We offer reading groups, seminars, lectures, and workshops for academics and clinicians
**all programs are CE eligibleSamavaya is a Sanskrit word that refers to the concept of inseparable relationship. It describes how qualities and substances are mutually dependent and intrinsically linked and highlights the unique connection between two entities that cannot exist without the other and are defined by the other.
With regards to psychology, Samavaya evokes the relationship between internal and external; reflection and action; learning and expertise; tradition and innovation; and theory and practice.
Orienting to interdependence in many forms invites exploration, integration, and articulation, which in turn, provides a foundation for transformative and robust clinical service and education.
Samavaya Psychology’s interdisciplinary educational programs support developing a rigorous relationship between clinical and critical social theory, ancestral and empirical evidence, and practice with nuanced attention to the impact of power dynamics and social structures on mental health.
We believe clinical knowledge is formed in relationship to theory, practice, and social structures.
We support clinicians in understanding themselves as clinical observers, hypothesis testers, and theory developers.
We invite you to share with us your ideas, desires, and needs- as teachers and learners.
At Samavaya, we value co-learning and community-driven content. Many of us have incredible knowledge bases but do not have ready access to academic and professional spaces to share this knowledge. Samavaya aims to help us come together and amplify our innovative theoretical and clinical work while also ensuring that programming is compliant with continuing education requirements. This allows us to redirect financial resources into programming we design for ourselves and offer to our colleagues and comrades.
Colleagues are encouraged to both teach and learn in this space.
We offer administrative and didactic support to those wishing to develop programs according to level of need.
We also offer CE certification to partner organizations’ programs. Contact us to learn more.
Samavaya Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists and other mental health professionals, as per licensing board rules. Samavaya Psychology maintains responsibility for all programs and their content.Fall 2026 Programs
SamaVaya Presents
Virtual Courses
Reading Fanon: Examining Violence in Clinical Practice with Mamta Dadlani (November & December)
Clinical World Building Through Queer Forms of Asian American Inscrutibility with Vivian Huang & Mamta Dadlani (November & December)
Virtual Workshops
Orienting to Disability Justice with Mamta Dadlani (October & December)
Is it because I’m green or because I’m Brown? with Jennifer Vera and Mamta Dadlani (end October)
Tree of Life by Satyakam Garg
Featured Co-Sponsored Course
Ancestral Cultural Competence: A Soul-Based CE Journey for Therapists
with Katherine Saviskas
This continuing education curriculum will support participants with intentionally gaining new knowledge about their ancestors, ancestral cultures, and their own cultural identity in the service of liberatory clinical practice. We will utilize the lenses of decolonial studies, racial justice, and psychotherapy.
Katherine’s Fall Virtual Workshops
Be More Human (October 14)
Feeling Safe (November 12)
The Importance of Darkness (December 1)
Your Ancestors’ Spiritualities (December 21)
Katherine’s Spring Courses
Getting to Know Your Ancestors’ Stories-Online (February/March 2027)
Folk Art of Your Ancestors- In-Person Retreat, New Orleans (April 9-11, 2027)
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Questions?
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Each course has it’s own page, which contains a registration link or a link for updates. If you have any difficulty, reach out via our contact page.
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Course enrollment can be cancelled and refunded up to one week prior to the course start date with $25 administrative fee. Within one week, a refund minus the administrative fee is possible if someone from the waitlist takes the open spot. Transfers are accepted, with the administrative fee. Contact us to discuss any questions you may have.
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If you have a complaint, you are encouraged first to approach the instructor/s to address your concern and to notify the director of Samavaya in writing at SamavayaPsychology@gmail.com.
Written grievances will be reviewed by the director in consultation with the CE Advisory Committee. If the grievance is with the director in the role of program instructor, the grievance will be sent to a member of the CE Advisory Committee (Matt.Leroy@gmail.com).
Grievances will be shared with the presenter in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the individual issuing the grievance. The presenter will have the opportunity to respond in writing. The individual who issued the grievance will then have the opportunity to meet with the director (or CE Advisory Committee member) to ensure that the grievance is fully addressed and resolved. Possible resolutions may include refund or credit, adaptation to programs, discontinued programs or ending co-sponsorships.
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Reach out via our contact form or email us at SamavayaPsychology@gmail.com. If you aren’t sure what this entails or if you need support building a course, we offer consultation via individual contracts. Reach out!
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Hurrah! We love hearing about what people want to be thinking and talking about together! Send us a message via the contact form and we can set up a time to talk.
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Samavaya Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education credits for psychologists throughout the United States. Most state licensing boards for LCSWs and LMFTs accept APA credits, with a few states having specific hour limits. Please check with your state licensing body to confirm that these CE credits are acceptable for your license.
In order to receive CE credits for a program, you must attend all of the program, as no partial credit is awarded.
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