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    • 28 Jun 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    • Rosine's, 434 Alvarado, Monterey
    Registration is closed

    Celebrate Monterey Peninsula Pride with your fellow

    CAMFT Associates!

    Saturday, June 28th - Meet in front of Rosine's (434 Alvarado).

    @11AM Parade on Alvarado at Pearl

    @ Noon Sponsor Tables - Custom House Plaza

    - Walk the largest collection of mental health agencies and organizations - Can we say job fair in disguise?

    Food, art, crafts, entertainment and whole family fun.

    https://www.peninsulapride.org/2025

    Due to the nature of this event, no CEs are offered.

    • 2 Aug 2025
    • TBA

    Unicorns Don't Exist:

    Working with the Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy Community

    Date: August 2nd, 2025

    Time: TBA, 3 hours total

    Location: TBA

    In this salon, participants will learn about alternative relationship structures as well as best practices when working with those in such relationships. 


    Presenter Bio:


    Hello I am Michael Guichet and I go by Mike. I am a passionate sex therapist who loves doing the work I do. Since the beginning of my college career, double majoring in psychology and business at Cal State University Monterey Bay, I have been on the path to becoming a sex therapist. Being a bit of an oddball, I knew I wanted to be a therapist at a young age as my grandmother was a therapist and I received great therapy for learning challenges at a young age. Early on I was doing sex education, volunteering at the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center, volunteering at sex therapy conferences while attending the sessions, and being in the communities I serve. I would go on to John F. Kennedy University for a Master's program and during the time I was getting my license I worked at the Santa Cruz Main Jail site, co-facilitated a men's sexual assault survivor group, worked at a community college supporting students, and worked at an in-home behavioral program. With this wide variety of experiences, I started my sex therapy private practice 9 years ago and I have been focused on that work.


    My work is focused on helping individuals, partners, and couples to connect on the things that are not being talked about. Often people believe they are broken or their desires are shameful and I work to create change, support people in exploring their desires, and facilitate communication. I enjoy the work of helping clients change the patterns around their sex lives. Specializing in sex therapy, I see individuals, couples, partners, and families in monogamous, polyamory, open, LGBTQ+, kink, and BDSM communities. Also, a major component of my work is supporting clients moving through sexual dysfunction and disorder. It is my passion to work to heal shame and facilitate communication around my client’s identity, relationship orientation, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and many more aspects of the sexual experience. I am working in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties providing only telehealth and my site can be found at Mikemft.com. I am also able to provide low-cost consultation on cultural competency around non-monogamy, LGBTQ+, and kink/BDSM clients.



    • 17 Aug 2025
    • 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
    • Via Paraiso Park, 100 Vía Paraiso, Monterey, CA 93940
    Register


    We are excited to invite you and your families (and furry friends!) to our Summer BBQ Potluck! This is a wonderful opportunity to gather, share a meal, discuss the future of our chapter, and simply have fun together.

    We encourage everyone to bring their favorite dish or something grillable to share, along with your enthusiasm and ideas for the future of our chapter.

    We will have a skilled grill professional (AKA Mike Guichet) who will be "manning" the grill, and we'll provide burgers and hot dogs, condiments, along with refreshing drinks for everyone.

    At noon, we will fill our plates and gather in community to share where we stand as a chapter and open it up to all of you to share any ideas for our chapter and your personal experiences as an MCCAMFT member.  Once we've gathered, we will have games and activities for all ages to enjoy.

    We look forward to seeing you there and creating wonderful memories together! 

    This event is free to register, and we would greatly appreciate a donation if you are able to give.   

    • 31 Aug 2025
    • TBA. Pacific Grove
    Forest Bathing: A Japanese Nature-Based Mindfulness Approach

    Date: August 31st, 2025

    Time: TBA, 2 hours total

    Location: TBA

    In this salon, participants will learn about Shinrin-yoku or Forest Bathing. There will be a short informational talk about forest bathing followed by participants being invited to experience forest bathing techniques for themselves. Following the experiential part of this salon, there will be a de-brief. 


    Presenter Bio:

    Marianne Rowe, MS, LMFT is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, nature therapy guide, relational facilitator, and artist. In her work and personal life, she is dedicated to enhancing mindful awareness and compassionate connection with oneself, with others and the world. Marianne established her psychotherapy practice in Pacific Grove in 1986. Since that time she has been working with children, adolescents, and adults, in individual, couples, and family therapy. Her focus is on facilitating healing, integration and transformation. Her therapeutic approach is sourced in her training in transpersonal psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, gestalt therapy, family systems, ecotherapy, and integral theory. In her work with clients, she brings attention to the psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of life as pathways for cultivating well-being, connection and compassion.

    In the 1990’s, Marianne began her study and practice of meditation. Her teachers included His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Jack Kornfield, Adyashanti, and Pema Chodron. In 2007, she founded the Mindful Education Project and has been teaching mindfulness to children, youth and adults ever since. She has taught the mindfulness curriculum she developed for students and teachers in elementary and high schools, at California State University of Monterey Bay, and at Middlebury Institute for International Studies in Monterey. Since 2011, Marianne began her training in Interpersonal Meditation with Authentic World in San Francisco. The practices and principals of this work foster understanding, compassion and connection in all aspects of life. She has served as a facilitator for these trainings and intensives in San Francisco, CA, and at the Integral Center in Boulder, CO. Marianne also teaches courses in mindful relating and facilitates trainings and retreats in cultivating authentic connection in schools, healthcare organizations and businesses.

    In 2016, Marianne co-founded Monterey Bay Meditation Studio, a culmination of a long-time dream of offering a space for cultivating awareness and community. Here, she develops and teaches courses, facilitates retreats, and offers consultation in developing mindful awareness and compassionate connection in personal and professional life. Her retreats engage meditation, creativity, and nature as conduits for connecting with self and the world.

