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Table of Contents
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME ...................................................................................................................................... 3
2017 SCCA Service Project: Harvest Hope ....................................................................................................... 5
SCCA COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS ........................................................................................................................... 6
THURSDAY AT-A-GLANCE ..................................................................................................................................... 7
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017 .......................................................................................................................... 7
PRECONFERENCE MORNING WORKSHOPS│9:00 AM-NOON ............................................................................. 7
PRECONFERENCE AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS│1:00-4:00 PM ........................................................................... 9
EVENING SESSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 12
FRIDAY AT-A-GLANCE ........................................................................................................................................ 14
OPENING SESSION ............................................................................................................................................ 15
SESSION I ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
SESSION II .................................................................................................................................................... 18
AWARDS LUNCHEON WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER........................................................................................................ 22
SESSION III ................................................................................................................................................... 22
SESSION IV ................................................................................................................................................... 25
Poster Session .............................................................................................................................................. 29
SESSION V ................................................................................................................................................... 35
DIVISION AND INTEREST GROUP COCKTAIL RECEPTION ................................................................................. 43
PRESIDENTIAL BREAKFAST AND BUSINESS MEETING ................................................................................................. 44
SESSION VII ................................................................................................................................................. 44
RED CROSS TRAINING .................................................................................................................................. 48
SCPGA/SCACD/SCCA Past Presidents ............................................................................................................ 49
Verification of Attendance Certificate.................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
SILVER SPONSORS............................................................................................................................................. 51
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE SESSION TRACKS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE YOUR
SESSION CHOICES. TRACKS INCLUDE: CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH, SCHOOL
COUNSELING, ETHICS, TRAUMA, AND SUPERVISION.
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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
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Greetings to all South
Carolina Counselors and
Counseling Association
Members,
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Six months ago, well
before the intensity of a
rigorous U.S. presidential
campaign and transition
of power in our federal government, I faced the year
as President of SCCA with excitement and hope.
My intentional focus and thematic work carried an
idealized vision to form “Bridges to Empowerment”.
One could never predict the current climate
demonstrated throughout society with polarized
thinking and expressed anxieties.
We live in a time of adversity, expressed anxiousness
and fear which South Carolinians experience firsthand. With natural disasters, violent crimes, and
intensity of political maneuvering, I hope we as a
Professional Association will take on the work of
bridging, unifying, and healing as we look to the
future. Our multifaceted diversity as a group and
individuals has the potential to enhance our
organization and benefit the State of South Carolina.
I continue in my passion for the counseling
profession and believe we are mandated to approach
life and those around us with empathy and hope.
Approaching my role, I developed several goals for
SCCA and our members:
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Bridge Generational perspectives into an
honor of tradition as well as launching
into new and uncharted processes and
practices
Bridge Professional perspectives into an
honoring and unified mission
collaborating within our Association as
well as with other professional groups
Bridge with governmental and political
agencies advocating and demonstrating
the importance of our ethics, practices,
and positive influences on the well-being
of South Carolinians
Bridge our current standing as SCCA
with new growth and vision into a
greater, larger, and more influential entity
within our state as well as our national
ACA organization
Bridge to becoming a vital and necessary
resource for the members of SCCA. We
hope to become an educational resource, a
professional advocacy agent, source for
on-going continuing education, as well as
a mentoring group.
I look forward to joining together with
the South Carolina Counseling
Association 53rd Annual Conference.
Along with the conference, planning
committee we intend to provide a
conference filled with hope, community,
restorative conversations, collegiality, and
friendships. As part of the conference, we
are offering the choices of professional
tracks throughout the event. Breakout
sessions will provide school counselors,
agency professionals as well as private
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practitioner’s opportunities to learn from
experts in their areas of focus.
Hopefully, you will find the conference to
be unifying and enlivening as you join
colleagues in community.
Throughout the year and into the Annual
South Carolina Conference, a presidential
appointed committee is being formed to
address critical and emergent needs
within South Carolina. Urgent needs
have risen in which our professional
assistance has been called upon. Recent
Natural disasters as well as violent crimes
have forced action in these critical
moments. I have been working closely
with the leadership of the American
Counseling Association to enhance the
work of SCCA throughout the year.
As we share this week, please feel free to
pull me aside and share your thoughts
and experiences. I look forward to
growing our relationships and expressions
of accomplishment within our
communities. Thank you for your
continuing hard work and devotion to our
counseling profession!
Sincerely,
John
[email protected]
2017 SCCA Service Project: Harvest Hope
The mission of Harvest Hope Food Bank (http://www.harvesthope.org) is
to provide for the needs of the hungry by gathering and sharing quality
food with dignity, compassion and education.
Harvest Hope began in 1981 as the result of a shared vision of business
leaders and the faith community who set out to provide for the hungry in
Columbia. Since then Harvest Hope has increased its mission to feed the
hungry across 20 counties of South Carolina. Harvest Hope distributed
over 28 million pounds of food last year and fed approximately 38,000
people a week.
From simple beginnings, Harvest Hope has continued to increase the
scope of its operations and now provides food, comfort and hope to hungry
individuals and families in the Midlands, Pee Dee and Greater Greenville
regions of South Carolina. SCCA encourages you to join other SCCA members in supporting the 2017 service
project.
Participate in the SCCA Service Project in one of the following ways:

Organize a community Food Drive
(http://www.harvesthope.org/host-a-food-drive)
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Make a donation online, by mail*, or at the SCCA Conference (https://donate.harvesthope.org/)
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Volunteer your time ( http://www.harvesthope.org/volunteer-faqs)
Columbia Area Harvest Hope*
Greenville Area Harvest Hope*
Columbia, SC 29201
Greenville, SC 29611
Florence Pee Dee Area Harvest Hope*
Lexington County Emergency Food Pantry*
Florence, SC 29501
Cayce, SC 29033
2220 Shop Road
2818 White Horse Road
2513 West Lucas Street
1775 12th Street Ext.,
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SCCA COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS
SCCA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
President -Dr. John Nance
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
President Elect – Dr. George Williams
Coordinator for Graduate Students at
Conference Co-Chairs: Norma Colwell and
Jennifer Buker
Past President - Dr. David Scott
Treasurer – Brianna Perkins
Treasurer Elect – Tina Kelly
SC State Dept. of Education Liaison –
Regina Thurmond
Executive Director –
Dr. Jennifer Jordan
SC Occupational Information System (SCOIS)
Liaison - Jimmy Deal
Secretary- Dr. Alexandria Smith
Ethics Chair - Dr. Markesha Miller
ACTIVE STATE DIVISIONS
SC Career Development Association (SCCDA)
Dr. George Williams
([email protected])
STANDING COMMITTEES (CHAIRS)
Awards Co-Chair - Dr. Charlotte Hamilton and
Geraldine Brantley
SC School Counselor Association (SCSDA)
Samantha Fulmer
([email protected])
Membership Chair – Alyson Stiles
SC Association for Multicultural Counseling and
Development (SCMCD)
Gwendolyn Snider
([email protected])
Newsletter Editor – Mandi Budd
Professional Development Chair –
Norma Colwell
SC Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision (SCACES)
Justin Brewer
([email protected])
Long-Range Planning –
Dr. Anthony Strange
Public Policy Legislation Chair –
Ian Murray
Public Relations/Technology/Publicity Chair –
Chandler Cox
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THURSDAY AT-A-GLANCE
8:00AM-9:30AM……………………….…….……………….………………..… CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
9:00AM-12:00PM…………………………..……………………….……..….PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
12:00PM-1:00PM……………………………..………………………………………..….LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
12:30PM-1:30PM………………………..……………………………..…..……..CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
1:00PM-4:00PM……………………………………..…………………………..PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
6:00PM-7:00PM………………………………….………….…..................EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING
1:00PM-6:00PM…………………………………..…………………………..EXHIBIT SET-UP AND VIEWING
3:00PM-4:30PM…………………………………..……………………………..CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
6:30PM-9:30PM…………………………………………FREE SELF-CARE SESSION WITH DR. KARLA SAPP
7:00PM-9:00PM…………………………….………..….………………… DARKNESS TO LIGHT WORKSHOP
7:30PM-9:00PM……………………………………………….……………..……CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS│9:00 AM-NOON
rewiring memory networks. Get dozens of new
ideas and innovative techniques that use
imagery, music, movement, and even play and
humor. Discover why experiential strategies
facilitate neuroplasticity faster than words and
how to adapt interventions to a variety of
personalities and attachment styles. You may
even create your own healing experience with
hands-on activities that energize, inspire and
renew your passion for this most-important
work.
Preconference 1
Title: Creative Strategies
for Healing Trauma:
Experiential Techniques
that Rewire the Brain
Part I
Presenter: Courtney
Armstrong, M.Ed., LPC,
MHSP
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
describe the emerging research on memory
reconsolidation and its implications for healing
trauma; 2. list a 5-step reconsolidation process
that is universal to all effective traumatherapy
methods; 3. demonstrate a guided imagery
technique that can be used to quickly calm and
connect to clients resourceful emotional states;
4. summarize how music impacts the brain and
identify at least one way to use music
Day: Thursday, February 23
Time: 9:00 AM
Room: Palms 1-3
Program Description: In this training you’ll
learn the art and science of healing trauma with
creative strategies that uplift and empower
your clients as you trigger memory
reconsolidation, the brain’s own process for
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therapeutically with your clients and 5. practice
movement and play interventions that
empower and uplift clients.
situations with supervisees that pose more
complex and complicated issues. This
presentation will provide an opportunity for
counselor supervisors to explore ways to
effectively navigate complex and complicated
supervision issues with supervisees.
About the Presenter: Courtney Armstrong is a
Licensed Professional Counselor and Board
Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy.
Bestselling author of the books, The Therapeutic
Aha: 10 Strategies to Get Clients Unstuck and
Transforming Traumatic Grief, she has been
featured as a trauma and grief expert on
national television and radio programs, trains
mental health professionals nationally and
internationally, and is the owner/director of
Tamarisk: A Center for MindBody Therapy in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Objectives: Following the completion of this
presentation, participants are expected to be
able to: 1. identify multi-level issues that
present in counselor supervision; 2. plan a
course of supervision and support for
supervisees that will effectively address the
complex nature of issues; and 3. apply these
practical skills to actual supervision scenarios.
