Join us on Friday, March 27th at the HERMOSA BEACH Fusion Academy Campus! Learn more below and register HERE!

Event Policies, Protocols & Grievance Procedures can all be viewed any time by clicking HERE or by following the path via the 'Events' tab on our website. 

Events on the Horizon from

LBSB CAMFT & State CAMFT

(subject to change)

Friday, March 27th - LBSB CAMFT & Fusion Academy present, Michelle Tangeman, LMFT: "Blended Behavioral Approaches for Neurodivergent Children." Register HERE

Friday, April 10th - Law & Ethics (Webinar) with CAMFT. "Accountability Remains Human: CAMFT’s Ethics Standards for Telehealth, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)" Register HERE

Friday, June 5th - Law & Ethics (Webinar) with CAMFT. "Law & Ethics: Treating Jack: Navigating Legal & Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Minors." Register HERE

Friday, August 7th - Law & Ethics (Webinar) with CAMFT. "Dealing with Issues Around Gifts, Advertising, and Termination."  Register HERE

Friday, October 2nd - Law & Ethics (Webinar) with CAMFT. "Common Insurance Issues and Questions Demystified." Register HERE

For the most up-to-date information, we provide access our annual calendar (all events are subject to change). Click HERE to access our 2026 calendar of events.

Sponsorship Opportunity

Support Our Chapter’s Success!

We’re excited to offer diverse sponsorship opportunities for our chapter. Whether you're interested in making a Silver, Gold, Platinum, or Diamond-level contribution, your support will play a crucial role in advancing our mission.

Sponsorship Levels:

Silver: $200+

Gold: $450+

Platinum: $750+

Diamond: $1,500+

Your involvement not only helps fund our member events but also connects you with a dedicated community of professionals. For more details on how to become a sponsor and the benefits of each level of sponsorship, please reach out to our President at President@lbsbcamft.org.

Pre-Licensed Clinician Resources

LBSB CAMFT Pre-Licensed Corner 
State CAMFT Pre-Licensed Corner

New in M2M this week:

• 2026-2027 Leadership Election Ballot email has gone out! Please VOTE! There are a few open positions - REACH OUT! We'd love if you join the team!
• A new letter from the president
• Join us on Friday, March 27th for an In-Person presentation on neurodivergent children in Hermosa Beach!

Letter from the President
Monday, March 16, 2026

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I hope that you all have had a restful weekend. I realize there is much going on in our world today! Therefore, all the more reason to stop and take in moments of your life that bring you joy, peace, and abundant love in your heart. As clinicians, we know that when our lives are filled with stress, we compromise. I hope we are being intentional in managing our personal and professional time, taking only the pieces that we can manage and avoiding unnecessary “extras” to prevent feeling overwhelmed. These are unpredictable times in world events, and this alone can cause a certain level of stress. Please take time out of your busy schedules to fill your hearts and time with positive, heartwarming connections.

We sent out the ballots to confirm all the leaders who have chosen to volunteer their time for the Long Beach South Bay Chapter of CAMFT. We are still shy of four roles, and I will continue to ask all of you to consider donating your skills and talents to the Chapter. Only members are permitted to vote, and only members are permitted to serve in leadership. I have been contacted by some who were not members, and they were more than happy to become members. I really appreciate all of you who have stepped up to help out the Chapter. It means a lot to me as the President, who is also only volunteering. When we have open roles, it puts more on my plate as well as on the other leaders.

The remaining open roles are as follows:

• Treasurer – overseeing our finances, bookkeeper, documents, and ensuring everything gets paid. Yes, of course, filing receipts on the Google Shared Drive. Therefore, you must have some computer knowledge.
• Hospitality – requires that this person can attend all events in person. That means every second Friday, 8:00–11:15 AM for 9 months, and every last Friday, 9:00–11:00 AM for 4 months. If you’re friendly and an extrovert, you are perfect.
• Sponsorships – responds to our partnerships with other organizations and sets up Zoom meetings to discuss and negotiate the advertising needs expressed by the organization. If you are professional and know how to carry yourself well when discussing money matters or negotiating, then you may be ideal for this position.
• Lastly, we are seeking a couple more folks who are tech-savvy on a computer to help with learning our back-office system and who are open to editing and creating content that meets guidelines.

REMEMBER:The time expected to donate for these roles is a minimum of 5 hours per month.

If any of you are interested in any of the described roles, I am more than happy to set up a Zoom meeting to get better acquainted with you and see if you would be a good fit with the rest of the current set of leaders. We are sincerely happy with our new set of team members and especially excited about the Vice President role being filled by Jennifer Seidner. She will be our new 2027 President! She has already rolled up her sleeves, made numerous suggestions, and acted upon them, making several improvements. Hopefully, you will see some of these as you interface with the website or become a presenter, member, or sponsor. She will be helping us streamline our work and bring fresh ideas to all of the leaders involved.

I leave all of you with a strong reminder about our upcoming March 27th in-person event. If you have someone in your life who is neurodivergent, whether it’s a client or not, I believe you may just learn something by showing up to this event. We will be holding this event in a different location from last year. It will be more centrally located. Just follow the parking directions on the website, please, to make it easier for yourself. We will provide a nice breakfast sponsored by Fusion Academy and their amazing staff! There will be half an hour before and after the event for networking as well. That is a bonus for some of you who can’t make other networking events due to time constraints. You can meet some peers and still earn continuing education credit. I hope to see many of you at this new location.

If you need additional help or have any questions about anything I have shared in this letter, do not hesitate to call me!

Warmly, Chris McKnight, M.A., LMFT President, LBSB Chapter of CAMFT president@lbsbcamft.org (310) 529-3011 www.lbsbcamft.org

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Overview: This session will cover changes and trends in the rapidly evolving landscape of available activities that can be considered gambling. Specific attention and examination of prediction markets, crypto gambling and gambling-like mechanisms within video games such as loot boxes will be presented. The focus will be on how to identify, screen and educate stakeholders and involved individuals impacted and affected by these new forms of gambling. The presentation will also discuss current research findings on prevalence rates, the limitations of existing responsible gambling measures in these new contexts, and the need for adaptive public health strategies and regulatory frameworks. Presenter Bio: Timothy W. Fong, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. He is board certified in adult and addiction psychiatry and is the co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program. The purpose of this program is to examine the clinical characteristics of gambling disorder in order to develop effective, evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies. Dr. Fong is also a member of the Steering Committee of the UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids whose mission is to address the most pressing questions related to the impact of cannabis legalization through rigorous scientific study and discourse across disciplines. He is the senior attending psychiatrist for the UCLA Sports Psychiatry Service which provides leading edge psychiatric care to athletes, coaches and families. Dr. Wong also serves as President-Elect of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. Objectives - Upon completion of this session participants will be able to: Name three forms of recreational or financial activities that are, essentially, forms of gambling and should be considered as such Strengthen knowledge of assessment skills in determining the difference between gambling behavior, problem gambling and gambling disorder Identify three new clinical resources and tools that can be used in the treatment of gambling disorder