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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Come join us for a casual, interactive discussion about psych meds.
This will NOT be a lecture about pharmacologic mechanisms and neuroreceptors. Instead, we’ll discuss some very practical matters.
- When can medications be a crutch?
- How might medications effect the therapeutic relationship (for better or worse)?
- What effects (for better or worse) might medications have on symptoms you are trying to target?
- What new mental health issues might medications actually cause and how can you recognize it?
- When is it appropriate for a therapist to discuss medications with clients?
- When is it appropriate to contact the prescriber?
- What's the deal with marijuana and psychedelics?
We’ll explore all things med-related and learn from each other.
Please bring your own experiences (positive and negative) as therapists working with medicated patients (and trying to collaborate with irritating psychiatrists).
EDUCATIONAL GOAL
Increase knowledge about psychiatric medications specific to their role in therapy and unintended effects.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Attendees will be able to:
- Identify two unintended effects of medications.
- Identify two ways in which medications can affect a client's participation in therapy.
- Identify two consequences of long term use of benzodiazepines.
OUTLINE/OTHER DETAILS
Title: What Should a Therapist Know about Psychiatric Medications? A Practical Discussion
When: Friday, December 4, 2026
Location: Serra Mesa-Kearny Mesa Library Community Room (9005 Aero Dr. San Diego, CA 92123)
Time Breakdown:
2:30pm-5:30pm: CE Presentation
- What does "being on a medication" mean to clients
- Antidepressants
- Stimulants
- Benzodiazepines
- Marijuana, Psychedelics and Ketamine
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TARGET AUDIENCE
This event is for mental health professionals.
COST
$45 for Chapter Members
$75 for Non-Members
$15 for Pre-Licensed and Students
Guests allowed! If a member or interested in becoming a member, please register independently.
Refund/Cancellation Policy
ACCOMODATIONS & GRIEVANCES
Please email the Education Chair and visit our website for policies.
CERTIFICATES
Course Completion certificates will be awarded electronically in exchange for a completed evaluation form. Please make sure the Program Administrator has your correct email.
Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Partial credit will not be awarded.
Participants must be present for the entire length of the workshop to be awarded credit. Participants will not be given CE credit if they are more than 15 minutes late and/or do not stay for the entire length of the workshop.
This course is provided by the San Diego Chapter of the California association of marriage and family therapists (Provider #57330) is approved by the California association of marriage and family therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. San Diego chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists maintains responsibility for the program and all its content.
Please email the CE Chair.
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