Annual Membership Celebration (Saturday, November 14, 2026)

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT

It’s that time of year!

Come join us at our annual SCV-CAMFT Membership Celebration where we will honor a year of growth and look ahead to what we’re planting for the next season.

Healing has always happened in community. We'll come together to celebrate the many ways we are rooted together, honoring the healers, mentors, and ancestors who cared for us, stood up for us, and made room for us to arrive here.

Pull up a seat, bring your stories, and meet the people who have helped make this chapter feel like home.

Join us for good music, good food, and good company.

Our members are the heart of this chapter, and the care we show each other is what keeps this community strong.

This day is our gift to you.
We can't wait to celebrate you!

What We Don't Say at the Holiday Table: A Cultural Field Guide Immersion Experience (Saturday, December 05, 2026)

Sun, 06 Dec 2026 01:30:00 GMT

Questions?

Contact culturalfieldguides@gmail.com.

Cultural Field Guides is an initiative of Santa Clara Valley CAMFT, designed to immerse mental health professionals in the living contexts of the communities we serve.

Managing Compassion Fatigue, Imposter Syndrome, and Building Resilience (Friday, February 05, 2027)

Fri, 05 Feb 2027 17:30:00 GMT

Presented by Steven Ross, Ph.D., LMFT

Includes 2 CE credits for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and LCSWs. A recording will be made available to all registrants for 3 months. For those who can't attend live, CE credit is available by watching the recording and passing a test.

Presentation Description

This presentation will integrate current research with practical tools to help clinicians recognize and respond to the emotional demands of their clients. We will examine how compassion fatigue develops, how imposter-style self-doubt undermines professional identity, and how resilience can be strengthened through evidence-based strategies.

In addition to supporting clients themselves, the workshop also addresses how these concepts apply directly to clinicians. We will explore how compassion fatigue manifests in caregiving families, how imposter-like thinking appears in adolescents and adults, and how resilience can be cultivated across diverse client populations.

Program Goals

Attendees will leave with practical interventions they can use both in their clinical work with clients as well as their own professional lives.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

Apply at least 3 evidence-based strategies to strengthen cognitive resilience

Describe 3 core features of Imposter Syndrome

Identify at least 3 physiological and clinical markers of compassion fatigue

Develop a resilience plan to support long term well-being

About the Presenter

Steven Ross, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 30 years of experience providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families dealing with depression, anxiety, substance use concerns, grief, and loss. Drawing on decades of clinical practice, teaching, and mentoring, Dr. Ross offers practical, experience-based tools to support clinicians in their work with clients.

Dr. Ross recently retired, earning Emeritus status, after three decades of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Psychology at California State University, East Bay. He has now taken a position as a clinical supervisor at a local counseling facility, where he works closely with practicum students and interns as they work toward licensure.

Over the years, Dr. Ross has presented workshops for graduate programs, community counseling centers, and school districts on topics a variety of topics. His teaching and clinical work center on clinically grounded approaches that help clinicians build confidence in their therapeutic work.

This is an introductory level course.
TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs

If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CE credits. 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. SCV-CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs (CEPA 052466). SCV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speaker and not, necessarily, of SCV-CAMFT. SCV-CAMFT can not be held liable for any damages arising from recommendations or advice given by our speakers or any actions or decisions arising out of the content of this presentation. Presentations at SCV-CAMFT events do not constitute an endorsement of the vendor or speaker's views, products or services.

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