Counseling California

Counseling California.com provides a powerful, comprehensive, search engine that gives you immediate access to expert Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs), and other mental health professionals practicing in California and thoroughly trained in helping manage life's challenges.

From debilitating issues such surviving divorce to coping with depression, Counseling California puts vital resources at your fingertips to overcome life’s most challenging and demanding obstacles. You can search for your ideal therapist by geographic area, by specialty, by insurance coverage, and of course, by name.You can even search for conditions that friends and family are battling and e-mail your results to those whom you think need a helping hand.

Get advice on everything you need to know, from the most prevalent mental health issues, to how to best work with a therapist including common payment arrangements, and tips on selecting a therapist who’s best for you. Therapists listed on CounselingCalifornia.com are approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT). CAMFT is a non-profit association whose members are dedicated to educating the public about mental health issues and ensuring that member therapists adhere to an exceptionally high standard of professional ethics.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

 The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) is an independent, professional organization of over 34,000 members representing the interests of Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) throughout the state. It is dedicated to advancing the profession as an art and a science, to maintaining high standards of professional ethics, to upholding the qualifications for the profession, and to expanding the recognition and awareness of the profession.

CAMFT activities revolve around two interrelated themes:

• the advancement of marriage and family therapy as an art, a science and a mental health profession, and
• the advancement of the common business interests of its members.

CAMFT is an organizational advocate that represents needs and concerns of California’s most highly trained therapists. It monitors and works cooperatively with regulatory boards (such as Board of Behavioral Sciences), the state legislature, and others. CAMFT sponsors bills and works to enact laws passed to benefit therapists, their patients, and the community.

Similar to other professional or trade associations, CAMFT is a special interest group. Its main interest is pursuing therapeutic goals which are good, both MFTs and for the public they serve.