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• Pre-Licensed Peer Support Group

  • Start
    August 01, 2025
  • End
    December 05, 2025
  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Pre-Licensed Support Group
  

  Who: Pre-licensed SBCAMFT members and non-SBCAMFT members. Click this link if you would like to become a member of SBCAMFT (Join now!)

  Where: Zoom (link will be provided with registration)

  When: First Friday of every month from 10am-11am (with exceptions)

  Description: This virtual event for pre-licensed clinicians is a great place to come together to support one another during your pre-licensed journey. We will have a guest speaker at each meeting who is a licensed clinician who can share their journey and answer questions the group has for them. Peer support groups do not include case consultations.

  Cost: FREE

  Sponsored by Mission Harbor Behavioral Health 

  

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• CE Event: Nature as Co-Therapist: An Introduction to Ecotherapy

  • When
    August 22, 2025
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    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  CE Event: Nature as Co-Therapist: An Introduction to Ecotherapy Led By Rev. Connie L. Habash, LMFT
  

  Who: SBCAMFT members and Non-SBCAMFT members  (Join now!)

  Where: Zoom (Please be prepared to spend some time outdoors during this workshop, or at least next to a window (but it is strongly preferred to have the ability to sit outside in a natural setting.)

  When: Fri., Aug 22 9:30am-11:30am (2CEs)

  Description: 

  Nature immersion is a deeply healing, transformative experience for many of us. Recent studies affirm this, showing that mindful time spent outdoors can profoundly increase our well-being. There are physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual benefits to time spent in nature. It slows us down, returns us to the present moment, soothes our nervous system, shifts our perspective, and connects us to something larger than our individual selves.

  Ecotherapy is a process of healing and transformation through connection with the natural world. Although it is usually done outdoors, Ecotherapy can also be brought inside the counseling office in a variety of ways. Through experiential, metaphorical, and conceptual ways, nature can inform and guide therapy sessions, sometimes with surprising synchronicities. Being outdoors in nature offers us unique insights, growth, and renewal that aren’t available inside the four walls of our offices or online.

  Led by Rev. Connie L. Habash, LMFT, join us in an afternoon of Ecotherapy, where you will experience these gifts of “nature as the co-therapist”, supporting your journey of healing and growth, and learn applications for clients in your own therapy practice, both indoors and outside.

  The goal of this program is for participants to be able to understand what Ecotherapy is, its benefits to clients, appropriate client populations to practice ecotherapy with, how to create a meaningful Ecotherapy experience, safety and legal concerns with Ecotherapy, and practical applications of Ecotherapy techniques indoors and outdoors. Experiential

  Nature immersion is a deeply healing, transformative experience for many of us. Recent studies affirm this, showing that mindful time spent outdoors can profoundly increase our well-being. There are physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual benefits to time spent in nature. It slows us down, returns us to the present moment, soothes our nervous system, shifts our perspective, and connects us to something larger than our individual selves.

  Ecotherapy is a process of healing and transformation through connection with the natural world. Although it is usually done outdoors, Ecotherapy can also be brought inside the counseling office in a variety of ways. Through experiential, metaphorical, and conceptual ways, nature can inform and guide therapy sessions, sometimes with surprising synchronicities. Being outdoors in nature offers us unique insights, growth, and renewal that aren’t available inside the four walls of our offices or online. Experiential exercises in nature (from each participant’s remote location) will be the focal point of this workshop.

  
  

  Cost: $10 for Student/Associate members, $20 for SBCAMFT members, $25 for all State CAMFT members, and $30 for Non-SBCAMFT members (Join now!)

  Sponsored by Jane

  
  

  Additional Notes Pertaining To Our Policy As A CE Provider:
  

  1) This course has been designed for a mental health professional that include LMFT's, LCSW's, LPCC's, and LEP's. Also, Pre-licensed and Associate members may earn hours of experience for attending the Santa Barbara Chapter of CAMFT workshops as approved by their supervisor.

  2) Refund/Cancellation Policy: Attendees may cancel registration and request a refund one week from the time of the event.

  3) To request accommodations for special needs, please email the Program Administrator at events@sbcamft.org.

  4) To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email events@sbcamft.org.

  5) Course Completion Certificates will be awarded at the end of the course in exchange for a completed evaluation form.

  6) 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.

  7) SB CAMFT provider number (57942).

  8) Santa Barbara Chapter CAMFT is Approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFT's, LCSW's, LPCC's, and LEP's. Santa Barbara Chapter of CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and content.

  9) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodates attendees with disabilities in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. Event is ADA compliant.

  Additional Information:

  *This webinar will be available by Zoom. If you do not already have a free Zoom account, sign up for it today. The Zoom link will be emailed in advance of the webinar. The webinar will be a mixture of lecture and also Q&A.

  
  

  
  

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• Coffee with SBCAMFT

  • When
    October 24, 2025
  •  
    7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location
    Caje Arlington - 1316 State St, Santa Barbara, Ca 93101

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  Coffee with SBCAMFT

  Who: SBCAMFT members and Non-SBCAMFT members  (Join now!)

  Where: CAJE Arlington - 1316 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

  When:  Friday, October 24th, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

  Description: Connect with other clinicians over a cup of coffee or tea. Stop in on your way to work or stay for a while. We can’t wait to see you!

  Cost: FREE! Includes complimentary drip coffee*

  
  

  
  

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