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Chapter News

Barbara Calvi,
President
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Shawn LaRé Brinkley,
Editor
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February 2017
Membership Meeting
Review
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Jaimi Brooks
Prelicensed Corner
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Contributing Articles
from Members
and Friends


Charlyne Gelt
Cinema Therapy
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Natalie Jambazian
Best Practices
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Carly Reifman
Expressive Arts
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Mim Collins
And God Still Cries
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Shawn LaRé Brinkley
Why Diversity??
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Our Sponsors
and Advertisers
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Contact Us
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March-April 2017

Board of Directors

Upcoming Events

President
Barbara Calvi
818.917.9184
Email

Past President
Ariel Cohen
818.674.9834
Email

President-Elect
Nazila Amighi
310.927.0194
Email

VP of Membership
Martha Uhl
818.870.0277
Email

VP of Programs
Nick Stauth
818.430.1406
Email

VP of Marketing
Gina Balit
818.533.1897
Email

Chief Financial Officer
Laura Westmoreland
310.460.8663
Email

Secretary
Nikki Gabriel
818.654.3360
Email

Pre-Licensed Representative
Jaimi Brooks
310.307.3581
Email

Member at Large
Steve Karbelnig
818.839.7413
Email

Member at Large
Ingrid Caswell
323.400.4737
Email

Member at Large
Shelley Horner
818.345.8022
Email

Distinguished Member/
Past President

Irv Zaroff
818.886.9410
Email

Distinguished Member/
Past President

Curt Widhalm
818.826.3557
Email

March 19, 2017
Membership Meeting
"Affirmative Therapy
with Transgender Clients"
with Terry James Guay, LMFT
Sponsored by
The Bella Vita


April 23, 2017
Membership Meeting
"Barriers to Multicultural Sex Therapy:
What Therapists Need to Know"
with Mitra Rashidian, PhD,
Sponsored by
Balance Treatment Center



To register for events,
go to our website at
sfvcamft.org.



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Committee and Special Interest Group Chairs

Advertising
Gina Balit, Newsletter advertising
818.533.1897
Email
[Non-Chaired Position],
eBlast advertising
Email

Budget/Finance
Laura Westmoreland (CFO)
310.460.8663
Email

Barbara Calvi (President)
818.917.9184
Email

Bylaws
Irving Zaroff
818.886.9410
Email

CEUs
Ingrid Caswell
323.400.4737
Email

Community Partnership Committee
Susan Leviton
818.788.7101
Email

Trauma Response Network/
Post-Action Outreach SIG

Antonia Bouyer, Coordinator
661.254.9355
Email

Nickie Godfrey, Co-Chair
818.783.5470
Email

Debi Frankle, Co-Chair
818.222.3895
Email

Diversity
Shawn LaRé Brinkely
818.359.6921
Email

Ethics
TBA
818.907.9051
Email

Hiking SIG
Kelly Lowry
310.403.8562
Email

Hospitality
Martha Uhl
818.870.0277
Email

Community Outreach
Ariel Cohen
818.674.9834
Email

Legislative Outreach
Curt Widhalm
818.826.3557
Email

Newsletter Editor
Shawn LaRé Brinkley
818.359.6921
Email
Assistant Editor for Newsletter
TBA

Referral Requests
Michelle Dadoun
Email

Supervisors SIG
Curt Widhalm
818.826.3557
Email

Clinicians SIG
Mythili Jaganath
818.704.8541
Email

Experiential Process SIG
Judith Fraser, Co-Chair
323.656.9800
Email

Doug Green, Co-Chair
818.624.3637
Email

Expressive Arts SIG
Gina Balit
818.533.1897
Email

Pre-licensed 3000 Club SIG
Jaimi Brooks
310.307.3581
Email

Sponsorship Chair
Nick Stauth
818.430.1406
Email

Involvement Coordinator
Doug Green
818.624.3637
Email

Writing Workshop
TBA

Website Administrator &
Oversight Chair

Nikki Gabriel
818.654.3360
Email

Newsletter Policy, Advertising and Deadlines

Jan/Feb issue:
Articles and notices due Dec 1st;
Advertising, classified due Dec. 15th

Mar/April issue:
Articles, notices due Feb. 1st;
Advertising, classified due Feb. 15th

May/June issue:
Articles, notices due April 1st;
Advertising, classified due April 15th

July/Aug issue:
Articles, notices due June 1st;
Advertising, classified due June 15th

Sept/Oct issue:
Articles, notices due Aug. 1st;
Advertising, classified due Aug. 15th

Nov/Dec issue:
Articles, notices due Oct. 1st;
Advertising, classified due Oct. 15th

Articles will be chosen based on space availability and suitability for a particular issue. Maximum length for articles should be 1000 words.

E-mail articles/copy/photos/notices to: Shawn LaRé Brinkley, M.S., MFTI, Editor at Email

To find out advertising rates and/or to place an advertisement, classified ad or eblast, go to our website www.sfvcamft.org, scroll over "Information" in the menu and then scroll down to "Sponsorship and Advertising."

E-mail all advertising materials to:
Gina Balit at Email

(Connections publishes six times a year.)

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