About the presenter: Dr. Tommy Vaughn
has more than thirty years of clinical and
Target Audience: Mental Health Counselors,
School Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
leadership experience in counseling and human
service organizations. He holds licenses as
professional counselor and counselor
supervisor, as well as national certifications as a
counselor and counselor supervisor. He has
contributed to both the education and training
of the next generation of counselors as a
counselor educator and supervisor for
approximately ten years. He recently joined
staff of the Spartanburg Area Mental Health
Center with responsibility for development of a
counselor supervision program.
Preconference 2
Title: Navigating
Complex Supervision
Issues
Presenter(s): Thomas
Vaughn, Ph.D., LPCS
Target Audience: Counselor Educators,
Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Day: Thursday, February 23
Time: 9:00 AM
Room: Palms 6-8
Program Description: Counselor supervisors
routinely deal with common supervision needs
of supervisees and ably navigate the typical
concerns of supervisees. However, counselor
supervisors often find themselves in "sticky"
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while giving families more positive experiences
of interaction and connection.
Preconference 3
Title: Integrating
Emotionally Focused
Therapy With Play
Therapy: Applications
for the Strengthening
Family Connectedness
Presenter: Dawn White,
M.A., LPC, RPT,
Day: Thursday, February 23
About the Presenter: Dawn White completed
her Masters of Arts in Clinical Counseling and
Marriage and Family Therapy from Columbia
International University, 2010. She is trained in
Emotionally Focused Therapy, she is a
Registered Play Therapist, certifed Art
Therapist, and a Licensed Professional
Counselor at Palmetto Family Medicine in
Cheraw.
Time: 9:00 AM
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Play Therapists
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive services
Room: Tides A
Program Description: Emotionally Focused
Therapy (EFT) provides a framework for
understanding relationships in terms of
attachment needs of comfort and support.
When working with children, however, play
therapy is often developmentally preferred over
talk therapy. By integrating play therapy
techniques within an Emotionally Focused
Therapy theoretical framework, therapists can
help parents understand and meet their
children’s needs for affection and comfort.
Using a selection of strategies, this three-hour
presentation will give participants the
opportunity to explore how play therapy
techniques can be integrated with an
Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
theoretical framework to help families feel
greater security and connection.
PRECONFERENCE
WORKSHOPS│1:00-4:00 PM
Preconference 4
Title: Creative Strategies
for Healing Trauma:
Experiential Techniques
that Rewire the Brain
Part 2
Presenter(s): Courtney
Armstrong, M.Ed., LPC,
MHSP
Objectives: Participants will be able to : 1.
define love within a family as an attachment
bond and a felt sense of safety and security; 2.
track negative cycles of interaction between
family members that set up anxious situations
in which there is withdrawal or confrontation;
3. identify the theoretical perspective of play
therapy and the motivation for using play
therapy with children and families; and 4.
incorporate specific play therapy strategies to
help stop the negative cycles of interaction
Day: Thursday, February 23
Time: 1:00 PM
Room: Palms 1-3
Program Description: This is the second part of
training where you’ll learn the art and science
of healing trauma with creative strategies that
uplift and empower your clients as you trigger
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memory reconsolidation, the brain’s own
process for rewiring memory networks. Get
dozens of new ideas and innovative techniques
that that use imagery, music, movement, and
even play and humor. Discover why experiential
strategies facilitate neuroplasticity faster than
words and how to adapt interventions to a
variety of personalities and attachment styles.
You may even create your own healing
experience with hands-on activities that
energize, inspire and renew your passion for
this most-important work.
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Preconference 5
Title: Creative Play Therapy
Techniques for Working with
Clients Who Have Experienced
Traumatic Events
Presenter(s): Lecole Sanders,
MSW, LISW-CP
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
describe the emerging research on memory
reconsolidation and its implications for healing
trauma; 2. list a 5-step reconsolidation process
that is universal to all effective traumatherapy
methods; 3. demonstrate a guided imagery
technique that can be used to quickly calm and
connect to clients resourceful emotional states;
4. summarize how music impacts the brain and
identify at least one way to use music
therapeutically with your clients; and 5. practice
movement and play interventions that empwer
and uplift clients.
Day: Thursday, February 23
Time: 1:00 PM
Room: Palms 6-8
Program Description: This interactive workshop
supports and inspires therapists (clinical social
workers and counselors) to think creatively as
they provide play therapy and/or counseling
services for children who have experienced a
traumatic event. Therapists working with
children who have experienced trauma will
explore play therapy techniques using children’s
board games, books, many free resources and
inexpensive materials. All of these play therapy
techniques encourage and provide therapeutic
benefits for children who have experienced
traumatic events in this experiential theory
based workshop.
About the Presenter: Courtney Armstrong is a
Licensed Professional Counselor and Board
Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy.
Bestselling author of the books, The Therapeutic
Aha: 10 Strategies to Get Clients Unstuck and
Transforming Traumatic Grief, she has been
featured as a trauma and grief expert on
national television and radio programs, trains
mental health professionals nationally and
internationally, and is the owner/director of
Tamarisk: A Center for MindBody Therapy in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop
participants will: 1.identify the benefits of using
materials they have on hand, can make, or can
get for little or no money in a creative way with
clients who have experienced traumatic event;
2. identify useful materials and ways to modify
materials to help clients who have experienced
trauma; and 3. explore play strategies, books,
and games to enhance the therapeutic work
with children who have experienced
traumatizing events.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health and
School Counseling
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory
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About the Presenter: Lecole J. Sanders, MSW,
LISW-CP is a Licensed Independent Social
Worker. She worked as a Behavioral Health
Counselor for 10 years with Florence School
District One where she worked with students to
help them better function emotionally and
behaviorally at school. Lecole is currently
working with clients at Sanders Family
Counseling, LLC in Florence, SC, and serves
children, adolescents and adults who are
experiencing emotional and behavioral
difficulties. When working with children and
adolescents. She currently serves on the board
of the South Carolina Association of Play
Therapy. Lecole is rostered with Project BEST.
preconference session is to assist supervisors
and supervisees in responding to ethical
dilemmas and interpersonal boundary issues in
the supervisory relationship. Relevant ethical
codes and best practices in supervision will be
reviewed. This session will encourage reflection
as well as dialogue concerning topics of ethics
and interpersonal boundaries in the supervisory
relationship.
Objectives: Participants will be able to:
1.identify and understand ethical codes related
to supervision; 2. identify issues of
interpersonal relationship boundaries in the
supervision relationship; and 3. gain knowledge
of interventions for developing appropriate
interpersonal relationship boundaries in
supervision.
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family
Therapist, Play Therapists
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Practices and Counseling Relationship
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
About the Presenter: Dr. Kendra Surmitis, a
graduate of Xavier University and the College of
William and Mary, is a Licensed Clinical Mental
Health Counselor and Counselor Educator.
Currently, Dr. Surmitis teaches Clinical Mental
Health Counseling and School Counseling at
Winthrop University as an Assistant Professor of
Counseling, where she provides supervision to
beginning counselors. She has studied and
practiced supervision in community and school
counseling cohorts for the past 5-years. Her
clinical and research interests include selfauthorship, spirituality in counseling, and
counselor training.
Preconference 6
Title: Ethics and
Interpersonal Boundaries
in Supervision
Presenter(s): Kendra
Surmitis, Ph.D, LPC
Day: Thursday, February
23
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Time: 1:00 PM
Room: Tides A
Program Description: Supervisors are tasked
with a multitude of roles and responsibilities in
the oversight of clinical and school counseling.
As the needs of supervisees and clients become
increasingly taxing, supervisors run the risk of
burnout as well as ethical and interpersonal
boundary issues. The purpose of this
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Target Audience: School Counselor
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Program Management
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
School Counseling Core Curriculum
Preconference 7
Title: Leadership and
Advoacy in School
Counseling
Presenter: Sejal Parikh
Foxx, Ph. D.
Day: Thursday, February 23
EVENING SESSIONS
Time: 1:00 PM
Evening Session 1
Room: Tides C
Title: A Balanced Life:
Strategies to Increase
Life Satisfaction and
Overall Well-Being
Program Description: Comprehensive school
counseling requires leadership and advocacy
efforts. During this session participants will
learn about effective leadership styles, how the
use of data can support advocacy efforts, and
strategies for building a comprehensive school
counseling program. This presentation will be
interactive with multiple opportunities for
practice.
Presenter: Karla Sapp,
Ed.D., LPC
Day: Thursday, February
23
Time: 6:30PM
Objectives: At the end of this session
participants will be able to: 1. define and apply
effective leadership strategies; 2. use data as an
advocacy tool; and 3. build the framework of a
comprehensive school counseling program.
Room: Palms 4
Program Description: A Balanced Life: Self Care
Strategies to Increase to Life Satisfaction will
explore and examine the relationship of ones
lifestyle choices and overall level of wellness.
Participants will engage in a group discussion
focused on the importance of utilizing self-care
strategies to increase their overall life
satisfaction and wellness. Participants will be
provided with several assessments to utilize,
activities and strategies to implement into their
daily lives, and begin to develop a personal
wellness plan.
About the Presenter: Dr. Sejal Parikh Foxx is an
Associate Professor of Counselor Education and
School Counseling Program Director at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is
coauthor of School Counseling in the 21st
Century, 6th edition. As a former urban school
counselor, Dr. Foxx developed a passion for
multicultural counseling with a special focus in
social justice and advocacy. Dr. Foxx also has
experience in building university-school
partnerships, which keeps her grounded and
focused on current issues in education and
school counseling. In addition to her academic
time, Dr. Foxx has also presented over 100
conference presentations, workshops and
invited sessions.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
identify the relationship between an individual's
lifestyle choices and their overall satisfaction
with life and well-being; 2.explore the evolution
of wellness from a medical model to a holistic
model and become familiar with various
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wellness models and assessments; 3. discuss
the research and strategies behind a variety of
holistic interventions that increased life
satisfaction and overall well-being, to include
but not limited to: physical health (diet,
exercise, sleep), purpose and pursuit of life's
meaning, social support, mindfulness, stress
management, self-care, work satisfaction, etc.;
and 4. develop a personal wellness plan.
