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Welcome to the Orange County Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists!
 Welcome! If you are not a member of OC CAMFT and are an MFT, Psychologist, LCSW, or in a related field (or even pre-licensed!), we'd love to have you join us. You can join by clicking on the link on the right. We are proud to offer quality monthly trainings and opportunities to network with other local professionals. OC CAMFT is excited about our new website which will offer OC CAMFT members new features such as "Find-A-Therapist" which allows consumers to search for local therapists in Orange County, personal webpages for all members, the ability to download our membership application and apply for membership and pay or renew dues online, and the ability for members to submit articles and book reviews to share information with their peers. Wow! Please join us - we'd love to have you.
Susan Kelsey, MS, MFT, RPT-S President, OC CAMFT
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OCCAMFT News
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Please note a change in our speaker
An Introduction to Somatic Experiencing:
A Biological Approach to Healing Trauma
Guest Speaker: Abi Blakeslee, PhD
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
9:00 AM to Noon, Continental Breakfast Provided
National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA (map)
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING is a comprehensive theoretical and clinical practice that helps people heal from traumatic events. This presentation will provide an opportunity to learn the basic principles of this naturalistic approach, developed by Dr. Peter Levine, author of the bestselling book Waking the Tiger. Dr. Levine's theory is that persistent symptoms of traumatic stress are indications of disorganized lower-brain and biological processes resulting from incomplete defensive responses to threat such as fight, flight and freeze. In this introductory workshop you will learn how to work directly with these survival states to help traumatized individuals experience biological completion in the body, resulting in long-lasting recovery.
During this three hour introduction you will learn:
• The basic principles of Somatic Experiencing.
• The biological underpinnings of trauma.
• How to release the symptoms of trauma safely -without causing overwhelm.
• Useful clinical tools that break the cycle of replaying traumatic experiences.
• How to help your clients reconnect to their wholeness and resiliency. |
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Join OCCAMFT
If you would like to join OC-CAMFT, you can download our membership application form: OC CAMFT Member Application Form (pdf, 33K)
If you would like a copy of the application form mailed or faxed to you, please send us an email with your mailing address.
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