Hello Sacramento Valley CAMFT Chapter and Community, and welcome to our Membership Spotlight! Throughout the year we highlight one of our many outstanding members and their connection to our chapter.
This month, we’d like to introduce our featured member:
Darlene Davis, LMFT, LPCC is the Founder and Executive Director of HOPE Counseling Center and a CAMFT Certified Supervisor. HOPE Counseling, is a non-profit organization that offers low-cost therapy to the community. The center serves couples, individuals, families, and children with offices in Sacramento, Roseville, and Folsom.Darlene has been a longstanding and active member of Sacramento Valley CAMFT since 2007. Her largest role was as our chapter President for two terms, 2008 thru 2010, helping to grow us into the strong chapter we are today!
Darlene’s biggest professional accomplishment was opening HOPE Counseling Center in 2007. And she’s quick to recognize the contribution of her team at the center by commenting that, “It’s good reputation is because of the excellent therapists that offer the highest level of professional services”.While most of Darlene’s time is running the counseling center which brings her much satisfaction, on her off time she loves to hike and go to the beach, and finds nature to be very healing.
For more information about HOPE Counseling, please contact the center via the website at www.hope-counselingcenter.org or by calling 916.780.1059. HOPE would love to help those clients that cannot afford full fee clinicians.The Membership Spotlight is open to all SVC-CAMFT members. If you’d like more information, would like to join your colleagues as a member of SVC-CAMFT or may be interested in being featured in a future spotlight, please contact: Suzanne Quijano, LMFT, SVC-CAMFT Membership Committee Member at membershipchair@svccamft.org.
April 10, 2023
Your Sacramento Valley Chapter President, Angel Ortiz, testified before the Senate Business Professions and Economic Development Committee in support of Senate Bill 373, authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar.
"This bill would, with certain exceptions, prohibit the Board of Behavioral Sciences and the Board of Psychology from disclosing on the internet the full address of record of certain licensees and registrants, but would authorize their the disclosure of the city, state, county, and ZIP Code of the address of record of those licensees and registrants." (Current bill text)
SB373 was approved by the Business Professions and Economic Development committee and is headed to the Judiciary committee where it will be put to another vote.
Hello Sacramento Valley CAMFT Chapter and Community, and welcome to our Membership Spotlight! Throughout the year we highlight one of our many outstanding members and their connection to our chapter.This month, we’d like to introduce our featured member: Kristel Roper, LMFT Kristel Roper LMFT, LPCC is a licensed therapist and runs her private practice Dauntless Counseling in Fair Oaks, CA. She specializes in anxiety, OCD, and related disorders and she loves to see the success of the clients that she works with in overcoming their anxiety and taking back their lives.
Kristel has been a valued member of SVC-CAMFT since 2015. She joined the chapter in order to form connections with other therapists in the area, expand her knowledge through the educational opportunities, and support the local interests of MFTs in Sacramento. She especially appreciated the 3000 Club meetings that she attended while working towards her MFT license, as getting your license can be a long and complicated process!
The best piece of advice that she shares with colleague and clients is “Fail as fast as you can.” It’s easy to get caught up in “analysis paralysis” when you’re worried about doing things perfectly or never making a mistake. Taking this viewpoint has freed Kristel to grow and learn both personally and professionally.
In addition to her professional work, Kristel has a wide range of interests! Not many people know that she has been cave diving, paragliding, and hot air ballooning. When she is not working, she enjoys reading, hiking, watching movies, yoga, and anything with chocolate.
More information about Kristel and her practice can be found at DauntlessCounseling.com, and you can reach her at Kristel@DauntlessCounseling.com. The Membership Spotlight is open to all SVC-CAMFT members. If you’d like more information, would like to join your colleagues as a member of SVC-CAMFT, or may be interested in being featured in a future spotlight, please contact:Suzanne Quijano, LMFT, SVC-CAMFT Membership Committee Memberat membershipchair@svccamft.org.
