Continuing Education Trainings for Local Therapists
Shine a Light Counseling Center is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs,LCSWs, and LPCCs. Please sign up on our email list to receive information on classes and workshops designed to help you broaden or deepen your therapeutic skill set. Also let us know if you have a workshop you would like to offer. We need presenters for in-service trainings to our eager-to-learn staff, as well as workshops valuable to the local therapist community.
Experiential Therapy for Clinicians
Embodiment – Expression – Relational Depth
Sunday July 26th, 2026 1pm – 4pm $30.
with Amaia Brehaut, AMFT#153199 and Lillian Myers, AMFT#151821
Live on Zoom
sorry, there are no CEUs for this training
Eating Disorders
An Introduction for Clinicians
Virtual – Saturday June 13th, 2026 11:00am – 12:30pm
Presented by Rone Canyon – The Lotus Collective. Hosted by Tanya Takacs – Shine a Light & New Perspectives
Live on Zoom
sorry, there are no CEUs for this training
Adolescent Psychotherapy
How to Build Rapport, Work with Parents, and Offer Creative Interventions for this Unique Developmental Stage
with Inaê Cintra Mattiazzi AMFT 141552
Saturday May 23rd, 2026 11 am- 1 pm
This training is virtual, a link will be provided upon registration.
sorry, there are no CEUs for this training
Previous CEU Topics:
Therapy with Teens Training
Jessica Zover LMFT
Breathwork Emergence Training
Dylan Brody
Internal Family Systems
Jane Farrar
Essentials of Ericksonian Hypnosis
Lindasue Marshall
Therapy with Teens: Navigating Parental Involvement
Jessica Zovar
Parent Education Gems
Tim Hartnett
Use of Metaphor in Therapy
Lindasue Marshall
Eating Disorders 101
Jenn Farley
Brief Solution-Focused Therapy,
Lindasue Marshall
The Foundation of Empathy in Therapy,
Tim Hartnett
Experiential Expressive Arts Therapy
Jennifer Alexander
Ethics & Boundaries in Psychotherapy
Lisa Herendeen
Introduction to Experiential Play Therapy
Alison Harre
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
Jessica Zovar
Gender Diversity Basics
Anthony Ross
Effective Therapy with Reactive Couples, Melissa Fritchle
Attachment-Based Couples Therapy,
Tim Hartnett
Co-Parent Counseling & Mediation
Tim Hartnett
Mindfulness Interventions for Trauma
Melissa Fritchle
Facilitating Communication with NVC
Tim Hartnett
Supporting Healthy Sexual Development in Children & Teens
Melissa Fritchle
Sexual Desire Discrepancy & Incompatibility in Couples Therapy
Melissa Fritchle
Fundamentals of Supervision,
Mark Zalona
Starting a Private Practice,
Julia Pinsky
Relationship Repair After Infidelity
Melissa Fritchle
Being with Our Client’s Suffering While in Our Own
Melissa Fritchle