider #1000075 ). This course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CACFS maintains responsibility for the program and all of its content. Read more

Over the last few years, there has been more recognition of the significant impact that multiple types of loss have had on us and our clients. This often shows up for our clients as fatigue, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, somatic pain, sleeping problems and more. There are many types of grief, such as anticipatory grief, disenfranchised grief, the grief from ambiguous and nonfinite loss, as well as complicated grief. We will discuss the new DSM 5-TR diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder and factors that put our clients at risk.  Grief affects us all cognitively, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Once you know how it can specifically show up in your clients, you can begin to name and normalize this experience for them. In this workshop, you will learn questions that will help open up grief conversations, what to avoid saying, and resources that can help you and your clients. We will discuss how to consider these when planning treatment for our clients.  Trainer: Debi Jenkins Frankle Debi Jenkins Frankle LMFT Grief Therapy Specialist. Debi has been working with clients suffering from lifetimes of loss for over 25 years. She and husband, Mark Frankle LMFT, are the co-founders of the Calabasas Counseling and Grief Recovery Center. Debi is the founder of Private Practice Grief Workshops and Trainings for Mental Health Clinicians as well as the FB group for therapists: Private Practice Grief. She is an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University in The Graduate School of Education and Psychology. Debi provides trainings for grief counseling professionals throughout the world. Debi was a national trainer for The Grief Recovery Institute for 12 years, is a past president of San Fernando Valley chapter of CAMFT, past committee co-chair of the Crisis Response Network for SFV CAMFT and a member of CAMFT, and the Association for Death Education (ADEC). Debi loves hanging out in the garden, growing all kinds of wondrous plants. Other Important Information: Accommodations for special needs Please email the Training Assistant, Brisa Romero at bromero@catalyst-center.org to request additional accommodations. Grievances: To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email Ivon Favela, Deputy Director of Training at ifavela@catalyst-center.org CE Certificates: will be awarded after course survey completion. Refund/Cancelation Policy: All requests for cancellation and refunds must be submitted in writing to Bromeroa@catalyst-center.org prior to the course date. Otherwise, No Refunds will be allowed.  CE Statement: California Alliance of Child and Family Services (CACFS) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs (Provider #1000075 ). This course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CACFS maintains responsibility for the program and all of its content. Read more

Designed for those who provide care to children and adolescents in public systems of care including those from STRTPs, FFAs, resource parents, staff from county child welfare, probation, education and regional center services. Trainer: Dr. Kelsie Tatum Martinez Dr. Kelsie Tatum Martinez is a licensed psychologist with over 15 years of experience serving youth and families with experiences of complex, intergenerational trauma and significant unmet needs. She has delivered direct care and clinical services as well as provided clinical, training, and special projects leadership to programs serving young people in California’s public systems of care. Kelsie earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Education from Occidental College and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Baylor University. She completed her doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families where she worked as an adolescent residential treatment therapist on their 25-acre campus in Ventura County. After several years of direct service, Kelsie moved into program leadership, including serving as Director of Clinical Services for Casa Pacifica’s STRTP and later as the agency’s Director of Training. Kelsie has experience providing clinical supervision and training to unlicensed and newly licensed clinical staff and training adult learners, including parents/caregivers, paraprofessionals, and educators in trauma-informed care and intervention strategies. After working in residential treatment programs for over 10 years, Kelsie is excited to be joining the Catalyst Center team to support and advocate for systems change and more equitable, integrated care for youth and families. CE  STATEMENT:  California Alliance of Child and Family Services (CACFS) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs (Provider #2000083-733-2 ). This course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CACFS maintains responsibility for the program and all of its content. Read more

LMFT, LCSW, LPCC CE's offered for this course (CAMFT) Training Summary and Educational Goals: The goal of this training is for participants to distinguish among some of the most commonly used and widely researched trauma-informed and trauma-focused interventions in working with children/adolescent clients who present with acute, chronic, or complex trauma. The training will primarily expand and strengthen the participants’ clinical skills on telehealth adaptations of trauma-focused and trauma-informed interventions in working with children and adolescent clients. The training will also increase the participants’ competencies in integrating telehealth adaptations of some culturally-adapted trauma-focused interventions in their clinical work with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) children/adolescent clients. Finally, the training will culminate in the participants’ development of a tentative plan on how to implement trauma-focused telehealth tools in their individual clinical practice and/or behavioral health programs.   Dr. Rubio has worked as a clinical child psychologist, play and expressive arts therapist, researcher-storyteller, program evaluator, statistical consultant, data analyst, telehealth trainer/consultant, and associate professor/lecturer in a variety of clinical and academic settings including public health systems, universities, pediatric hospitals, community mental health settings, schools, and research institutes in three countries: the Philippines, U.S.A., and New Zealand. He is currently the Director of Practice Improvement and Analytics of the Children, Youth, and Families System of Care at the San Francisco Department of Public Health in California, USA. In that role, he plans and coordinates a clinical practice improvement and evaluation program focused on identifying best trauma-informed and diversity-responsive practices; and utilizing implementation science to design and strengthen clinical assessment and interventions. His clinical work was/is primarily with immigrant and multicultural children/youth and their families. He mostly integrates psychodynamic, attachment, family systems, multicultural, expressive arts, play therapy, and CBT orientations.   CE Statement: California Alliance of Child and Family Services (CACFS) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs (Provider #2000083-733-2). This course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CACFS maintains responsibility for the program and all of its content. Read more

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