State of the Profession

State of the Profession

with Nabil El-Ghoroury, PhD, CAE

Nabil El-Ghoroury will present an update on the current status of state and federal legislation affecting licensed marriage and family therapists. During this presentation, Nabil will cover state and federal legislation that could impact LMFT practice and he will address regulatory topics from the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Additionally, Nabil will discuss resources for legal consultation for legal and ethical practice that CAMFT provides to its members.

Learning Objectives

In successfully completing and attending this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Learn about at least 3 pending legislations and how marriage and family therapists may be impacted by the bills.
2. Identify 1 resource for legal consultation for therapists.

Nabil El-Ghoroury, PhD, CAE began as Executive Director of CAMFT in January 2018. He completed his doctorate in clinical psychology from Binghamton University, and practiced for 7 years at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland as a licensed psychologist. Prior to coming to CAMFT, he was an Associate Executive Director for the American Psychological Association, where he served as the director of the graduate student office. Nabil was recognized as an emerging association leader by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) when he was invited into the Diversity Executive Leadership Program (2016-2018 class). He has presented at numerous conferences (in English and in Spanish) on issues such as student development in psychology, professional and legal issues in the use of social media, and health/educational disparities in autism spectrum disorders. Nabil led student delegations on Capitol Hill for 8 years. He recently earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential, a certification that demonstrates wide knowledge of association management skills.

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When:

         Sunday, October 13, 2019

Time: 

     8:30am-9am  Registration/Networking/

                            Continental Breakfast* 

      9am-9:30am  Membership Meeting/

                              Chapter Announcements*

      9:30-11am     CEU/Speaker Presentation

     11am-11:15am  Member Announcements/

                                 Opportunity Drawing*

     11:15am-11:30am  CEU Certificate Pick-

                                       Up/ Networking*

     11:30am-1:30pm Board Meeting ~ All Welcome!*

This course is intended for beginning to advanced mental health professionals.

Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEU completion certificates will be awarded when participants complete the course evaluation after speaker presentation.

* = non CEU portion of course