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• MaMHCA DEI-B Committee Meeting

  • Start
    06/10/2024
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  • End
    09/14/2026
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  • Schedule
    55 sessions
  • Location
    ZOOM

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  The Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging Committee is taking August off. 

  Join our monthly meeting of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee for networking, problem solving, and exploring ways to help make MaMHCA even better.

  We meet on the second Monday of the month from 7-8 [ish] pm

  There is no charge, but you must register to obtain the Zoom link

  
  

   

  
  

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• S1. Frameworks for Supervision

  • When
    01/11/2026
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    9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM
  • Spaces left
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  This is a virtual, live session on Zoom. 

  Pre-registration in required

  Supervision is defined as the artful integration of clinical skills, education and experience to ensure the integrity of clinical services to the client and to develop competence in the supervisee. It provides the structure and framework for learning how to apply knowledge, theory, and clinical procedures to solve human problems. This workshop is intended for experienced clinicians who wish to become trained supervisors. It will include examples, role play, and templates for supervision assessment.

  This workshop is approved to fulfill the initial or renewal requirements for the MaMHCA Certified Clinical Supervisor Credential (MACCS).

  MaMHCA Supervisor Training Programs Mission Statement 

  The Mission of the MaMHCA Supervision Training Programs is to provide the highest quality training in supervision theory and practice for LMHC Supervisors. Both the MaMHCA Approved Supervisor Certificate (MACCS) and the advanced MaMHCA Certified Clinical Supervisor (MCCS) programs will offer continuing education in theory and practice in supervision skills, national and Massachusetts ethical & legal standards for supervision, and the ongoing growth and evolution/development of knowledge, roles and requirements for qualified supervisors.

  Certificate holders will also demonstrate the ability to model appropriate professional skills and behavior, ethical standards, and the ability to actively use concepts learned in the training. 

  With Meg Connor, LMHC

  Meg is the Field Placement Director at Lesley University, and a MaMHCA faculty for many years.  She brings a calm, mindful approach to our Supervision workshops.

  4 CEUs MCEAP Approved Category 1 

  Sunday, January 11, 2026 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

  Please allow up to 15 minutes past 1pm to complete CE evaluation.

  Level pricing for members and non-members*: $130.00

  * Level pricing applies only to the core supervision classes, S1, S2, S3 & S4.  All other workshops have a 2-tier pricing.

  Cancellation Policy: 

  MaMHCA maintains a strict cancellation policy: If you cancel prior to 14 days before the event, you will receive a credit towards a future session, or a refund of the registration fee less $35 processing.

  Cancellations within 14 days of an event do not receive a refund or credit.

  NOTE: All links for handouts and Zoom are sent a few days prior to the event.  Please test them when you get them. Thank you.
  

  
  

  
  

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• Lunch & Learn: Adolescence: The Second Beginning

  • When
    01/12/2026
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Live on Zoom
  • Spaces left
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  Lunch & Learn

  1.5 hours, 1.5 CEUs

  $25 for Members

  $50 for Non-Members

  Adolescence: The Second Beginning

  Description: Adolescence is described as a recapitulation of many infant and childhood experiences- only in a bigger body with greater potential for constructive and destructive forces. It is a period of time, Adam Philips writes, that connects us with our own adolescence as well as strong feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness. This presentation will include clinical examples across the adolescent life span and explore the feelings that can be induced in the room with these clients focusing on transference, countertransference and working with families.

  About Our Presenters: 

  Juan Faraoni, Ph.D., LMHC 

  Psychoanalyst and clinician working with transference and countertransference for over 10 years Current Director of the Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

  William Sharp, Ph.D., LMHC  

  Psychoanalyst and clinician with 20+ years experience treating children and adolescents.  He is on the faculty of the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis and Northeastern University. 

  Damla Tuzcu, LMHC

  Psychodynamic clinician and psychoanalyst-in-training at BGSP. Through her work with children, adolescents, adults, and families across outpatient and community settings, her clinical focus examines the building of a sense of self and the experience of being a self in an inter-relational world.

  
  

  Monday January 12, 2026 from 11:30am-1:00pm 

  Registration is required.

  1.5 CEUs

  Members: $25 - All levels of membership

  Non-members: $50

  Registration closes 5 business days before the event even if there are open spaces.

  Some workshops have limited 'seats' by request of the presenter. 

  When that limit is reached, registration will close.

  
  

  
  

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• Business Setup for LMHCs

  • When
    01/23/2026
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    9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM
  • Spaces left
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  Live on Zoom

  Starting out as a business owner, learning the best way to set up your practice, figure out accounting processes and make it all work while focusing on building your caseload.

  If this sounds overwhelming, join long-time MaMHCA friend and presenter, Brian GianDominico , CPA, for this 3 hour Business Setup and clear up the mysteries.

