Pre-licensed (associates and students in MFT and related programs) clinicians are invited to join the monthly 3000 hour networking group. Come share information about licensure processes, job opportunities, upcoming trainings, and more. This event is led by Pre-licensure Director Tanya Jacobs.

This month we will meet in person at the Fieldwork Brewery Co. (Berkeley location), 1160 6th St, Berkeley, CA 94710.

Please bring your business cards for networking at the event. 

Registration will be capped at 25, so register early.

We look forward to seeing you!

Other business owners are welcome!
Attorneys, coaches, nutritionists, etc.

Let’s connect, collaborate, and support each other! Join us for a relaxed virtual networking lunch with therapists and helping professionals across California. Feel free to eat during this event.  

Connect and meet your peers. 

Guests are welcome, too!

Zoom Link (no password needed):
Frances's Zoom Room

Questions?
Send a PM or text 510-424-2548 or

e-mail francesjonestherapy@gmail.com.

✨ Come meet new colleagues, share resources,
and expand your network!

Presented by Erica Thomas, Licensed MFT #77166

2 CE credits. This event will be recorded and made available to registrants for one year. If you cannot attend the event live, you can watch the recording and take a test to receive the 2 CE credits. 

Last day to register: Friday, November 6, 2026

Treating Binge Eating with Self-Compassion: A Trauma-Informed Approach is a practical, research-informed training designed to help licensed therapists effectively address binge eating through the lens of self-compassion.

Grounded in the work of Kristin Neff, Paul Gilbert, and trauma-informed care, this workshop reframes binge eating as a meaningful coping strategy rooted in emotional pain and shame. Participants will learn self-compassion–based interventions to help clients move beyond cycles of self-criticism and secrecy toward greater emotional regulation, inner safety, and lasting healing.

This beginning-to-intermediate level training is ideal for clinicians working with disordered eating, chronic dieting, body image distress, or trauma-related emotional dysregulation. Through case examples, guided practices, and experiential exercises, participants will gain skills for introducing self-compassion in ways that honor clients’ protective strategies while gently expanding new ways of relating to food, body, and self.

The training also emphasizes therapist self-reflection, supporting clinicians in maintaining a compassionate stance when encountering stuckness, resistance, or countertransference. Attendees will leave with practical tools and language they can immediately apply to help clients reduce shame and cultivate a more compassionate relationship with themselves.

Presentation Goals

1. This training will provide therapists with a trauma-informed framework for treating binge eating using self-compassion-based interventions.
2. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how binge eating functions as an emotional coping strategy.
3. Participants will learn practical tools to help clients reduce shame, regulate emotions, and build a kinder relationship with food and body.

Measurable objectives

1. Describe at least three ways that trauma can contribute to the development and maintenance of binge eating behaviors.
2. Identify at least three self-compassion-based interventions that can be integrated into clinical work with clients struggling with binge eating.
3. Explain how self-compassion can reduce shame and self-criticism in clients with disordered eating.
4. Apply at least two trauma-informed strategies for introducing self-compassion practices to clients who use food as an emotional coping tool.
5. Describe at least two ways self-compassion practices can be adapted to support clients from diverse cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds in the treatment of binge eating.

About the Presenter

Erica Thomas, MA, LMFT has over 15 years of experience supporting clients in healing from trauma, emotional eating, and disordered eating. She specializes in helping clients develop a more compassionate relationship with food and body, drawing from her training with Dr. Kristin Neff and her background in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Erica maintains a private practice in Rohnert Park and Lafayette, CA, and offers coaching and an online course to support individuals struggling with emotional eating. Her work blends evidence-based practices with deep empathy and a belief that healing begins with kindness toward ourselves.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Licensed psychologists, licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage & family therapists, and pre-licensed professionals.

CE Credit Certificates

The course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

East Bay Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #52488) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. East Bay Chapter of CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

Note: Certificates of Completion will be awarded to participants who attend the entire workshop and complete the course evaluation.

Consider Joining East Bay CAMFT

We invite non-members to consider joining East Bay CAMFT.
Member pricing:
Licensed Membership/Community Partner Fee: $75/annually
Pre-Licensed Associate/Student/Retired Membership Fee: $50/annually

EVENT POLICIES

Ready to connect with your clinical community? If you are a CAMFT member looking to join one of our structured peer consultation sessions, groups are limited to 10 participants and meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 7:00 PM to 7:55 PM PST.

Secure your spot by filling out the Peer Consultation Group Interest Form to start the admission process.

Enact some self-care and meet EB CAMFT members by joining us for meditation in Redwood Regional Park. 

Craig Toonder is coordinating this event. Please email him at ctoondermft@gmail.com with any questions about this event.

Logistics:

• The meet up time will be 9:30am in the parking lot.

• At 9:45am we will take a short hike to the restrooms and then to the meditation site.

• Once we settle in, there will be a short introduction and then a 30-minute sitting meditation.

• After the meditation we will have an optional “tea time” to socialize and get to know one another.
  
  

What to bring: 

• Clothes - Bring layers with you because the Redwoods often have microclimates.