Beyond the Waiting Room Door: Helping a Client with Severe Mental Illness and Their Family Members Find Support and Services
Presented by Patricia Wentzel on Fri, February 10, 2023
Use the below link to view a recording of this presentation.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vDDsh7tIGQ9A5rLWBz8yyHEr50VctkI/view?usp=sharing
Hello Sacramento Valley CAMFT Members!
We are happy to invite you to be featured in our “Member Spotlight” program. We will spotlight you and your practice on our website (svc-camft.org) and social media (Facebook and Instagram) to highlight your achievements, areas of interest, new offerings, and your connection to our local chapter. This is a valuable members-only opportunity! If you are interested in being featured, please email membershipchair@svccamft.org. Suzanne Quijano of our membership committee will reach out to you for the next steps. We look forward to highlighting another one of our wonderful SVC-CAMFT members soon!
Wen ChangMembership Chair, SVC-CAMFT
Announcing the Winners of our Drawing!
Congratulations Susan Rivieccio, LMFT and Jayann Askin, LMFT!
They each won free entry into a 2 CE event of their choice. We pulled winners from those who participated in our board elections this year.
President: Angel Ortiz, LMFT Treasurer: Cassandra Flagg, LMFT Secretary: Victoria Tognozzi, LMFT
Above left to right: Angel Ortiz, LMFT for president, Cassandra Flagg, LMFT, for secretary, and Victoria Tognozzi, LMFT, for secretary
VOTE NOW! for your chance to win free entry to an SVC-CAMFT event! You must vote by Dec. 15.
BOARD PRESIDENT NOMINEE
Angel Ortiz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works for Mindpath Health in Elk Grove, CA where he treats those who struggle with anxiety, depression, PTSD and other mental health challenges from a variety of modalities. Originally from the Bay Area, Angel grew up in a diverse community and was happy to have served on the SVC-CAMFT Board of Directors since January of 2021. He answered the call when the chapter faced the possibility of closing. It was with the same passion for his clients that Angel decided to commit to serving the local community of mental health professionals, committing to champion the cause of diversity as Diversity Chair. As Diversity Chair, he assembled a Diversity committee who helped draft SVC-CAMFT’s DEI statement. Angel also organized a three-chapter collaboration to host an impactful RaceTalk workshop. As a partially sighted therapist, Angel also understands the importance of serving our disabled community more effectively as he prepares to organize a workshop with the Society for the Blind and NorCal Peace of Mind (a deaf/hard of hearing agency) in 2023.Angel looks forward to serving as Board President and would appreciate your vote.
BOARD TREASURER NOMINEE
Cassandra Flagg is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Davis. She is passionate in her work with adult individuals struggling with anxiety and trauma and strives to emphasize on everyone’s strengths and resilience. In addition to talk therapy, Cassandra utilizes brainspotting, somatic awareness and mindfulness practices to help her clients achieve their desired outcome. She also enjoyed hosting SVC-CAMFT’s peer consultation group this year, which provided a space for therapists to come together and share their work with each other.Cassandra is excited and motivated to volunteer and serve again on the SVC-CAMFT board. She believes connecting with the community is vital and is enthusiastic about building relationships with SVC-CAMFT members. As Treasurer, Cassandra is driven to ensure SVC-CAMFT is financially secure and sustainable for many years to come. She had a previous career with a focus in the areas of billing/accounting, business, and management. Cassandra brings multiple perspectives into this role and is honored with the opportunity to serve in the community.
BOARD SECRETARY NOMINEE
Victoria has been a CAMFT member for 11 years and is new to the board. She works as a virtual therapist at Palo Alto Therapy seeing adolescents, couples and adults. Victoria spent many years as an orchestral violinist and violin teacher, and has a lifelong interest in how we grow and change. She has been a licensed therapist for 7 years.Victoria is a TEAM-CBT therapist at level 3 and is passionate about the tools it offers to help clients. She also uses Gottman methods, for which she has completed two levels of training, and has completed the first level of EMDR training at the Shapiro Institute. She enjoys learning, and acquiring new skills to make therapy more effective. Victoria has found being a board member rewarding and enjoyable. She hopes to continue to help support the excellent resources that SVC-CAMFT offers, and help provide the assistance necessary to maintain the organization.
BOARD PRESIDENT-ELECT
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