  Brian presents this information in a no-nonsense, easy to follow format and leaves plenty of time for Q & A.

  Friday January 23, 2026

  9:00 am - 12:30 pm [includes about 15 minutes after 12pm to complete the evaluation and get your CEU certificate]

  3 CEUs

  Members: $110.00 [no discounted rates for unlicensed or retired members]

  Non-members: $150.00

  NOTE: All links for handouts and Zoom are sent a few days prior to the event.  Please test them when you get them. Thank you.
  

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• Supervision Elective: The Stuff No One Talks About

  • When
    01/25/2026
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    9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM
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  Supervision Elective: The Stuff No One Talks About

  This is a Virtual Workshop on ZOOM. Pre Registration is required.

  Description: 

  We bring the deepest and most intimate parts of ourselves to this work. Graduate school has all the buzz words for supervision but doesn’t talk about the important things, crying in session with a client, feelings of frustration, social media and , using humor to heal, and using our own therapy. This workshop will focus on using our therapist skills to create the same safe and authentic space in clinical supervision while still holding supervises accountable.

  Objectives: Participants will explore coaching supervisees through therapeutic tools, review person centered approaches to supervision, and access tangible tools to use in supervision.

  About the Presenter: Kelli Fowle, LICSW 

  Kellie owns a group practice and provides consultation to provisional licensees. She has a certification in supervision and post-graduate training from the Providers Council, and in play therapy. Kellie is a presenter at Advocacy Con, an organization that supports families of the murdered and missing. Welcome Kelli!

  4 hours, 4 CEUs

  Sunday January 25, 2026 9:00 am - 1:30 pm (includes time for CE eval)

  Members: $130

  Non-members: $155

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• Understanding Eating Disorders:

  • When
    01/31/2026
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    2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Live on Zoom
  • Spaces left
    25

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  Understanding Eating Disorders

  Live on ZOOM!

  This session tends to fill quickly - don't hesitate! 

  If this topic is of interest to you, register now.

  
  

  Eating disorder diagnoses have historically caused fear in mental health providers. Although eating disorders are dangerous mental illnesses, recovery from an eating disorder is possible with appropriate treatment. This program will leave attendees with a better understanding of the symptoms, diagnosis, and societal context of eating disorders as well as provide tools and therapeutic interventions for the treatment of eating disorders.

  This Interactive Lecture will touch on the following:
  
  1. Overview of Eating Disorder Diagnoses, signs and symptoms
  2. Challenging eating disorder myths and acknowledging the effects of weight stigma
  3. Considering the larger cultural and societal influences that influence the development of an eating disorder
  - Food trends, Social Media, Racism, Fatphobia
  4. Understanding eating disorders cross-culturally, in marginalized US populations & LGBTQ+ communities
  5. How to screen for eating disorders
  6. Therapeutic tools and interventions for the treatment of eating disorders
  7. Case Studies

  Presenter: Monique Bellefleur, LMHC

  Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Massachusetts specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and comorbid disorders. Certified Body Project trainer & facilitator. Professional member of the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA) and the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH).

  Monique has presented on this topic for MaMHCA in the past and the session always fills quickly!

  Saturday January 31, 2026 from 2:00pm-5:00pm 

  [allow 15-30 minutes after the workshop to complete the evaluation]

  3 CEUs

  Members: $110

  Non-members: $150

  Cancellation Policy: 

  MaMHCA maintains a strict cancellation policy: If you cancel prior to 14 days before the event, you will receive a credit towards a future session, or a refund of the registration fee less $35 processing.

  Cancellations within 14 days of an event do not receive a refund or credit.

  
  

  
  

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• S2. Legal, Ethical & Regulatory Issues

  • When
    02/01/2026
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    9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM

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  The second of the MaMHCA Certified Clinical Supervisor [MCCS] required workshops: Legal Ethical & Regulatory Issues in Supervision with Joseph R Weeks, LMHC, MACCS, MaMHCA & AMHCA Past-president, MaMHCA Executive Director 

  As LMHC Supervisor's we are required to be familiar with the 262 CMR, sections 2 & 8 as they directly pertain to the LMHC scope of practice.  In addition, there are other regulations relating to supervision which we must understand. We will review these regulations as well as the Codes of Ethical Conduct that relate to our work.

  This 4 hour, 4 CEU session meets one of the requirements for MCCS 

  Sunday February 1, 2026  from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm (Includes time post-presentation for CE evaluation)

  Level pricing for members and non-members*: $130.00

  * Level pricing applies only to the core supervision classes, S1, S2, S3 & S4.  All other workshops have a 2-tier pricing.

  [this virtual workshop is in the Supervision track]

  Cancellation Policy: 

  MaMHCA maintains a strict cancellation policy: If you cancel prior to 14 days before the event, you will receive a credit towards a future session, or a refund of the registration fee less $35 processing.

