California Mental Health Events

Listings for 2027 in California are still rolling in. Many event organizers in the mental health space wait until later in the cycle to publish their dates, especially smaller regional CEU workshops and clinical trainings that don't require long lead times for venue booking. What's here now is the early wave -- there will be more. A lot of the activity comes from the major professional associations -- the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) for counselors, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for clinical social workers, the American Psychological Association (APA) for psychologists, and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) for MFTs -- plus their California chapters, which run their own annual conferences and CEU programming. As a baseline, 2026 closed out with roughly 14 mental health conferences in California. If past patterns hold, 2027 should land in a similar range once organizers finish publishing their schedules. October was the busiest month that year, with 4 on the calendar -- worth keeping in mind if you're trying to plan ahead for CEU travel. To put some numbers on the seasonality: 2026 saw 4 conferences in October and 3 in March in California. Those tend to be the months therapists block off well in advance. And if your organization is planning something for therapists in California in 2027, we'd be glad to feature it as soon as you have dates.

For context, the table breaks down the timing of mental health conferences and clinical events in California -- the full 2026 mental health event calendar for California has the underlying list.