Evening Session 2
Title: Darkness to Light's
Steward for Children
Training (must have preregistered to attend)
Presenter: George
Williams, Ed.D.
Day: Thursday, February
About the Presenter: Dr. Karla Sapp is a
Licensed Professional, Nationally Certified
Counselor and Clinical Mental Health Counselor,
Master Addictions Counselor and Certified
Professional Counselor Supervisor who
currently employed with the Federal Bureau of
Prisons as a Drug Treatment Specialist,
providing individual/group therapy to male
offenders, and operates her own practice U
Matter Consulting and Counseling. Dr. Sapp
obtained her Doctorate of Education in
Counseling Psychology from Argosy University
and has a research interest in the assessment
and treatment of criminal offenders, sports
counseling, and lifestyle choices/wellness,
expressive/reflective writing, professional
development, developmental
psychology/counseling, disaster mental health,
school mental health, and Sensory Processing
Disorder.
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Time: 7:30PM
Room: Tides A
Program Description: This is a 2-hour,
evidenced-informed training program that
teaches adults how to prevent, recognize, and
react responsibly to child sexual abuse. This
program is designed for parents, youth serving
organizations, and other concerned individuals.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
discuss key concepts for protecting children and
2. examine important issues in sexual abuse
prevention ideas.
About the Presenter: Dr. Williams for the past
18 years has served as Professor and
Coordinator of the Counselor Education
Program at The Citadel and is the current SCCA
President Elect.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues,
Welness and Prevention,
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health, School
Counselors, Counselor Educators
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Counselor Professional Identity
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Services for Students
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2017
FRIDAY AT-A-GLANCE
7:30AM-10:00 AM……………………………..……..………………………… CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
8:00AM-9:00 AM………….………………………………………………..………….………. OPENING SESSION
8:00AM-11:00AM…………………………………………………………………………………EXHIBIT VIEWING
9:10AM-10:05AM……………………………………………..…….………..…….…………………... SESSION I
10:15AM-11:10AM…………………………….…………….……………..…….…………..…………SESSION II
11:20AM-12:50PM…..…………………………………...... AWARDS LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER
1:05 PM-2:00PM…………………………………………..………..………………….…..……………SESSION III
2:10PM- 3:05PM…………………….…………………………..…..……..……………………………SESSION IV
3:10PM-3:30PM……………………………………….……………….………………………….POSTER SESSION
3:35PM-4:30PM ……………………………….………….…….………………………………………. SESSION V
4:40PM-5:35PM………………………….………………………….….…..……………………………SESSION VI
5:45PM-6:54 PM…………….…………………….………………….……………………Evening Reception
The Saluda Center
Rock Hill, SC 29732
2400 West Main Street
Since 1976, the Saluda Counseling Center has provided
psychotherapy for adults, children, couples, and families as well as
training/supervision for professionals in the community. Currently, we provide
psychotherapy and medication management for a variety of life challenges. We
are a faith based 501 3 (C) non-profit agency. However, spirituality can play as
small or large a role as you choose in your therapeutic process.
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OPENING SESSION│8:00-9:00
TIDES BALLROOM A
SUPER HEROES, SUPER POWERS, AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS
WITH SCHOOL COUNSELING KEY NOTE SPEAKER
DR. SEJAL PARIKH FOXX
This session will provide the audience with an overview of the 21st century
school counselor. We may not fly or become invisible, but we can use our skills to
make a significant impact on the lives of k-12 students and their families. One
might say that it takes the spirit of a superhero or a superpower to be an
effective school counselor. I say, it simply takes you. During this session, the
following objectives with be covered:
1.
Current state of school counseling
2.
School counselors as leaders
3.
The importance of advocacy
About the Presenter: Dr. Sejal Parikh Foxx is an Associate Professor of Counselor Education and School
Counseling Program Director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is coauthor of School
Counseling in the 21st Century, 6th edition. As a former urban school counselor, Dr. Foxx developed a
passion for multicultural counseling with a special focus in social justice and advocacy. Dr. Foxx also has
experience in building university-school partnerships, which keeps her grounded and focused on current
issues in education and school counseling. In addition to her academic time, Dr. Foxx has also presented
over 100 conference presentations, workshops and invited sessions.
SESSION I │ 9:10-10:05
Room: Palms 1
Title: Because SCOIS is More Than An
Assessment
Program Description: Participants will learn
about the latest enhancements to
SCOIS. Nitrotype and Road Trip Nation are just
two of the newest features. In addition to
assessments, SCOIS offers a wealth of
information on occupations, colleges, and
financial aid, as well as on-line job shadowing
and budget planning.
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Sherry Bess, M.Ed., Jackie
Hoagland, M. Ed., Gail Darley, M. Ed., and
Carole Dunlap, M. Ed.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 9:10 AM
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Objectives: Participants will be able to : 1.
examine the new features of SCOIS; 2. learn
how to utilize new features, and 3.identify
avenues to share the new information with
colleagues.
increase understanding of autoimmune
disorder development and progression; and 3.
explore strategies to address the needs of these
patients in the counseling setting and teach
patients self advocacy skills.
Target Audience: School Counselors, Counselor
Educators, Career counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Career
Development and Counseling
Global Career Facilitator Competencies: Career
Development Models
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Planning
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Counselor Educators, Marriage and
Family Therapist
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Human Growth
and Devleopment
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Title: Invisible Illnesses: Perceptions of
Autoimmune Disease and the Implications for
Counseling
Title: Preventing Burnout in
Supervision of In-Home and Community-based
Clinicians
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Program Track: Supervision
Presenter(s): Madison Farrell, Ph.D,. LPC,
Donna Farrell, MA, BA, Certified SpeechLanguage Pathologist
Presenter(s): Megan Boyd, Ph.D., LPC Clinical
Director Grace Harbour, Inc.
Day: Friday, February 24
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 9:10 AM
Time: 9:10 AM
Room: Palms 2
Room: Palms 3
Program Description: The purpose of this
presentation is to provide information on the
experience of clients who have been diagnosed
with autoimmune disorders and their
perception of how members of their support
system treat them. The importance of a support
system when recovering from a chronic illness is
well documented. If this support is not
available, it can be counterproductive in the
progress of the patient. Our presentation will
share what we learned about the needs of
these patients and discuss some strategies to
address those needs in therapy.
Program Description: Those supervisors in an
agency, university, or private setting are invited
to participate in this interactive workshop for
effective methods when supervising home and
community-based clinicians. The challenge in
supervising this population lies within matching
clinician development with the needs of the
population. Participants will gain insight from
other professionals, be presented elements of
solution-focused, develop mental, and
discriminatory models of supervision, and cases
studies with examples of elements from these
models.
Objectives: Participants will be able to : 1.
identify various autoimmune disorders; 2.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
identify three strategies from solution-focused,
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developmental, and discriminatory models of
supervision; 2. identify at least 3 needs of home
and community-based clinicians in supervision;
and 3. practice at least one model technique
prior to the close of the workshop.
symptoms of compassion fatigue and of
vicarious trauma; and 3.verbalize at least two
interventions that can be used when
compassion fatigue or vicarious trauma are
recognized.
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Preactice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Target Audience: Counselor Educators
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Title: Facilitating a Transgender
Support Group in the South
Title: Recognizing and Remediating
Impaired Counselors and Students: The
Supervisor’s Role
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Program Track: Supervision
Presenter(s): Dr. Aubrey Sejuit, LMSW, M.Ed.,
CASAC and Ivan Munn, B.A. Lenoir- Rhyne
Student
Presenter(s): Diane Clark, Ph.D., LPC, Webster
University and Brenda Callahan, Ph.D., LPC,
Associate Professor LaGrange College
Day: Friday, February 24
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 9:10 AM
Time: 9:10 AM
Room: Tides B
Room: Tides A
This session will differentiate between the
conditions of compassion fatigue and vicarious
trauma. It will then provide the participants
with specific tools to help deal with the effects
of these impairments. Through the use of
discourse, case studies, and group activities, the
session will provide supervisor, clinicians, and
students with information that will guide
practice as they work with clients.
Program Description: Members of the LGBT+
community have faced discrimination in many
forms throughout history. Though members of
this community are starting to become more
accepted, those who identify as transgender are
often times ignored or shamed. The goal of this
presentation is to educate counselors on the
needs and concerns of the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgendered clients. This presentation
will introduce counselors to the difficulty of
facilitating a support group specifically for
transgender people in the south.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
differentiate between the signs of compassion
fatigue, vicarious trauma, controlled empathy,
and countertransference; 2.name at least two
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
develop an awareness for LGBT+ clients and
understand their role as allies and 2. navigate
the terminology applicable to sexual identities
Program Description:
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and LGBT+ clients; and learn how to
competently facilitate a transgender support
group.
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
SESSION II │ 10:15-11:10
Title: Meeting Professional Demands
for Spiritual Competence
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Thomas Vaughn, Ph.D., LPCS,
Mental Health Counselor Spartanuburg Area
Mental Health Center
Title: Journaling Toward Wellness
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Day: Friday, February 24
Presenter(s): Jason Neill, Ph.D., LPC, Assistant
Professor of Psychology Anderson University
Time: 10:15 AM
Room: Palms 1
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Description: Current educational and
ethical standards require all counselors to hold
basic competencies concerning how to
effectively address spiritual and religious issues
in counseling. The counseling profession has
been slow to comprehensively adopt these
practices, and therefore, counselors are left illprepared to fully address the wholistic needs of
their clients. This presentation will identify basic
spiritual competencies established by ASERVIC
and suggest best-practices in counseling clients
from a multicultural perspective.
Time: 9:10 AM
Room: Tides C
Program Description: Journaling or keeping a
diary is a common phenomenon. In this session,
attendees will be introduced to the basic
concept of journaling as well as how they can
utilize it for self-care and/or therapeutic
intervention with clients. Practical techniques
will be presented and practiced during this
breakout session.