  Cancellations within 14 days of an event do not receive a refund or credit.

  NOTE: All links for handouts and Zoom are sent a few days prior to the event.  Please test them when you get them. Thank you.
  

  
  

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• Lunch & Learn: Holistic Approach to Working With Trauma

  • When
    02/02/2026
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Live on Zoom
  • Spaces left
    25

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  Lunch & Learn

  1.5 hours, 1.5 CEUs

  $25 for Members

  $50 for Non-Members

  Holistic Approach to Working With Trauma

  Description: 

  Based on Janina Fisher’s work, our presenter will teach a mind-body approach to working with clients who have experienced trauma. She will review basic neurobiology of trauma and the impact of procedural learning as well as how to help clients utilize the window of tolerance. Acknowledging attachment structures, we will discuss how to support clients in recognizing when they are triggered, offering coping strategies to support grounding. With this background, we will engage in a brief role play utilizing body-based coping strategies with clients. We will discuss reframing dysregulated affect in terms of IFS parts, and working with toxic relational styles in counseling, with brief role play and processing of these modalities.
  

  Our Presenter: Elizabeth Barragato, LMHC

  About our presenter:

  Liz Barragato, MA, LMHC, Instructor, is core faculty in Lesley University’s Graduate Department of Counseling and Psychology, coordinating the Holistic Specialization. Liz has a private practice of counseling and consultation in Cambridge, MA. and is managing co-owner of Crooked Tree Counseling, LLC.
  
  Liz is interested in the intersection of Eastern wisdom practices, mental health and wellness. Liz is also deeply influenced by humanistic, existential and relational psychoanalytic counseling approaches. Through all of these theoretical lenses, Liz see critical theory and issues of social justice as permeating the work of counseling and teaching.

  Monday February 2, 2026 from 11:30am-1:00pm 

  Registration is required.

  1.5 CEUs

  Members: $25 - All levels of membership

  Non-members: $50

  Registration closes 5 business days before the event even if there are open spaces.

  Some workshops have limited 'seats' by request of the presenter. 

  When that limit is reached, registration will close.

  
  

  
  

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• Bringing Your Private Practice to Life

  • Start
    02/05/2026
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    02/06/2026
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    12:00 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM
  • Spaces left
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  Bringing Your Private Practice to Life

  Thursday February 5, 2026 from 9 am - 12 pm &

  Friday February 6, 2026 from 9 am - 12 pm

  This is a 2-part virtual training 
  You are paying for and must attend BOTH parts. 
  This training is for 6 CEUs. Pre-registration is required. 
  Space is limited and this class fills quickly. 

  Join us for the popular private practice foundations class.  In part 1, we cover the needed steps for establishing your mental health counseling practice. With an ethical lens, let us help you identify the steps to rooting your business in the ground.  Topics include learning general business practices while maintaining your personal flair, billing efficiently and understanding insurance lingo.

  Continue your adventure in growing your practice.  Demystify some of the paperwork misconceptions in private practice and learn how to maintain a client record ethically and legally. 

  Finish up this two-part series with discussing the important roles of supervision and prevention of compassion fatigue in a private practice setting.

  with Jenn Hurley, LMHC and Stacey Pimentel, LMHC, MACCS

  Part 1 of 2  -Thursday, February 5, 2026, 9 am - 12 pm

  Part 2 of 2 - Friday, February, 2026, 9 am - 12 pm

  Please allow about 15 minutes after the Day 2 session to complete the CEU evaluation process.

  Members: $155.00   

  Non Members: $225.00

  [this is a virtual workshop in the Private Practice track]

  About our presenters:

  Jenn Hurley, LMHC is Chair of the MaMHCA Membership Committee, an active member of the Board & a regular presenter on helping your private practice grow.  She has been a driving force behind creating the Private Practice Track for MaMHCA, together with her co-presenter, Stacey Pimentel, LMHC, MACCS.

  Stacey Pimentel, LMHC, MACCS, co-creator of the MaMHCA Private Practice track.  She has presented on this topic in the past and also teaches the next workshop in the series: Beyond the Professional Will.

  
  

  
  

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• Serving Those Who Served: Foundations of Military-Affirming Outpatient Care (Basic)

  • When
    02/07/2026
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    9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Live on Zoom
  • Spaces left
    28

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  Serving Those Who Served: Foundations of Military-Affirming Outpatient Care (Basic)

  Live on Zoom!

  Description: 

  About the Presenter: Andrew DiLeo, DD, LMHC, MPC, MS Ed

  Andrew DiLeo is an active MaMHCA member.  He runs a Veteran owned an operated counseling service, is a former Army Chaplain, and has been counseling families and individuals since 2001.

