California Family Institute

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🚨 Shocking Statistics Alert! 🚨

Mental Health in America has just released its latest numbers, and the results for California are alarming. Our state is ranked 48th in access to care, with a staggering 61.8% of people with a mental illness not receiving the treatment they need. This is a wake-up call for all of us.

At the California Family Institute, we are dedicated to making a difference. Our mission is twofold:

Bridge the gap for those who cannot access mental and relational health services in Orange County and beyond.

Develop the mental health leaders of the future to ensure that disparities in access shrink exponentially.

Together, we can work towards a healthier California. Let's raise awareness and take action to improve mental health care access for everyone.

🌟 Spotlight Interview Alert! 🌟 Join us in welcoming Aja Chavez, Executive Director of Mission Prep and proud CFI alumni, as we dive into a compelling discussion about the impact of Mission Prep on teen mental health initiatives. 🌱

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Mission Prep for their unwavering support of our mission. Their collaboration is crucial in helping us advance our goals. 🤝

Remember, our No Gala, Gala is still going strong! There’s still time to get involved and make a difference. Your support is vital to our continued success. Please consider contributing at cfi.cbo.io. Let’s keep the momentum going and support those in need of mental health services. 💚

🌟 Spotlight Interview Alert! 🌟 Aja Chavez, Executive Director of Mission Prep 🌟 Spotlight Interview Alert! 🌟 Join us in welcoming Aja Chavez, Executive Director of Mission Prep and proud CFI alumni, as we dive into a compelling discu...

California Family Institute representing at the Meeting of the Minds Conference. Sharing our story of providing accessible, high-quality mental health services to those in need, regardless of their economic status.

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Hello Friends - The next Narrative & Pizza is scheduled. Please RSVP if you plan to come.
This one we will be covering Michael White’s ideas around the therapists position as Decentered But Influential, and ideas around Way of Being in therapy that lead to better outcomes and stronger therapeutic relationships.
From Michael White:
The notion “decentred” does not refer to the intensity of the therapist’s engagement (emotional or otherwise) with people seeking consultation, but to the therapist’s achievement in according priority to the personal stories and to the knowledges and skills of these people. In regard to the personal stories of people’s lives, in the context of this achievement, these people have a “primary authorship” status, and the knowledges and skills that have been generated in the history of their lives are the principal considerations.
The therapist is influential not in the sense of imposing an agenda or in the sense of delivering interventions, but in the sense of building a scaffold, through questions and reflections, that makes it possible for people to:
a) more richly describe the alternative stories of their lives,
b) step into and to explore some of the neglected territories of their lives, and to
c) become more significantly acquainted with the knowledges and skills of their lives that are relevant to addressing the concerns, predicaments and problems that are at hand.
We hope to see you soon!

Narrative & Pizza is Back!
Would you like to learn about narrative therapy? Would you like to do it in community? Please join us on Friday Jan 5th at 6pm as we re-start Narrative & Pizza at CFI. This month we will learn inquiry and scaffolding that contributes to options for people to load the unique outcomes/exceptions/problem-solving skills of their lives with significance. No cost. BYOB. Email/DM for RSVP or details. Hope to see you!

The Orange County Housing Authority (OCHA) is accepting applications for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) waiting list until September 29, 2023.

Friends- CFI offers low cost counseling services for individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families. Please tell a friend!
http://www.californiafamilyinstitute.org/

New group starting at CFI. Please reach out if interested and tell a friend. Only $40 for all 4 weeks.

Low cost counseling services for individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families.

Our team stands with the women of Iran and Kurdistan.

Individual, Couple and Family Therapy Services, Research and Training Center We provide low cost individual, couple and family therapy services. We are also a research and training site for mental health workers.

The Children’s Home Society of California (CHS) and the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) will now offer subsidized childcare programs to help pay for most, if not all, childcare expenses. Families can begin the application process by visiting https://www.chs-ca.org/ or can apply by calling the office at (714)543-2273.

Children's Home Society of California CHS serves children and families throughout California, with seven CHS offices dedicated to providing high-quality programs to those in need. Learn more about communities we serve and their unique needs.

Friends- Please remember CFI is still seeing clients in-person, and we are also seeing clients via our secure, HIPAA compliant videoconferencing software. Call or email to schedule an appointment! We understand these challenging times can be quite stressful and overwhelming. We are here to help.

http://www.californiafamilyinstitute.org/

Individual, Couple and Family Therapy Services, Research and Training Center We provide low cost individual, couple and family therapy services. We are also a research and training site for mental health workers.

Our next Narrative & Pizza is scheduled for Sunday August 28th where we will be covering conversation maps. This one will be held at our Clinical Directors house because of the popularity of our last one. So email or DM your RSVP to reserve a spot. See you soon!

Hi Colleague's- Please join us for free pizza and some narrative therapy training. Hope to see you soon!

Friends- During National Mental Health Awareness month. Please remember CFI is still seeing clients in-person, and we are also seeing clients via our secure, HIPAA compliant videoconferencing software. Call or email to schedule an appointment! We understand these challenging times can be quite stressful and overwhelming. We are here to help.

http://www.californiafamilyinstitute.org/

Happy Holidays from the CFI team!

It's common knowledge (and research) that the therapeutic relationship and alliance trumps any model of therapy. So why are there so few workshops or trainings that attend to the therapeutic relationship? Well look no further! Join us this Friday at noon to expand your therapeutic relationship skills and receive one CEU in the process. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rupture-repair-in-the-therapeutic-relationship-tickets-180457060927

New Group Alert! The change of season, and the fast approaching holidays, can often be a time of struggle for many. But you don’t have to do it alone. Join Kat and Mary in an experience of connection and healing. Reach out for details!

There exists some critique of Narrative Therapy that in its emphasis on larger societal discourses it has missed out on considering the more immediate family or the human networks that people live within. This one hour online webinar will respond to this critique and show how narrative practice in family therapy does attend to both the larger societal discourses as well as family intricacies at the most local level, and rather than blame families for the problems of family members, the narrative family therapy approach brings the family or networks together to counter the problem as they see it.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/narrative-therapy-with-families-tickets-169522886517

Friends-
Please remember CFI is still seeing therapy clients in-person, and we are also seeing clients via our secure, HIPAA compliant videoconferencing software. Call or email to schedule an appointment! We understand these challenging times can be quite stressful and overwhelming. We are here to help.
http://www.californiafamilyinstitute.org/

New Group Alert!
Please spread the word about our new group that will provide support to folks as they navigate the new normal. Hosted by the awesome Mary and Kat.