Objectives: Upon completion of this
presentation, participants will be able to: 1.
identify the 14 ASERVIC Spiritual Competencies,
2. define a holistic assessment process
addressing spiritual and religious issues in
counseling, and 3. plan ways to overcome
barriers concerning educational shortcomings in
required training.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
explore journal therapy; and 2. list some
concrete methods to use for self-care and/or
with clients; and experience first-hand some of
the techniques discussed.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Career Counselors, Marriage and
Family Therapist
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Rrelationship
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapist,
Substance abuse counselors
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NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapist,
Substance Abuse Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
Title: Strategies for the Engagement of
African American Women in Counseling:
Building Hope through Barriers
Title: Bloom where you are Planted:
Guide to Creating Your Happy
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Program Track: Self Care
Presenter(s): Donya Wallace, M.A., LPC, LPCS
Presenter(s): Rebecca George, Ph.D,. LPC,
Clinical Coordinator Webster University,
Alexanderia T. Smith, Diane Clark, Thomi
Lawson, Rodney Pennamon, Ph.D., CAC, LPC,
NCC
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 10:15 AM
Room: Palms 2
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Description: A study conducted by
Wade and Bernstein found that African
American women make the decision to
continue or drop out of therapy during the
initial session based upon their perceptions of
the counselor and the counseling process. In
this presentation the speaker will examine the
stigmas faced by African American women
seeking counseling to include the role of the
Strong Black Woman identity and other issues
impacting engagement. Based upon over 10
years of private practice experience and current
supporting literature, the speaker will offer
clinical strategies to keep this population
engaged in the counseling process.
Time: 10:15 AM
Room: Palms 3
Program Description: For many individuals
chaos is a daily occurrence, but you have the
power to change how you make meaning of
your life and the circumstances. More so, while
happy is a relative term it provides a realistic
and individualized opportunity to conceptualize
the meaning of “happy”. The purpose of this
program is to empower the participants to take
control and stand in his or her power to create
his or her “happy”. Make the choice to be
happy in the midst of your daily turmoil. After
all, happy is in fact an action word and not
meant to be a passive component of your life.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
identify three barriers that negatively impact
the engagement of African American women in
counseling; 2. discuss how the image of the
Strong Black Woman impacts depression and
anxiety in this population; and 3. identify three
effective strategies to encourage and engage
Africian American women in the counseling
process
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
verbalize their personal definition of ”happy”; 2.
practice how to outline a plan that allows them
to choose to be happy; 3. practice exercises
that will assist them in finding joy in their lives;
and 4. demonstrate an ability to relate the
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concept of their own“happy“ to wellness and
self-care in the counseling profession.
3. examine how clients can apply their athletic
skills to everyday life issues.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Counselor Educators, Supervisors,
School Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Training Clients and Peers
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual planning
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, NBCC/CACREP
Content Area(s): Counseling Practice
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Training Clients and Peers
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Planning
Title: Conceptualizing the Counseling
Session: The STEPs for Documentation
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health/School
Counseling
Title: Athletic Skills in Counseling
Therapeutic Settings
Presenter(s): Rhonda Sutton, Ph.D., LPCS,
Counselor Hilton Head Health
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Arna Erega, M.A.
Day: Friday, February 24
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 10:15 AM
Time: 10:15 AM
Room: Tides B
Room: Tides A
Program Description: Counselors do more than
listen during a therapy session; they also use
their skills of observation, their therapeutic
techniques and their clinical judgment to
conceptualize the work that is done during the
counseling hour. After the session, counselors
then need to take what occurred and document
it. This session provides a way to move that
conceptualization of the session into clear,
succinct, and organized documentation by using
the STEPs for progress notes. Learn how you
can better write your progress notes and
document your work with your clients by
attending this session.
Program Description: this presentation will
discuss ways of incorporating sport and
psychology into a variety of clinical practice
settings such as law enforcement, performing
arts, medicine, the military, and business.
Clinical and educational interventions will be
explored and discuss the need for further
research. Emphasis will be on counseling-based
interventions and how identifying client's
athletic skill can translate into positive lifestyle
skills.
Objectives: Participants will be able to
1.identify how to aid clients in development of
their identity through use of their athletic skills
in the therapeutic setting; 2. define different
counseling-based interventions for
athletic/performance oriented population; and
Objectives: As a result of attending this session,
participants will be able to: 1. list the important
components from a counseling session that
need to be documented; 2. examine how to
record observations made during session; 3.
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develop a more structured, efficient and
systematic way for writing progress notes; and
4. discuss the ethical issues involving clinical
documentation.
Room: Palms 7
Program Description: There are certain things
that supervisors must know about their
supervisees to make sure they are prepared for
supervision. It is important that supervisors
decrease liability, and meet South Carolina LLR
regulations. The purpose of this session is to
allow supervisors to talk about what they do
and what they could do to make things better.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapist,
Substance abuse counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Objectives: Participants will be able to 1.
examine documents that provide basic
information about LPC-I supervisees that are
important to have prior to supervision; 2.
develop a supervision contract/agreement; and
3. explore additional documents to understand
current skills, what skills are needed, and
reduce liability for the supervisor.
Title: Supervision Documentation for
LPC-I Supervisees, Part 1
Program Track: Supervision
Presenter(s): Kathryn Hilgenkamp, Ed.D.,CEO,
Lead Therapist, and Supervisor Life Solutions,
LLC
Target Audience: Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 10:15 AM
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AWARDS LUNCHEON WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER│11:20-12:50
PALMS BALLROOM 4-8
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF HEALING TRAUMA
WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER
COURTNEY ARMSTRONG LPC/MHSP
Surprising neuroscience discoveries have revealed essential keys for
healing traumatic memories that are changing the way therapists treat
trauma. In this workshop, you will get up to date on these exciting brain
science discoveries and learn how to apply them. You will learn a simple
5-step protocol for reprocessing traumatic memories that all effective
trauma therapies have in common. More important, we will discuss the art of trauma therapy,
which lies in the therapist’s ability to create an attuned, synergistic relationship that is unique
to each client.
Objectives:
The participants will be able to: 1. describe how emotional trauma is processed in the brain, 2.
describe the recent neuroscience discoveries regarding memory reconsolidation and its
implications for treating trauma and 3. list the 5-steps that all evidence-based trauma therapies
have in common.
About the Keynote:
Courtney Armstrong is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified Fellow in Clinical
Hypnotherapy. Bestselling author of the books, The Therapeutic Aha: 10 Strategies to Get
Clients Unstuck and Transforming Traumatic Grief, she has been featured as a trauma and grief
expert on national television and radio programs, trains mental health professionals nationally
and internationally, and is the owner/director of Tamarisk: A Center for Mind-Body Therapy in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Time: 1:05 PM
SESSION III │ 1:05-2:00
Room: Tides C
Title: Supervision Documentation for
LPC-I Supervisees, Part 2
Program Description: There are certain things
that supervisors must know about their
supervisees to make sure they are prepared for
supervision. It is important that supervisors
decrease liability, and meet South Carolina LLR
regulations. The purpose of this session is to
allow supervisors to talk about what they do
and what they could do to make things better.
Program Track: Supervision
Presenter(s): Kathryn Hilgenkamp, Ed.D., CEO,
Lead Therapist, and Supervisor Life Solutions,
LLC
Day: Friday, February 24
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Objectives: Participants will be able to 1.
examine documents that provide basic
information about LPC-I supervisees that are
important to have prior to supervision; 2.
develop a supervision contract/agreement; and
3. explore additional documents to understand
current skills, what skills are needed, and
reduce liability for the supervisor.
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Student Planning
Target Audience: Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Program Track: Trauma
Title: TF-CBT: An Overview of the
Model and Training Required, Part I
Presenter(s): Amber Miner, M.Ed., LPC,
Assistant Clinical Director, Turning Point Family
Services
Title: Saving Our Sons, Part I
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Track: School Counseling
Time: 1:05 PM
Presenter(s): William "Flip" Clay, Ed.D.,
National Speaker Prince Georges County Public
Schools
Room: Tides A
Program Description: Trauma Focused
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a model that
has been very popular in recent years and many
clinicians are being pushed to use the model.
We will explore what training requirements are
necessary to do TF-CBT with fidelity as well as
more information about the model. This
breakout is to assist clinicians and future
clinicians in understanding how complex the
model is as well as the need for advanced
training to properly use the model to its fullest
potential. We will also be discussing how TFCBT training is changing insurance rates and
types of assessments required for trauma.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 1:05 PM
Room: Tides B
Program Description: This dynamic, cutting
edge, highly interactive presentation will share
various techniques to address the social,
emotional, and academic deficiencies of male
students. In this presentation participants will
learn how to use music, rhymes, chants, social
media, and rap to close the attitude
achievement gap.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
discuss the TF-CBT model and 2. explore
training oppportunties to use this model; and 3.
Learn about assessments used to assess
trauma.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
examine relationship and rapport building
strategies; 2. explore how to use music in
school counseling; and 3. examine how to use
social media to empower students.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Supervisors, Career Counselors,
Marriage and Family Therapist
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
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NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practices and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies: Ethical
and Legal Issues
Title: Group Counseling Through
Experiences
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Nikki Vasilas, Ph.D,. NCC, LPC, and
Jenais Means, B.S.
