Accomodations: SeaCrest Hotel at 2241 Price St, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 (805) 773-4608 established a room block in the system under “Central Coast CAMFT” for September 12th-14th obtaining (5) Oceanview King rooms and (5) Standard Non-View King rooms. If anyone would like to extend their reservation to stay through Monday, September 15th please let them know and they will open a room up in the system for that Sunday night.
Saturday 11:30-8pm
Lunch and Connection
Keynote Presentation:
Understanding Your Parts: Leading a Self-Led Life as a Therapist *2 CEs*
Presented by: Dr. Maddisen Espeseth, PsyD
CA Licensed Psychologist (32949)
Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist
IFS Institute Approved Clinical Consultant (IFS-I ACC)
Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor (RPT-S)
Certified Sandplay Therapist (CST)
Workshop Description:
The intent of this workshop is to introduce participants to Internal Family Systems (IFS) with a heavy emphasis on self-application and self-exploration. The workshop will start with psychoeducation about basic IFS tenets underlying the model philosophy. Discussion of how to identify parts and the concept of Self will be explored. Application of some of the learned tenets will then proceed via experiential meditation and mapping, focusing on Self-to-part witnessing of therapist (and personal) parts. The concepts of legacy and cultural burdens will be introduced with the aim of exploring the systemic influences impacting therapist parts’ expectations, values, beliefs, etc. (as in, exploring the influence of varying external systems impacting how one expects a therapist should act).
This course is designed to help therapists acknowledge the parallel process unfolding in the therapy room, recognizing some of the nuances of one's own system on both clinical and personal levels. Such self-reflection is aimed at improving self-awareness and mindful treatment decision-making with the intent of providing higher quality support to clients while conscientiously tending to one's own system. The dual nurturance of both clinical and personal parts is intended to support a Self-led life and career longevity.
About our Presenter:
Dr. Maddisen Espeseth is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Anaheim Hills, California. She is a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist, IFS Institute Approved Clinical Consultant (IFS-I ACC), Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor (RPT-S), and Certified Sandplay Therapist (CST). Dr. Espeseth practices from an attachment-heavy, neurosequential lens, and specializes in trauma-related disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In addition to psychotherapy, Dr. Espeseth also provides neurodiversity affirming psychodiagnostic testing services with a speciality in autism. She loves consulting and supervising fellow clinicians, and is passionate about assisting providers with recognizing and supporting the parallel process inherent to clinical work.
Breakout Sessions
Dinner and Connection
Sunday 10:30 - 2pm
Brunch and Connection
Keynote Presentation:
From Burnout to Balance: Mastering Your Emotional Intake (2 CEs)
Presenter: Gila Zak, C.Ht
Heal the Healer From Burnout to Balance: Mastering Your Emotional Intake is an experiential training designed to help therapists protect their energy, sharpen their presence, and sustain their careers. Participants will learn how everyday conversational trance and personal suggestibility patterns influence the way they absorb client emotions - often without realizing it.
Through engaging demonstrations, self-hypnosis exercises, and practical reset rituals, attendees will discover state-shifting tools to reduce emotional overload, clear the day’s residue, and leave work feeling fresh.
Drawing on both clinical hypnosis principles and insights into unconscious motivation, this training reframes dissociation as a skill when used strategically, introduces the power of the Observer Mind, and equips therapists with a personal toolkit to stay grounded, effective, and resilient - session after session, year after year.
About our Presenter:
Considered a hypnotist’s hypnotist, Gila Zak, C.Ht. has over a decade of experience and has worked with well over a thousand clients. She maintains a full time practice in Los Osos, California and is a featured presenter at conferences and various professional and medical organizations and is the creatress of The Gallery © process and The Two Minds Technique ©.
She is an honors graduate of HMI College of Hypnotherapy, a recipient of the prestigious Director’s Award and a Certified IEMT Practitioner, Sexual Freedom™ Practitioner, Bunny Talk™ Practitioner, Metaphors of Movement Facilitator and also holds a certificate in Advanced Handwriting Analysis.
Her passion is espousing on all things hypnotic and helping people improve their relationship with themselves and life through greater understanding of the unconscious motivations that drive us.
Whether working with clients or teaching fellow professionals, Gila brings warmth, wisdom, and a deep respect for the healing intelligence of the human psyche. Her workshops offer not just information, but transformation.
You can find her on Youtube at @theGSpotHypnotherapy and @QuantumWavesHypnotherapy, Instagram at hypno_g and her website QuantumWavesHypnotherapy.com
Closing Circle & Farewell Connections
Grievance:
While the Central Coast Chapter of CAMFT makes every effort to assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, there may be occasional issues with regard to presentations/workshops which will require intervention and/or action on the part of the board. This procedural description serves as a guideline for handling such grievances.
When a participant files a grievance and expects action on the complaint, the following actions will be taken:
- The participant(s) will be asked to put concerns in writing (this can be in electronic form, such as an email).
- If the grievance concerns a presenter, the content presented by the speaker, or the style of presentation, the individual filing the grievance will be asked to put their comments in written format. The Board will then pass on the comments to the speaker, assuring the confidentiality of the grieved individual.
- If the grievance concerns a presentation/workshop offering, its content, level of presentation, or the facilities in which the workshop was offered, the Board will mediate and will be the final arbitrator. If the participant requests action, the Board will:
- provide a credit for a subsequent presentation/workshop or
- provide a partial or full refund of the presentation/workshop fee
Refund policy: registrants must cancel their registration within 10 days of the event to receive a refund minus a $20 administrative fee. Exceptions can be made for 48-hour notices in case of an emergency. If you need to cancel, please contact Event Chair, Kim Richards: richardskimlmft@gmail.com.
Special Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any of our events, please contact Event Chair Kim Richards within 10 days of the upcoming event at 805.458.8063 or email Kim Richards at richardskimlmft@gmail.com.
