Messiah College Master of Arts in Counseling
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MESSIAH COLLEGE MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELING SUMMER 2015 NEWSLETTER
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Barto, H. H., Brott, P. E., & Lambert, S. F. (2015). The career development of adolescent mothers: A content analysis of 25 years of professional literature.
The Journal of Employment Counseling.
Barto, H. H., Lambert, S. F., & Brott, P. E. (2015). Career adaptability, resiliency, and perceived obstacles to
the career development of adolescent mothers. The Professional Counselor.
Bohecker, Lynn (2015). Counselor, know thyself. Counseling Today.
McGinnis, Carol Z.A. (2015). Family ostracism in christianity and counseling. Journal of Psychology and
Christianity.
STUDENT NEWS
Congratulations to Tasha Herner (Clinical Mental Health)! Tasha was selected to receive a $5,000 scholarship from the NBCC Foundation. The scholarships support the Foundation’s priority of increasing access to
mental health care through professional counseling services, particularly for underserved populations.
MESSIAH COLLEGE MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELING
Sherri Freas, MEd, MA, NCC recently published an article in the Family Therapy Magazine (AAMFT)
entitled, Enlarging the Definition of “Self”. Sherri is a 2014 Marriage, Couple and Family graduate in the Counseling Program and is an AAMFT Pre-Clinical Fellow. She is a counselor at the Lebanon Treatment Center in
Lebanon, PA, a CRC Health Company.
DO YOU HAVE ANY NEWS/UPDATES?
Please contact [email protected] with news you would like to have included in a future newsletter.
ALUMNI SURVEY is coming:
Please take a few minutes to complete the Alumni Survey that will be sent
to Graduate Counceling Alums mid July. Your input is important to us.
MESSIAH COLLEGE MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELING SUMMER 2015 NEWSLETTER
CONGRATS TO OUR
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Baker, Lindsey...............................................................................................CAGS
 Barlow Martin, Marie......................................Clinical Mental Health Counseling
 Belack, Debra..................................................Clinical Mental Health Counseling
 Bonfanti, Cara.......................................................................... School Counseling
 Cassatt, Meggan....................................................................... School Counseling
 Connolly, Kristin...........................................................................................CAGS
 Dames, Jai........................................... Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling
 Davis, Jodi.......................................................Clinical Mental Health Counseling
 Dupres, Danielle...........................................................................................CAGS
 Ebersole, Courtney................................................................... School Counseling
 Farrar-Freeman, Leigh...................................................................................CAGS
 Fleagle, Julie..................................................................................................CAGS
 Gardiner, Amanda.................................................................... School Counseling
 Gardner, Mary.......................................................................... School Counseling
 Haloupek, Kayla....................................................................... School Counseling
 Hodges, Janet..................................................Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Howard, Jenny......................................................................... School Counseling
 Kohlenberg, Meranda............................................................... School Counseling
 Main, Elizabeth...............................................Clinical Mental Health Counseling
 Martin, Delphine.............................................Clinical Mental Health Counseling
 Monuteaux, Adrienne......................... Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling
 Pickering, Rachael.........................................................................................CAGS
 Robinson, Gwyn....................................................................... School Counseling
 Warehime, Katie............................................................................................CAGS
 Watkins, Samuel................................. Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling
 Weller, Kristy............................................................................ School Counseling
 Winger, Lilly............................................................................. School Counseling
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Requirements:
• The conference must offer at least 3 hours of continuing education that is equivalent to your future license/certification.
• The length of the conference must be at least a half day and it must be attended in person.
• The conference will need to be approved by your advisor prior to attendance. After the conference,
students are required to submit a copy of your CEU or attendance certificate to your advisor and
Holly Myers.
• Click on the links below for more information on upcoming conferences!
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
2015 Annual Conference
September 3-6, 2015 • Austin, TX
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference
ACES Leadership for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Practice
October 7-11, 2015 • Philadelphia, PA
National Christian Counselors Association
2015 Conference
October 16-17, 2015 • Charlotte, NC
Pennsylvania Counseling Association
47th Annual PCA Conference
November 6-8, 2015 • State College, PA
Pennsylvania School Counseling Association
60th Annual 2014 PSCA Conference
February 17-20, 2016 • Hershey, PA
American Counseling Association
ACA 2016 Annual Conference & Exposition
March 31—April 3, 2016 • Montreal, Canada
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