Title: Taking Therapy Outside:
Introducing Walk and Talk Therapy
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Time: 1:05 PM
Presenter(s): Briana Perkins, M.Ed,NCC,
Licensed Professional Counselor, Associate
Perkins Wellness LLC
Room: Palms 2
Program Description: Talk therapy is a
traditional medium for group work; it is a
conduit for change which promotes sharing
thoughts and feelings and allows both the
participants and the facilitator to listen for
understanding. Experiential group work
empowers participants, increases responsibility,
and fosters self-advocation. This presentation
includes the effects alternative group work has
on rehabilitation, the decrease of negative
symptoms, and the overall increase of mental
and emotional health. Activities described
encompass multiple physical activities,
gardening, and soap making.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 1:05 PM
Room: Palms 1
Program Description: Walk and Talk therapy is
a relatively new method of counseling that is
slowing gaining momentum. This presentation
will include practical applications for including
walk and talk therapy in your practice, school,
or organization. It will also cover things to
consider prior to starting walk and talk therapy
as well as how to conduct and structure this
kind of session.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify the effects of alternative group work on
rehabilitation; 2. gain a better understanding of
how they can help clients reduce negative
symptoms ; and 3. idenify activities that can be
used with clients in rehabilitation.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
explore ethical considerations of taking therapy
outside of the office; 2. discuss Walk and Talk
session planning; and 3. identify the Do's and
Don'ts of Walk and Talk therapy.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Substance Abuse Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Group
Dynamics and Counseling
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Training Clients and Peers
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies: Ethical
and legaliissues
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Planning
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Presenter: Dede Norungolo, MRC,
Rehabilitation Counselor, Private Practice
Title: The Relevance and Impact of
Social Media in the Counseling Profession:
Revisiting the ACA Code of Ethics
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Track: Ethics
Time: 2:10 PM
Presenter(s): John Nance Ph.D., LPCS, NCC, ACS
Day: Friday, February 24
Room: Palms 1
Program Description: Research has shown that
persons with disabilities are shifting the way
they think about medical and psychological
diagnoses. Across the nation, in fact, colleges
and universities are leading the way reduce the
disability stigma by transforming disability
offices into accessibility services. Does this
mean post-secondary education providers fully
understand that disability rights are civil rights
or is this a way to appear more inclusive? Can
the shift in focus to access and functional needs
easily translate into academic
accommodations? This interactive session will
engage attendees to think more broadly about
students with disabilities and access/functional
needs while exploring how counseling skills
ease the transition.
Time: 1:05 PM
Room: Palms 3
Program Description: This conference
presentation will address the impact of social
media on our clients, profession, and personal
lives. The ACA code of ethics will be discussed
and interpreted in relation to practice and
personal disclosure. In addition to extending
ethical cautions, effective use of technology and
social media will be explored. Counselors will be
given the opportunity to explore experiences in
their individual practices, schools and agencies.
Consideration will be given to a diverse age
range as well as culturally diverse groups and
underserved populations.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
define Social Media; 2. iinvestigate personal
boundaries and limits of use; and 3. describe
effective uses for social media and technology
in counseling practice and marketing.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify strategies to re-frame the disability
conversation; 2. examine aveneues to focus on
access and functional needs language; and 3.
explore counseling skills - patience, empathy,
confrontation.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Substance Abuse Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Group
Dynamics and Counseling
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Training Clients and Peers
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Counselor
Educators, Career Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive services
SESSION IV │ 2:10-3:05
Title: Access and Functional Needs:
Losing the "D" Word
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Title: Low-Income Students’
Perspectives of how School Counselors can
Help them Achieve Academic Success
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Student Planning
Program Track: School Counseling
Title: TF-CBT: An Overview of the
Model and Training Required, Part 2
Presenter(s): Lucinda Barron, Ph.D, Philip M.
Scriven, Ph.D., GCDF-I, NCC, Latoya Brunson,
Linster Burgess, Shelly-Ann Burgess, Denise
Chung, Gervais Fore, Portia J. Neat, Graduate
Students South Carolina State University
Program Track: Trauma
Presenter(s): Amber Miner, M.Ed., LPC,
Assistant Clinical Director, Turning Point Family
Day: Friday, February 24
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 2:10 PM
Time: 2:10 PM
Room: Palms 2
Room: Tides A
Program Description: Results from a
phenomenological, qualitative study regarding
academically resilient, low-income middle
school students’ perspectives of what school
counselors can do to promote academic success
will be presented. Three main themes are
identified: building meaningful relationships,
building on the cultural wealth of students, and
proviinge mental health services in schools.
Implications for school counselor practice will
alsop be discussed.
Program Description: This is part two of the
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
model that has been very popular in recent
years and many clinicians are being pushed to
use the model. We will explore what training
requirements are necessary to do TF-CBT with
fidelity as well as more information about the
model. This breakout is to assist clinicians and
future clinicians in understanding how complex
the model is as well as the need for advanced
training to properly use the model to its fullest
potential. We will also be discussing how TFCBT training is changing insurance rates and
types of assessments required for trauma.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
examine the challenges marginalized students
face; 2. identify strategies for school counselors
to build positive, meaningful relationships with
low-income students; 3. examine personal
biases and prejudices towards populations from
low-income backgrounds; and discuss ways to
promote academic achievement for students
from low-income backgrounds
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
discuss the TF-CBT model and 2. explore
training oppportunties to use this model; and 3.
Learn about assessments used to assess
trauma.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Supervisors, Career Counselors,
Marriage and Family Therapist
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practices and the Counseling
Relationshop
Global Career Facilitator Competencies: Ethical
and Legal Issues
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
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describe/discuss two implications of poor
professional identity development on
counselors-in-training and the counseling
profession; and 3. verbalize two approaches
that can be utilized to enhance and encourage
the development of counselor professional
identity among nontraditional counselors-intraining.
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Title: Counselors-in-Training:
Challenges and Recommendations for
Developing Professional Identity Amongst
Non-Traditional Graduate Students
Target Audience: Counselor Educators
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Preactice Issues
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Program Track: Counselor Education
Presenter(s): Thomasina Lawson, Ph.D., LPC,
Associate Professor Webster University and
Michelle Rantuccio, Kathy Hilton, Jennifer
Cangeme B.A., Webster University students
Time: 2:10 PM
Title: Empowerment Through
Forgiveness: The Practical Application of a LifeChanging Concept
Room: Palms 3
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Program Description: This interactive workshop
will discuss the conflict faced by nontraditional
students balancing work, education and Family
life and how counselors-in-training and
counselor educators can integrate professional
identity development in and out the classroom.
Nontraditional students are returning to college
to increase their career options. In a 2014, 48
percent of students on American university
campuses were over the age of 24. By 2020,
enrollment for this group is expected to grow
by 20 percent. NTSs have multiple life roles such
as parents, caregivers to a parent(s), employees
or employers, spouses, or volunteers. Given
these multiple life roles and the pressure to
excel in each role simultaneously, allotting time
for experiential experiences for professional
identity development amongst this population
is a challenge for the student as well as the
counselor educator.
Presenter(s): Larry Wagner, Ph.D., Psychologist
Professor Columbia International Univeristy and
Susan Wagner, M.A., LPC
Day: Friday, February 24
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 2:10 PM
Room: palms 8
Program Description: Forgiveness is often seen
as a necessary component in working with
conflicted relationships, as well as in pursuing
healing from past traumas and injustices. When
applied properly, forgiveness has life-changing
potential. Unfortunately, due to the amount of
contradictory teachings about what constitutes
forgiveness and the best practices for its
application, individuals often find the concept
more confusing than helpful. This presentation
addresses the misconceptions about how
forgiveness works, as well as introduces a
practical tool for walking clients through the
process of forgiving. Special attention will be
given to working with clients who refuse to
Objectives: The workshop participant will be
able to: 1.identify three barriers of persistence
with nontraditional students; 2.
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forgive, with those who have the harmful
tendency to offer forgiveness prematurely, and
with those who believe that holding onto their
anger is the only way to be protected from
future mistreatment.
transferable skills when working to promote
client self-care and internalization of low selfconfidence and worth. Break down barriers
between advocating for our clients therapeutic
progress without consideration of care for our
own needs. Increase motivation to implement
self-care practices.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
discuss the process of forgiving, 2. identify
strateggies to work with clients who refuse to
forgive, 3. examine ways to assist clients who
have prayed to forgive, but are unable to forget
or let go, 4. identify techniques to prevent
clients from making the mistake of offering
forgiveness prematurely, and 5. explore
strategies to help clients learn how to forgive
while still protecting themselves from repeated
mistreatment.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify self-care practices; 2. increase
awareness of barriers to own self-care and how
that may be mirrored in client progress; 3.
identify parallel between clinician and client
needs; and 4. develop personal action plan for
implementation of self-care practices.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Supervisors, Substance Abuse
Counselors, School Counseling
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family
Therapist
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Helping
relationships
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Title: Saving Our Sons, Part 2
Program Track: School Counseling
Title: Do I Deserve This? A Lesson in
Self-Care
Presenter(s): William "Flip" Clay, Ed.D. National
Speaker Prince Georges County Public Schools
Program Track: Self-Care
Day: Friday, February 24
Presenter(s): Amy Massingill, M.Ed., LPCS,
Coordintor of Individual Assessment, Clemson
University, and Sarah Allen, M.Ed., LPC-I
Coordinator of CU Cares, Clemson University
Time: 2:10 PM
Room: Tides B
Program Description: This is part 2 of the
dynamic, cutting edge, highly interactive
presentation sharing various techniques to
address the social, emotional, and academic
deficiencies of male students. In this
presentation participants will learn how to use
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 2:10 PM
Room: Tides C
Program Description: Identify the value of selfcare for clinicians and how this can act as
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music, rhymes, chants, social media, and rap to
close the attitude achievement gap.
how they influence each other and the
cognitive narrative.
Objectives: Participants will be able to :
1.identify the relationship and rapport building
strategies and 2. explore how to use music in
school counseling; and examine how to use
social media to empower students.
Objectives: Attendees will: 1.describe the AIP
model and triune brain theory as they relate to
trauma; 2. gain a new perspective about
narrative therapy with trauma work through its
synthesize with the AIP model and triune brain
theory, which includes the emotional and
somatic, as well as cognitive, narratives; and 3.
identify therapeutic approaches that will
demonstrate how this new perspective of
narrative therapy might work in practice.
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Title: Opioid Epidemic: Physician Creed
or Greed?
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Shevonna Jett, B.A., Queen City
Treatment Center
Poster Session and
Refreshments│3:10-3:30
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Title: More to the Story: Synthesizing
Narrative Therapy with Trauma Models
Room: Tides Foyer
Program Track: Trauma
Program Description: Physician's relationship
with pharmaceutical companies compromise
ethical standards of practice and the protection
of the patient's best interest. Conflict occurs
when there is a personal gain derived from drug
company incentives which might
inappropriately influence the clinical judgment
of doctors and threaten patient welfare.