    Marianne was certified in 2018 as a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide by the Association for Nature and Forest Therapy. Since that time, she has been leading Forest Bathing sessions and numerous other outdoor healing and meditation practices. She created and continues teaching a 9-month online course, “Being Outdoors: Sensing the Sacred,” that focuses on cultivating a relationship of reverence and reciprocity with Earth and all beings.



Past events

31 May 2025 Monthly Psych Hike
30 May 2025 Psychobabble - May
19 May 2025 3K Club - Words of Wisdom - Jenna Mahoney - Brain Spotting
3 May 2025 Monthly Psych Hike - April (in May)
11 Apr 2025 Building Business Know-How for Clinicians
9 Apr 2025 Psychobabble - April
30 Mar 2025 Psychobabble - March
30 Mar 2025 Monthly Psych Hike - March
1 Mar 2025 Monthly Psych Hike
26 Feb 2025 Psychobabble - February
21 Feb 2025 CBT for Later-Life Depression
25 Jan 2025 Psychobabble - January
18 Jan 2025 Monthly Psych Hike
7 Dec 2024 Thera-Palooza! MC-CAMFT Holiday Party
10 Nov 2024 Movie Event - Conversations Amongst Therapists - November
1 Nov 2024 Introduction to Brainspotting: Trauma Therapy that Works
19 Oct 2024 Conversations Amongst Therapists - October
18 Oct 2024 Road to Licensure Webinar
16 Oct 2024 3K Club Meet & Greet
4 Oct 2024 Unlocking the Power of Sleep: Enhancing Postpartum Mental Health
28 Sep 2024 Monthly Psych Hike
21 Sep 2024 Dispelling The Illusion of Certainty in Therapy
20 Sep 2024 Conversations Amongst Therapists - September
18 Aug 2024 Summer BBQ/Town Hall
28 Jul 2024 Conversations Amongst Therapists - July
27 Jul 2024 Monthly Psych Hike
29 Jun 2024 Monthly Psych Hike
9 Jun 2024 Conversations Amongst Therapists - June
25 May 2024 Monthly Psych Hike
15 May 2024 Conversations Amongst Therapists
27 Apr 2024 Monthly Psych Hike
14 Apr 2024 Post No Bills at Barnyard
23 Mar 2024 Running Is My Therapy
12 Mar 2024 Conversations Amongst Therapists
17 Feb 2024 Monthly Psych Hike
11 Feb 2024 Conversations Amongst Therapists
27 Jan 2024 Monthly Psych Hike
20 Jan 2024 Grief Medicine for Heartbreaking Times
1 Dec 2023 Thera-Palooza! MC-CAMFT Holiday Party
28 Oct 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
27 Oct 2023 CAMFT Law & Ethics Webinar
6 Oct 2023 Autism, ADHD and Mental Health
23 Sep 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
26 Aug 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
22 Jul 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
24 Jun 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
9 Jun 2023 HAPPY HOUR PRESENTATION & SOCIAL on Sexual Disorders: A Treatment Update
20 May 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
29 Apr 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
15 Apr 2023 What Therapists Need to Know About Medication and Referring for a Psychiatric Consultation
25 Mar 2023 Monthly Psych Hike
17 Feb 2023 Speed Networking Brunch
20 Nov 2022 Autumn Mixer
15 Oct 2022 An Introduction to Narrative Therapy in Practice
30 Sep 2022 The Art of Integrating Expanded States of Consciousness
30 Jul 2022 State of the Monterey County Chapter
25 Mar 2022 Climate Psychology in Clinical Practice
15 Jan 2022 New Year Gathering
22 Oct 2021 Law and Ethics Presentation
2 Oct 2021 Road to Licensure
15 May 2021 Integrating Social Justice Work into Clinical Practice
16 Apr 2021 State of the Profession
26 Mar 2021 Spirituality in Psychotherapy
30 Jan 2021 Transforming the ‘Living Legacy’ of Trauma
7 Nov 2020 Introduction to Systemic Affair Recovery Therapy
11 Jul 2020 The Call of Darkness: Managing Suicidality in Clinical Practice
30 May 2020 May Salon: Consensual Non-Monogamy: Understanding and Supporting Clients in Alternative Relationship Structures
28 Feb 2020 February Salon: Addiction: Basics and Beyond for Mental Health Professionals
10 Jan 2020 Ohana Treatment Center
8 Dec 2019 Holiday Party
1 Nov 2019 Serving Those Who Serve
4 Oct 2019 Forgiveness Training for Therapists
13 Sep 2019 The Hidden Epidemic of Shame
12 Jul 2019 Dreams & The Imagination
3 May 2019 Balancing Opposites: DBT & Private Practice
18 Apr 2019 April Salon: Psychedelics in Mental Health
29 Mar 2019 OCD 101: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Psychopathology and Treatment
9 Feb 2019 February Salon: Working with Gifted Clients
12 Jan 2019 Power Down & Parent Up
19 Oct 2018 October 2018 CBT Luncheon
21 Sep 2018 MC-CAMFT Fall Mixer!

The Monterey County Chapter of the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists (MC-CAMFT)  is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. 

P.O. Box 3092, Monterey, CA 93942

Located on Ancestral Native Lands of Rumsen/Ohlone/Esselen Peoples

MC-CAMFT Grievance Policy:  If a grievance regarding CEUs is brought to the attention of the MC-CAMFT Board the board will review it and will vote on the validity of the grievance.  If the grievance is proven valid by the Board a full or partial refund will be given.

ADA Compliance:  All MC-CAMFT luncheons and conferences are held in accessible locations.

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