  3 CEUs

  9 am - 12:30 pm (to allow time for evaluations and CEs)

  Members: $110

  Non-members $150

  ON ZOOM: Clinical Track 

  Audience: Massachusetts clinicians seeking foundational competence working with veterans, active-duty/Guard/Reserve members, and military families.

  This foundational training introduces clinicians to core military cultural dynamics that shape clinical presentation, engagement, and help-seeking. Participants will learn practical alliance-building strategies, a simplified clinical formulation framework for common military-related symptom patterns, ethical ways to address meaning and identity stressors, and scope-safe approaches for supporting clients who are navigating administrative systems. The course also includes essential safety fundamentals relevant to military populations, including respectful direct-risk inquiry and nonjudgmental lethal means safety conversations.

  Participants receive: practical course tools for immediate use in outpatient settings and guidance on next steps toward advanced certification.

  Cancellation Policy:

  MaMHCA maintains a strict cancellation policy: If you cancel prior to 14 days before the event, you will receive a credit towards a future session, or a refund of the registration fee less $35 processing.

  Cancellations within 14 days of an event do not receive a refund or credit.

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• Lunch & Learn: Psychedelics: What are they? What do they do?

  • When
    02/23/2026
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Live on Zoom
  • Spaces left
    28

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  Lunch & Learn

  1.5 hours, 1.5 CEUs

  $25 for Members

  $50 for Non-Members

  Psychedelics: What are they? What do they do?

  Description: 

  This workshop will discuss the differences among classic psychedelics and other hallucinogens, including natural and synthetic versions, historical uses as medicine, impact on the body and brain, potential problems, misuse, recent hallucinogen research as potential for medical uses, and review the legal issues.

  Many of the natural hallucinogenic substances have long been a part of various cultures (indigenous, native) of many countries. Legalities will be reviewed along with current research regarding efficacy of natural and synthetic forms, as well as current research examining the potential as medicine, especially for depression.

  Our Presenter: Martha Deering, LADC, LRC

  About our presenter:

  Martha Deering has worked in the substance use and physical/cognitive rehabilitation fields for almost 50 years with extensive experience in mental health issues as they occur frequently with both substance use issues and rehabilitation issues. Join her for a detailed discussion regarding the use and understanding of these substances. 
  

  Monday February 2, 2026 from 11:30am-1:00pm 

  Registration is required.

  1.5 CEUs

  Members: $25 - All levels of membership

  Non-members: $50

  Registration closes 5 business days before the event even if there are open spaces.

  Some workshops have limited 'seats' by request of the presenter. 

  When that limit is reached, registration will close.

  
  

  
  

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• The Legally Required "What If" Plan

  • When
    03/06/2026
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    9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Live on Zoom
  • Spaces left
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  The Legally Required "What If" Plan: Your comprehensive guide to maintaining a Legal Custodian of Records 

  Live on ZOOM! 

  Did you know that every clinician, even those in private practice, is required, by law, to have an identified Custodian of Records? Do you have a practice policy that outlines how your clients will continue to be served if you experience an unexpected medical emergency? Does your private practice meet the legal requirements for continuity of care? Many LMHCs are not aware of the state regulations and ethical codes of conduct which mandate these orders. If your practice is lacking these vital elements, this working workshop will help you fulfill your legal and client responsibilities to manage unforeseen clinician misfortune proactively. 

  As a working workshop, we will review and create a step-by-step plan of action to fulfill this legal responsibility for regulatory compliance in your private practice. This "what if" workshop will give you the peace of mind that you, and your clients, never knew you legally needed.

  This workshop is for anyone in or planning to open a private practice.  Originally developed by our Founder, Berna Haberman, LMHC #1, and revised and updated by our presenter, Stacey E. Pimentel, retired LMHC, MACCS, this is an invaluable workshop, one that supports risk management.

  Presenter: Stacey E. Pimentel

  Stacey E. Pimentel, retired LMHC, MACCS, is a long-time MaMHCA member, former MaMHCA Board member and co-developer of MaMHCA's incredibly popular Bringing Your Private Practice to Life workshop. She is a subject matter expert in legally required plans of action for LMHCs. 

  
  

  Friday, March 6, 2026 from 9 am to 12 Noon

  [allow 15-30 minutes after the workshop to complete the evaluation]

   3 CEUs

  Members: $110

  Non-members: $150

  Registration closes 7 days before the event even if there are open spaces.

  Some workshops have limited 'seats' by request of the presenter. 

  When that limit is reached, registration will close.

  Cancellation Policy: 

  MaMHCA maintains a strict cancellation policy: If you cancel prior to 14 days before the event, you will receive a credit towards a future session, or a refund of the registration fee less $35 processing.

  Cancellations within 14 days of an event do not receive a refund or credit.

  
  

  
  

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