Physicians should be held accountable for the
medicine they prescribe and how often they
prescribe it.
Presenter(s): Claudia Fletcher and Alexis
Ambeau, Loyola University Graduate Students
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides Foyer
Program Description:
During our presentation, we will build on
existing research to thoroughly explain how the
cognitive, emotional, and somatic narratives
function interdependently and independently.
In addition, we will provide therapeutic
exercises that will put into practice our
enhanced model of narrative therapy. These
exercises will focus on the somatic and
emotional narratives as clinical entry points and
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
analyze physician and pharmaceutical
relationships; 2. identify valid reasons for the
over prescription of opioids; and 3. identify
valid solutions for the over prescription of
opioids.
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involving traditional methods of treatment for
schizophrenia and nontraditional methods of
treatment to compare the efficacy of each of
these treatment modalities in order to
determine if nontraditional methods of
treatment can be more effective in the
treatment of schizophrenia.
Title: EMDR Therapy for Victims of
Sexual Trauma
Program Track: Trauma
Presenter(s): Kari Hansen, B.S., and Cara
Swisher, B.A., Winthrop University Graduate
Students
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
examine the efficacy of traditional treatment
modalities for schizophrenia; 2. explore the
efficacy of nontraditional treatment modalities
for schizophrenia; and 3. compare the efficacy
of these treatment modalities to determine if
nontraditional treatment methods for
schizophrenia can be more effective than
traditional methods of treatment.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: We researched the
effectiveness of EMDR therapy used for victims
of sexual trauma. Studies suggest that EMDR
therapy better improves the lives of its'
participants both mentally and emotionally in
comparison to other therapies used for
treatment of sexual trauma.
Title: CBT and Fibromyalgia:
Techniques to Survive and Thrive in the Mist of
Pain
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify the effectiveness of EMDR therapy as
treatment for victims of sexual trauma; 2.
explore ways to educate counselors on the
EMDR therapy components; and 3. identify
positive outcomes for sexual trauma victims
than other forms of treatment.
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Tawanda Robinson, B.A., and
Bhvana Patel, B.A., Mental Health Graduate
Students
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Title: Efficacy of Nontraditional
Treatment Methods in Patients With
Schizophrenia versus Traditional Methods of
Treatment
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: Cognitive behavioral
therapy (CBT) is a considered one of the most
common evidenced based modality for
providing services to mental health clients.
Many mental health providers use CBT because
it provides the client with help in developing
coping skills, changing patterns and improving
emotional regulation through improved rational
cognitions and behaviors. CBT has been a life
saver for person suffering with Fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic illness involving
widespread pain, and many related symptoms
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Jordan Brantley, B.S., Winthrop
University Graduate Student
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: This presentation
examines the findings of several studies
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such as fatigue, mood disorders, headache, and
sleep disturbance.
Title: Muticultural Awareness: Diverse
and Societal Trends that Impact School
Counselors
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
identify the key techniques of CBT and their
use; 2. gain a better understadning of
fibromyalgia is and how it is treated; and 3. gain
increased understanding of the utility of CBT to
diverse illnesses.
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Kijuana Ellam B.S, and Shanquel
Young. B.S. Winthrop University Graduate
Students
Day: Friday, February 24
Title: The Proposed Utility of Robots in
Counseling
Time: 3:10 PM
Program Track: School Counseling
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Presenter(s): Lauren Seborowski B.A., Winthrop
and Lauren Gabauer B.A., Winthrop University
Graduate Students
Program Description: The goal of the
presentation is to raise awareness on the
changes that occur within different ethnicities
and cultures and how those changes can impact
how school counselors implement programs,
assess the need for program and provide
services to such a diverse body of students. The
presentation will also discuss trends that are
commonly found among different societies.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: The field of robotics has
come very far over the past 20 years, improving
manufacturing, the sciences and the field of
education. This project seeks to investigate
current and future robotics and how they can
be used in schools or in community clinics as
another way to provide counseling services. The
project will also analyze cost, which populations
would most benefit from these services, as well
as an examination of any negative effects that
Counseling by robots might cause.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify how societal changes among cultures
impact school counselors and 2. examine
trends that are common in society that impact
school counselors.
Title: Bridging the Gap Between Law
Enforcement and the Community: Therapeutic
Notification and Interrogation Model
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify current and future counselors to the
role robots can have in the field of counseling;
2. examine benefits or negative consequences
that could arise through use of robots; and 3.
Examine cost analyses and real world
applicability for robot use in schools or
community clinics.
Presenter(s): Jennifer Cangeme, B.S., Mental
Health Technician Lighthouse Care Center
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: The model presented will
bridge a gap between law enforcement officers
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and the community by incorporating Mental
health professionals in the notification process
and the interrogation process. This model will
provide an outline of how to incorporate
Mental health professionals, the benefits
expected in the emotional well-being of
citizens, and the connection strengthened
between the community and law enforcement.
Title: Treatment for Juvenile Males
Who Sexually Harm
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Michaela Horvath B.A., Graduate
Student Winthrop University
Day: Friday, February 24
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
discuss an overview of the necessity for such a
model; 2. examine an outline of the proposed
model and 3. Identify the expected benefits.
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: This presentation is a
compilation of research regarding effective
treatment for juvenile males who have sexually
harmed. It discusses the use of a holistic
approach in terms of theory as well as modality
of treatment.
Title: The Mindful Student
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Rebecca Davenport, B.S., and Julia
Dee, B. A., Winthrop University Graduate
Students
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify effective treatment for juvenile males
who have sexually harmed and will offer
suggestions for further research and 2. identify
best practice ideals for those who are already
working with this population.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: "The Mindful Student"
incorporates mindfulness as a tool to reduce
stress in school-age children. Mindfulness can
be used in individual as well as group
counseling. Counselors can also teach a
classroom lesson on proper ways to be mindful
and the right techniques to do this. Since stress
is such a prevalent issue in students these days,
it is important to have healthy and successful
ways to manage this stress.
Title: The Impact of Repeated Violent
Media Exposure on Diverse Populations
Program Track: Trauma
Presenter(s): Amy Fox, B.A, Shayla St. James
B.S. Graduate Students, Winthrop University
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify strategies to teach tools for children to
reduce stress; 2. Identify individual and group
techniques to teach mindfulness to children; 3.
Implement classroom guidance lessons on the
proper teach mindfulness.
Program Description: Everyday members of
society are inundated with repeated violent
images in the media through news outlets and
other social media platforms. It is nearly
impossible to avoid because of how easily
accessible it has become. Research supports
that this repeated exposure could have long
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term negative effects on mental health. The
purpose of our proposal is to examine the
impact of repeated violent media exposure on
diverse populations. We will summarize the
research surrounding the effects, describe
counseling theories that help explain the
effects, discuss moderators that help to
enhance or mitigate those effects, and lastly
consider the counseling implications for clients
who are psychologically and emotionally
affected by repeated exposure.
suggesting that stressed individuals perceive
their relationship in a more negative fashion.
The study also found a positive relationship
with father and romantic relationships,
suggesting that stable relationships with fathers
influence stable romantic relationships.
Objectives: The participants will be able to : 1.
identify the complex factors in relationship
satisfaction and how a counselor should be
ready to deal with those factors; 2. examine
client’s motivation to discuss relationship
issues; 3.identify factors influencing the client's
life and how it might affect the relationship;
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
explore the research surrounding the effects of
repeated violent media exposure on diverse
populations; 2. describe counseling theories
that help to explain the effects of repeated
violent media exposure on diverse populations;
3. discuss moderators that help to enhance or
mitigate those effects; and discuss counseling
implications for clients who are psychologically
and emotionally affected by repeated exposure.
Title: Play Therapy for All Ages
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Alicia Morrison and Kayla Sadler
Winthrop University Graduate Students
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Title: The Influence of Parental
Relationship Satisfaction, Stress, and SelfEsteem on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: Many mental health
therapists use play therapy strategies as the
primary treatment plan for young children. The
play therapy treatment model is now being
used successfully with other older clients.
Family therapists use many of the play therapy
tools in their marriage and family practice as
well as counselor in the field working with teens
and adults challenged with trauma and crisis
issues.
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Ashley Hernandez, B.A., Graduate
Student, Winthrop University
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: The purpose of this study
is to see the influence of parental relationships,
stress, and self-esteem on relationship
satisfaction. The study measured current
relationship satisfaction, self-esteem, stress,
and the perception of parental relationships for
both the mother and the father. The study
found a significant negative relationship with
stress and romantic relationship satisfaction,
Objectives: The participants will be able to
discuss a variety of play therapy strategies to
incorporate into their practice with all age
levels.
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Program Description: Currently, there is a drug
epidemic throughout the United States. There
are stories daily about people overdosing on
drugs. As some people question how drugs have
become so prevalent in their communities,
others mock those who suffer from addiction.
This presentation will give information about
commonly used drugs and their street names.
Participants will learn warning signs of alcohol
or drug use of adolescents. They will also be
introduced to some recent drug and alcohol
trends.
Title: Behavioral Therapy with Children
who have Autism and the Familial Impact on
Their Progress
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Kendall Bell, B.A., Emily McGarity
Graduate Students, and Dr. Nikki Vasilas,
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
list commonly used drugs and their street
names; 2. identify risk factors for drug and
alcohol use; and 3. explore recent drug and
alcohol trends.
Program Description: Children diagnosed on
the Autism Spectrum receive several forms of
therapy, one of which is Applied Behavioral
Analysis (ABA). The goal of ABA is to teach
necessary behaviors while redirecting problem
behaviors into functional ones. Families play a
large role in the success of their child. With
proper family training and therapy, they are
able to be fully engaged in their child's progress.
Without proper training and therapy, they may
be hindering their child's progress.