• If there is fog the trees will drip water. So please bring a raincoat and warm clothes!

• Bring something to sit on - blanket, tarp, zafu, kneeling bench, camping chair, etc.

• If you want to stay for tea, the tea party is a “tea-pot-pot-luck-party”. Please bring your own mug, if you can, and tea to share, if you have a thermos. If you are a coffee drinker, feel free to bring that instead. If you only have a travel mug, you are welcome to bring tea for one.

• Craig has two thermoses and will be bringing two types of tea. He also has 6 camping mugs. If you have extra travel or camping mugs, please bring them if you are comfortable sharing.

IMPORTANT WARNING
We have been having issues with Maps sending people to the wrong location. Prior to the event, please ensure that Maps is sending you to the parking lot 170 feet from the Chabot Space Center, and that the parking lot is between Oakland Pal Camp and Chabot. Both of these locations are on Google Maps.

Craig’s cell phone does not get service in the parking lot, so you will not the able to call him the day of the event.

Parking Fee: Free
Restrooms: There is a restroom at Redwood Bowl Picnic Spot
Google Maps to the Parking Lot:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Redwood+Bowl+Staging+Area/@37.8167712,-122.1807599,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x808f87d7549c84c5:0xc6cbcd732657c5e0!8m2!3d37.8167699!4d-122.1799944!16s%2Fg%2F11bycfd3dt?entry=ttu

Written Directions:
From 24: Take 13 S. towards Hayward. Take the Joaquin Miller Rd/Lincoln Ave exit. Turn left onto Monterey Blvd. Turn left onto Joaquin Miller Rd. Turn left onto Skyline Blvd.

From 580 E: Take the Fruitvale Ave exit toward Coolidge Avenue. Continue onto Harold St. Turn left onto Champion St. Continue onto Lincoln Ave. Continue on Joaquin Miller Rd. Turn left onto Skyline Blvd.

From 13 N: Take the Joaquin Miller Rd exit toward Lincoln Avenue. Turn right onto Joaquin Miller Rd. Turn left onto Skyline Blvd.

Pre-licensed (associates and students in MFT and related programs) clinicians are invited to join the monthly 3000 hour networking group. Come share information about licensure processes, job opportunities, upcoming trainings, and more. This event is led by Pre-licensure Director Tanya Jacobs.

We look forward to seeing you!

Please join us as Natasha Griffin leads our
monthly networking group. 

Connect and meet your peers. 

Guests are welcome, too!

We'll see you there!

The Ladybugs are out in the thousands in Redwood Regional! Enact some self-care and meet EB CAMFT members by joining us on a Ladybug hike! 

The meet up time will be 9:30am and the hike will begin at 9:45am.

Craig Toonder is coordinating this event. Please email us at ctoondermft@gmail.com with any questions about the hike.

For day of hike issues or problems, please call Craig Toonder, MFT at 510-499-7137.

Google Maps for Parking Lot:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Canyon+Meadow+Staging+Area/@37.8053569,-122.1539012,15.78z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x808f88ed8557d357:0x1f63bd09dcb69de8!8m2!3d37.8068036!4d-122.1483483!16s%2Fg%2F11g9mbhjtr?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3MUgBUAM%3D

Trail:
Stream Trail (In and Out hike)
Estimated distance: 2 miles out, 2 miles back
(The Lady Bugs are 1.5 miles out, 1.5 mile back.)
Allow for 20 minutes/mile.
For Trail Map, go to: http://www.ebparks.org/parks/redwood

Parking Fee: Free
Dogs: Allowed, however the Lady Bugs can flow like rivers across the trail, so… trained dogs.

Trailhead Directions:

Location & Access

• Address/Directions: Enter Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park via the Redwood Gate at 7867 Redwood Road, Oakland, turning left and following the road to the final lot for Canyon Meadow.
• From Hwy 13: Take the Redwood Road exit and head east (uphill) for about 2.25 miles.

Parking Details

• Fee: A $5 fee is collected seasonally (weekends & major holidays, April-October) at the Redwood Gate kiosk.
• Availability: It's a popular area, so parking can be limited; arrive early, especially on weekends.
• Safety: The paid lots (Canyon Meadow, Roberts) are considered safer than free street parking spots along Redwood Road/Skyline Blvd, where break-ins are frequent.
• Facilities: The area provides restrooms, picnic tables, and a water faucet.

Tips

• Overflow lots are available further down the road.

Join us on the trail!

EAST BAY CAMFT invites our members to sign up to volunteer to help with events, committees, or other volunteer opportunities!

Please register to add your name to our list of volunteers for EB CAMFT activities.  

This is a great opportunity to get more involved with your chapter, connect with other therapists, give back to your profession, and make new friends by helping on an occasional or a regular basis with chapter activities and needs!  You an select the category you might be interested in, and you will be contacted by a Board member when an opportunity arises.

Volunteer Categories are:

1.  Help organize or work at an In-person event(s)

2.  Volunteer for an EB CAMFT Committee

3.  Volunteer for either of the above options

4.  Volunteer for other occasional jobs

For more information contact: Sandy at admin@ebcamft.org.