OC CAMFT's 16th Annual Celebrate Everything MFT! Luncheon Gala
WHEN: Friday, June 20, 2025 | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
WHERE: Tustin Ranch Golf Club | 12442 Tustin Ranch Rd, Tustin, CA 92782
featuring Keynote Speaker: Nicole Artz, LMFT
Title: Seen and Witnessed: Harnessing Attunement for Deepening Therapeutic Relationships
Description: A therapist's emphasis on attunement sets the foundation for meaningful therapy, allowing clinicians to deeply connect with clients and foster a felt sense of safety and trust. This presentation will explore the core components of attunement, the neuroscience behind it, and practical strategies to enhance attunement in sessions. Participants will enhance their understanding and leave with actionable tools to integrate into their practice.
BIO:
Nicole Arzt is an LMFT specializing in complex trauma and substance use disorders. She has a niche for treating other therapists and running therapist-based process groups in her private practice. Nicole draws from AEDP, psychodynamic, and attachment-based frameworks to emphasize attunement as a top priority. She is dedicated to offering dynamic, relational experiences oriented to helping her clients cultivate richer introspection and reconcile their challenging inner conflicts.
A sought-after keynote speaker, she has presented at numerous conferences nationwide and frequently speaks to new therapists on imposter syndrome, theoretical modality, career burnout, and navigating countertransference. Nicole is the bestselling author of Sometimes Therapy Is Awkward and For the Love of Therapy. A prominent mental health writer, she regularly contributes to several publications, including Psychology Today, WebMD, Forbes, Fortune 500, and The Today Show.
Nicole is the founder and owner of @psychotherapymemes, a global community with over 175,000 followers. Through humor and authenticity, she creates a space where therapists can find connection, validation, and a little lightness in this tender work.
Participants will be able to:
- Define 3 core components of attunement.
- .Explain mentalization and its importance to attunement.
- Identify 2 ways to work through misattunement with a client.
Whether you’re a veteran or newly licensed MFT, AMFT, MFT trainee or student... we are celebrating you!
We will honor:
This event is made possible by the generous support of OC-CAMFT's Board of Directors and Sponsors. If you'd like to become a sponsor this year, please email sponsorship@occamft.org.
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Event Schedule
11:30 Introduction to 15th Annual Celebrate Everything MFT!
11:40 GIVEAWAY #1
11:45 Sponsors Introduction
12:00 Graduate Programs Introduction
12:10 GIVEAWAY #2
12:20 Introduction of Speaker
1:30 Q & A with Speaker
Additional Opportunity Drawings (yes, you must be present to win)
GIVEAWAY #3
Closing
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Menu
Entrée
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Roasted Salmon with Yuzu Beurre Blanc
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Montreal Crusted Tri-tip with Red Wine Demi-glace
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Vegan Option - Mushroom Risotto made with white wine and cremini mushrooms
Sides
- Bread and Butter
- Caesar Salad with Dressing on the Side
- Fingerling Potatoes
- Roasted Zucchini
Dessert
Beverages
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Unlimited Water, Iced Tea, Coffee
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No Alcohol Beverages or Soda
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CE Requirements
Course meets the qualifications for 1 hour of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Orange County Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #59405) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Orange County Chapter of CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Course completion certificates will be awarded at the end of the program to those attendees who sign-in within 10 minutes of the commencement of the program, sign-out after the program is concluded, and complete and return an evaluation form.
Become a Sponsor!
If you would like to become a sponsor this year, please email sponsorship@occamft.org.
