CAMFT Annual Conference Agenda
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CAMFT 2026 Annual Conference

 

THURSDAY - APRIL 30, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Leadership & Chapter Leaders Meet-and-Greet  

FRIDAY - MAY 1, 2026   
6:30 am - 7:30 am Morning Yoga (no CEs) TBD
8:00 am - 9:30 am  Emotional Blueprints: How Childhood Trauma and Culture Shape our Adult Selves   Abigail Makepeace, LMFT  
8:00 am - 9:30 am Rewiring Attachment: How AEDP® Tailors Treatment to Restore Secure Bonds Karen Pando-Mars, LMFT 
8:00 am - 9:30 am Healing Modern Detachment Syndrome: A Somatic and Depth-Oriented Approach Using the RIFRA Method  Tanya Dantus, LMFT 
8:00 am - 9:30 am Working with Individuals and Families Impacted by ICE Raids/Deportation Dr. Sandra Espinoza, PsyD, LMFT 
9:30 am - 10:00 am Networking Break  
10:00 am - 11:30 am You Belong Here (no CEs)   TBD  
10:00 am - 11:30 am  Breaking the Sexual Script: Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Tools for Empowering Sexual Wellness  Kayna Ambroz, MA, LMFT
10:00 am - 11:30 am    Addiction in 2026: What's Changed, What's Broken, and What's Possible Now Dr. Adi Jaffe, PhD 
10:00 am 11:30 am  Artificial Intelligence Session Dr. Jessica Jackson, PsyD 
11:30 am – 1:00 pm  Opening Keynote 
Trauma-Informed Psychotherapies as Mind–Body Medicine 		 Dr. Michael Dow, PsyD 
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm  Midday Break  
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm  Processing Session (1 CE) Dr. Karen Wall, EdD, LMFT, RN-BC, OFS
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm  Managing the Crisis of Infidelity: Leading Clients from Raw Pain to Constructive Action  Dr. Ellyn Bader, PhD 
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm   Restoring Hope to Youth in Therapy: Suicide Assessment, Treatment & Prevention  Leslie Baker, LMFT & Mary Ruth Cross, LMFT 
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm   Developing Supervisee’s Clinical Judgment: Person of the Therapist Training (POTT) Strategies in Supervision  Kelly Duggan Shearer, LMFT 
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm  Healing While Bearing Witness: Post-Traumatic Growth For Therapists of Color  Octavia Neal, LMFT & Ashley Obrero, LMFT 
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm  Break  
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm   Adult ADHD: Working with Late-Diagnosed Brains   Ann Amador, MA, LMFT, LPCC 
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm How to Work with High Conflict Families  Cathy Himlin, LMFT, LPCC 
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm   The Magic in the Tragic: Rethink Your Grief and Discover Happiness in Your Darkest Days John Tsilimparis, LMFT 
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm   Trauma Session   Sarah Klien, Esq.  
5:45 pm - 7:15 pm Welcome Reception  

SATURDAY - MAY 2, 2026
6:30 am - 7:30 am Morning Yoga (no CEs)  
8:00 am - 9:00 am Annual Business Meeting  
9:00 am - 10:30 am From Relapse to Resilience: 5 Game-Changing Tools for Long-Term Recovery Dr. Julie Hayden, PsyD
9:00 am - 10:30 am Beyond Burnout: Self-Care Strategies for Trauma-Exposed Clinicians Gena Castro Rodriguez, LMFT
9:00 am - 10:30 am  Working with Divorced/Separated/Divorcing Families: Kayden’s Law, Survivor Insight, and Shifting Clinical Practice  Lucy Ridgway, LCSW, JD
9:00 am - 10:30 am   Law and Ethics on Artificial Intelligence Luke Martin, Esq
CAMFT Staff Attorney 
10:30 am – 11:00 am  Networking Break  
11:00 am - 12:30 pm  Closing Keynote: Domestic Violence  
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Midday Break  
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Processing Session (1 CE) Karen Wall, EdD, LMFT, RN-BC, OFS
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm  Supporting Women Through Premenopause: Approaches and Interventions for Psychotherapists Kara Cruz, MA, LMFT, PMH-C
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm  How to Avoid Collusion When Working with Couples in Therapy From Subtle Bias to Stronger Bonds: Advanced Tools for Couples Therapy Dr. Dana McNeil, PsyD, LMFT & Jeffrey Young, LMFT
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm  The Neurodiversity Paradigm: Affirming Approaches to Working with Neurodivergent Individuals Madylynn Snyder, LMFT
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm   Navigating the Risks Benefits, and Interventions of Social Media in Clinical Practice Dr. Amanda Nugent Divine, PhD
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Networking Break  
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Breaking the Silence: Unmasking Narcissism and Sociopathy, and the Path to Healing  Yael Melamed, MBA, LMFT  
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Weight Stigma is a Justice Issue: Rethinking Body Image to Help Clients Break Free from Cultural Conditioning and Shame  Karyn Noel, LMFT, LPCC  
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm LGBT Session  
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm  The Relational Model  Pouneh Azadi, LMFT & Sophora Acheson, LMFT 
 

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