Title: Equine-Assisted Therapy as
Method Of Treatment For Trauma
Program Track: Trauma
Presenter(s): Megan Hoover, B.A., Graduate
Student and Nikki Vasilas, Ph.D,. NCC, LPC
Day: Friday, February 24
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
discuss Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA); 2.
Identify how families help or hinder progress of
children with Autism; and 3. examine therapies
best used when working with this special
population.
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Description: Counselors are always
looking for helpful and creative new ways to
work with clients who have experienced
trauma. This presentation will provide
information on why equine-assisted therapy is a
successful method of treatment for those with
different forms of mental health disorders and
concerns causes from traumatic stress. These
disorders and concerns include Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder, Rape Trauma Syndrome, and
Child Sexual Abuse. Participants will learn about
the different equine-assisted interventions for
each disorder, the benefits of horses, and the
commonality of equine-assisted therapy.
Title: Drug and Alcohol Trends: Primer
for Mental Health Clinicians working with
Adolescents
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Aubrey Sejuit, Ph.D., LMSW,
MEd, CASAC
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
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Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
explore the use of equine therapy; 2. identify
different equine-assisted interventions for
mental health disorders; and 3. discuss the
benefits of using equine therapy with victims of
trauma.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Counselor Educators, School
Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Title: Stigma of Therapy in the African
American Church and Community
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Lawanda Jeffcoat, B.A, Graduate
Student Lenoir-Rhyne University, and Dr.
Aubrey Sejuit
SESSION V │ 3:35-4:30
Day: Friday, February 24
Title: Understanding the Dynamics of
White Racial Identity Development: A Stage
Analysis
Time: 3:10 PM
Room: Tides/Palms Foyers
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Program Description: In the African American
community, it is no secret that there are severe
stigmas that affect how our culture views
mental illness. Sadly, this is magnified within
the religious sector of African American
communities as well. The presenters believe
that it is imperative that a light be shined on the
shame that comes with seeking help for mental
illness. It is also important to discuss the lack of
pastoral care services offered within the
religious black community as well. By offering
clarity into the history of the struggle with
mental illness, we hope to bring awareness to
resources such as faith-based counseling and
provide insight to options for mental health
care.
Presenter(s): Rebecca George, Ph.D., LPC,
Clinical coordinator Webster University and
Thomas Edwards, B.A., Clinical Mental Health
Counseling Graduate Student
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:35 PM
Room: Palms 1
Program Description: White racial identity
development (WRID) is a complex topic that
many avoid at all cost. Sue’s White Racial
Identity Development Model breaks down each
stage into easily understood concepts that
would benefit exploration from a personal
format. The purpose of this program is to take
an honest look at WRID through personal
reflections and analysis. The stage analysis is
based upon an in-depth look at the fluidness of
Sue’s WRID model in everyday life.
Objectives: The participants will be able to 1.
examine strategies to develop an awareness for
how to work with African American clients; 2.
identify the stigmas associated with receiving
mental health treatment in the African
American community; and 3. examine .options
for mental health care when working with
African American clients.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
identify the 6 stages of WRID; 2. explore his or
her identity development; and 3. gain
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iinformation on how to empower and become
allies in the therapeutic dialogue.
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Student Planning
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Counselor Educators, Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Planning
Title: When Fit Feels Fat: Men's Secret
Struggle With Body Image
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Lewis Bozard, Ph.D, . LPC,
Counselor/Owner Peace Counseling and
Wellness
Title: Addiction- It's (not) What You
Think: Biochemistry, Meaning, and Resilience
Part 1
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:35 PM
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Room: Palms 6
Presenter(s): Fredric Mau, Ph.D., NCC,
Counselor Watermark Counseling
Program Description: Body image issues among
men will be discussed including the nature of
men's thoughts and feelings about their bodies
and how counselors can better address this
often-secret struggle. The presenter will share
findings from his own research and clinical
practice, including attention to the heightened
pressures exerted within gay culture and from
men's family, friends, and partners. Examples
from the actual lived experiences of men will
bring the importance of this topic to life.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:35 PM
Room: Palms 3
Program Description: Addiction is often seen as
a biochemical problem to be addressed via the
medical model. In reality it is a complex
biopsychosocial issue best addressed with
postmodern treatments. This fresh perspective
on addiction is updated from Dr. Maua’s
keynote address at the Addiction Professionals
of North Carolina fall 2015 conference.
Objectives: Participants will be able to :
1.identify general nature of male body image;
2. gain specific knowledge of how gay culture
exerts unique pressures on sexual minority
men, and 3. expand their ability to clinically
address male body image.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
describe the emotional component of
addiction; 2. describe epigenetic components of
addiction; and 3. list three postmodern
treatment approaches for addiction.
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and
Family Therapist
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, School Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
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court cases establish precedence for
subsequent court cases, and 4. explore prudent
guidelines for practicing ethically,
professionally, and legally when confronted
with ethical/professional/legal dilemmas.
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Title: Challenging Ethical, Professional,
and Legal Dilemmas in the Counseling
Profession
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors, Counselor Educators, Supervisors,
School Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Pracitce Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies: Ethical
and Legal Issues
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): George T. Williams, Ed.D. NCC,
Professor of Counselor Education The Citadel,
Zucker Family School of Education
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:35 PM
Room: Tides A
Title: 10 Strategies Proven to Inspire
and Engage EVERY Student, Part 1
Program Description: Professional counselors
are expected by the profession, their
colleagues, and clients to practice ethically,
professionally, and legally. With more
consumers of mental health services and
greater consumer knowledge about
counseling/psychotherapy, clients expect more
from the experience and are more willing to
protest when expectations are not met. This
leads to an increasing number of complaints
against mental health professionals in the form
of malpractice suits and complaints filed with
ethics committees and licensing boards. This
workshop will provide an overview of ethical
and legal complaints that have been filed
against professional
counselors/psychotherapists and provide
prudent ethical, professional, and legal
guidelines to reduce the risk of a malpractice
suit.
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Hans Magleby, M.S., CEO of
WhyTry Organization
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:35 PM
Room: Tides B
Program Description: This session will
demonstrate 10 strategies proven to strengthen
relationships, grab attention, inspire, and build
resilience in all ages and learning types.
Participants will receive insights into teaching
social and emotional life skills in ways all can
understand, relate to, and remember. These
strategies have helped over 2 million youth in
20,000 K-12 schools, mental health, and
correctional organizations in the areas of
academic success, dropout prevention, class
management, and bullying prevention.
Objectives: Audience participants will be able
to 1. examine different court cases filed against
professional counselors/psychotherapists; 2.
discuss ethical complaints filed with
professional organizations and licensing boards
against professional counselors, 3. review how
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
practice the language of today’s youth using
relevant multimedia, physical activities, and
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visual metaphors; 2. identify ways youth can
take the challenges they face in life and channel
them in a positive direction; and 3. examine
ways to help youth build positive support
systems.
that are affected dissemination and
implementation of effective managing skill is a
high priority.
The workshop is designed to leave you with
effective ready to use strategies and techniques
to help decrease a family’s emotional strains
and bridge the gap for families and focus on
their abilities and not the disabilities. The
participants of this workshop will be able to
understand the relationship and challenges of
the trauma of combat, military culture and the
medical/mental issues. The participants will be
able to understand the rationale for including
the partners and loved ones in the assessment
and treatment for care. The clinicians will be
able to implement a variety of learning
approaching including education for client and
family, writing exercises, re-invent energy to
positive thoughts, discovering ways to relax and
coping with memories and reminders.
Target Audience: School Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Curriculum
Title: Complexities of Working With
Combat Veterans and Their Families
Program Track: Trauma
Presenter(s): Stephen Williams Other LPC
Licence Professional Couneslor; Addiction
Therapist; Calvary Counseling
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
analyze the needs and development of a person
that leads to behavior; 2. gain an understanding
of the nature of C-PTSD and its effects on the
combat veteran and the family relationships;
and 3. identify and implement
strategies/techniques of the individual and
family and ways of strengthening positive ones
to promote positive behavior changes and a
safe and secure environment to aid inÂ
reuniting the family.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:35 PM
Room: Tides C
Program Description: This workshop will help
Mental Health providers, families and
community members understand the
complexities of the Combat Veteran’s journey
back to normal life before combat.
Combat Veterans (CV) put on what we call the
”pretty face“ that is everything looks good in
public but the family is living in a ”war zone”
That is they are walking on egg shells to keep
the CV from exploding or isolating him/her self.
After a few years the roles reverse. The
second handed PTSD become present in the
partner and she/he will either leave the CV,
become emotionally abusive or they become
roommates. Given the impact on the
complexities on the individual and the families
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors,Marriage and Family
Therapist,Substance abuse counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Assessment
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Individual Planning
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Title: The Ethical and Clinical Factors in
Effective Clinical Supervision, Part 1
Title: Utilizing Bibliotherapy to Help
Adolescents and Children with Adjustment
Disorders
Program Track: Supervision
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Danny Garnett,D. Min, LPCS, , LPC,
LPCS, LMFT, LMFTS Director, Palmetto Health
Counseling Palmetto Health Hospital
Presenter(s): Erika Hays, Ph.D., LPC, and Tina
Kelly, M.Ed., LPC
Day: Friday, February 24
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 3:35 PM
Time: 3:35 PM
Room: Palms 8
Room: Palms 2
Program Description: This presentation is in
two parts: Part 1 will focus on the emerging
trends in counseling and what this means both
ethically and legally in providing supervision.
Part 2 will focus on factors impacting effective
clinical supervision with a focus on continued
competencies for clinical supervisors and
counselors (LPC-Is).
Program Description: This presentation will
focus on using bibliotherapy with children and
adolescents. We will explore the history and
stages of bibliothreapry analyze approaches as
well as explore the benefits and limitations. This
is a hands-on presentation where you can
engage with commonly used books and take
home a list of over 300 titles.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
explore evolving trends in the field of
counseling and what this means for those in the
role of licensed supervisors; 2. identify and
discuss the ethical and legal issues in clinical
supervision today; and 3. explore the
importance of continued competencies for the
clinical supervisor and the LPC-I and LPC.
Objectives: The participants will: 1. learn the
history of Bibliotherapy; 2. examine the basic
stages of Bibliotherapy; and 3. analyze
Bibliotherapy approaches in counseling
Target Audience: School and Mental Health
Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
Target Audience: Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship, Counselor Professional Identity
and Practice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies: Ethical
and Legal Issues
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
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Mindfulness techniques have proven effective
not only with adults but with children and
adolescents. (Solar 2013; Viafora, Mathieson,
Unsworth, 2015). Consistent implementation of
mindfulness techniques has not only shown a
decline in behavioral interventions but has
established a safe harbor for students to calm
the explosions within their mental states.
Building effective mindfulness techniques as a
part of a student’s overall educational plan
requires a coalition of support from teachers,
students, parents, and school personal.
SESSION VI │ 4:40-5:35
Title: Using Mindfulness Techniques
with Students with Trauma Related Emotional
Behavioral Disorders in the Public Schools: A
Team Approach with Students, Teachers,
School Administrators, and Parents
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Thomas DeGeorge, MA., M.Ed.,
LPC, NCC, ACAC, Adjunct Faculty Waynesburg
University
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify mindfulness techniques for school age
children; 2. identify supportive team building
strategies; and 3. develop appropriate IEP
language in behavior plans.
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 4:40 PM
Room: Palms 1
Program Description: A student who has been
identified as in need of specialized services due
to trauma leading to emotional and behavioral
concerns will have a behavioral plan in his/her
Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The
interventions in the behavior plan will be listed
from least restrictive to most severe including
the use of physical restraints. Research has
shown (Fogt, George, Kern, White, George
2008) that the use of physical restraints with
students with emotional and behavioral
disorders often is ineffective in building positive
behaviors. The use of physical restraints also
can lead to physical and emotional damage that
can further trigger the student’s traumatic
event. Additionally, school personal is often ill
equipped to appropriately implement a physical
restraint. Further, research (Fogt, et al. 2008)
also states that the use of physical restraints is
often used outside the realm of need and used
for minor behavioral offenses. It is important
that counselors in the schools and mental
health agencies be aware of best practices in
working trauma related behaviors with children.
(Perron and Pender 2015)
Target Audience: School Counselors,Clinical
Mental Health Counselors,Counselor Educators
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services, Indirect Student Services
Title: 10 Strategies Proven to Inspire
and Engage EVERY Student, Part 2
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Hans Magleby, M.S., CEO WhyTry
Organization
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 4:40 PM
Room: Palms 2
Program Description: This session will
demonstrate 10 strategies proven to strengthen
relationships, grab attention, inspire, and build
resilience in all ages and learning types.
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Participants will receive insights into teaching
social and emotional life skills in ways all can
understand, relate to, and remember. These
strategies have helped over 2 million youth in
20,000 K-12 schools, mental health, and
correctional organizations in the areas of
academic success, dropout prevention, class
management, and bullying prevention.
on addiction is updated from Dr. Mau’s keynote
address at the Addiction Professionals of North
Carolina fall 2015 conference.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1
describe the emotional component of
addiction; 2. describe epigenetic components of
addiction; and 3. list three postmodern
treatment approaches for addiction.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
practice speaking the language of today’s youth
using relevant multimedia, physical activities,
and visual metaphors; 2. idnetify how youth can
take the challenges they face in life and channel
them in a positive direction; and 3. examine
how to help youth build positive support
systems.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
Target Audience: School Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Curriculum
Title: The Ethical and Clinical Factors in
Effective Clinical Supervision, Part 2
Program Track: Supervision
Presenter(s): Danny Garnett, D.Min., LPCS, LPC,
LPCS, LMFT, LMFTS Director, Palmetto Health
Counseling Palmetto Health Hospital
Title: Addiction- It's (not) What You
Think: Biochemistry, Meaning, and Resilience,
Part 2
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Time: 4:40 PM
Presenter(s): Fredric Mau, Ph.D., LPC, NCC,
Counselor Watermark Counseling
Room: Palms 8
Program Description: This presentation is in
two parts: Part 1 will focus on the emerging
trends in counseling and what this means both
ethically and legally in providing supervision.
Part 2 will focus on factors impacting effective
clinical supervision with a focus on continued
competencies for clinical supervisors and
counselors (LPC-Is).
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 4:40 PM
Room: Palms 3
Program Description: Addiction is often seen as
a biochemical problem to be addressed via the
medical model. In reality it is a complex
biopsychosocial issue best addressed with
postmodern treatments. This fresh perspective
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
explore evolving trends in the field of
counseling and what this means for those in the
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role of licensed supervisors; 2. identify and
discuss the ethical and legal issues in clinical
supervision today; and 3. explore the
importance of continued competencies for the
clinical supervisor and the LPC-I and LPC.
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Wellness and
Prevention
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Consultation
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Target Audience: Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling skills
Global Career Facilitator Competencies: Ethical
and Legal Issues
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
Title: SC Counselor Educators and
Supervisors Collaborate as Bridge Builders in
the Counseling Profession
Program Track: School Counseling, Counselor
Education
Presenter(s): George T. Williams, Ed.D., NCC,
Professor of Counselor Education The Citadel,
Title: Abused, Misused, and Overused:
ADHD Medications
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health and
School Counseling
Time: 4:40 PM
Presenter(s): Joel Sussman, M.D.
Room: Tides B
Day: Friday, February 24
Program Description: A panel of South Carolina
counselor educators and supervisors
representing different counselor training
programs will discuss the challenges for
implementing creative programmatic changes
occurring for maintaining quality counselor
education and supervision in the state of South
Carolina, Focused attention to effective
strategies used in networking and establishing
alliances with different stakeholders for
strengthening relationships and partnerships in
the counseling profession will be addressed..
Time: 4:40 PM
Room: Tides A
Program Description: Prescription drug abuse
for ADD and ADHD medications is on the rise.
Dr. Joel Sussman, Clinical Director at Palmetto
Associates for Scholastic Success, will give a
detailed explanation of these medications, their
stimulatory effect, and how they can become
abusive. Dr. Sussman will also explain why these
medications have dangers associated with them
and how we can combat these abuses in the
professional and medical field.
Objectives: Audience participants will be able
to: 1. review the status of current South
Carolina Counselor Education programs,
including accreditation, faculty/staff
appointments, resources available, 2. examine
recent changes within existing Counselor
Education programs, 3. disucss future
directions for various SC Counselor Education
programs for expanding and enriching
professional training and services, 4. explore
Objectives: Audience participants will learn: 1.
Understanding ADD and ADHD medications; 2.
how these medications can become abusive
and dangerous; and 3. how to combat these
dangers
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Counselors,
School Counselors
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higher education school administrators'
challenges for pruning budgets to bare
essentials while supporting existing accredited
programs, and 5. Identify methods employed by
counselor educator leaders for keeping jobs and
maintaining vitality for continued strengthening
of the counseling profession in South Carolina.
Program Description: It is important for campus
professionals and mental health clinicians to
understand the unique needs, issues, and
concerns of veterans by being prepared to
assist them. Living in South Carolina,
counselors may eventually work with veterans
or currently active and reserve military
personnel in a college and/or mental health
setting. This presentation will address
challenges faced when working specifically with
this population. A better understanding of the
unique experiences of the military population
allows mental health and higher education
professionals to better understand and support
the social, emotional, behavioral, and academic
success of veterans.
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Counselor Educators
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Employability
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Objectives: The participants will be able to:
1. examine an overview of the different military
branches and lingo used; 2. gain a better
understanding of the unique needs of the
military population; and 3. idenfity ways to
assist veterans in an academic or mental health
setting.
Title: Squared Away: Meeting the
Needs of Veterans
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Aubrey Sejuit, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor of Counseling and Counseling
Program Coordinator Lenoir-Rhyne University,
Center for Graduate Studies of Columbia, SC
and Nikki Vasila, Ph.D,. NCC, LPC, Associate
Professor and Clinical Coordinator of Counseling
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Career Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
Day: Friday, February 24
Time: 4:40 PM
Room: Tides C
DIVISION AND INTEREST GROUP
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
5:45PM-6:45PM│BOARDWALK INN
PRESIDENTIAL SUITE
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017
PRESIDENTIAL BREAKFAST AND BUSINESS MEETING│8:00-10:00
PALMS BALLROOM 4-8
BRIDGES TO EMPOWERMENT: CHALLENGING POLITICAL, CULTURAL,
AND RELATIONAL DICHOTOMY IN PERSONAL AND
PRODUCTIVE WAYS
The polarization and dichotomizing opinions throughout the U.S.
have had an intense trickle-down effect on all of us. How do our
beliefs, express our opinions, and champion our causes all the while
working to hear those who might disagree. Theories of reconciliation,
conflict resolution, and feminism will be applied to the current
political and social climate. The presentation will investigate
philosophy of our mentors and introduce concepts to apply in
practice.
About the Presenter: John Nance, Ph.D. LPCS, has served as a
volunteer SCCA leader at the branch and national level. He currently
serves as a member of ACA’s Human Rights Committee and ACA President’s task force
addressing LGBTQ counseling considerations across lifespan. He is an associate member of the
graduate faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Nance has been in private
practice for 14 years and has worked at the university level for the past 10 years. He received
both his M.A. and Ph.D. from UNCC. He works with advocacy projects focusing in many areas
and consults with nonprofit agencies facilitating staff group processes.
SESSION VII │ 10:15-11:45
Room: Palms 1
Title: Mental Health in the Classroom
Program Description: The World Health
Organization stated that childhood mental
health disorders are expected to rise at least
50% in the next ten to twenty years. Without
appropriate early intervention, many of these
disorders will worsen as children go older. Yet,
most teaching and school counseling programs
do not effectively teach school personnel how
Program Track: School Counseling
Presenter(s): Christie Rogers-Larke, Ed.D., LPCS
Lead Clinical Director Outside of the Box
Therapy
Day: Saturday, February 25
Time: 10:15 AM
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to work with youth. This program is designed
to give participants an overview of common
mental health disorders found in youth,
including ADHD, childhood depression, bipolar,
Sensory Processing Disorder and others. The
impact of trauma and generational issues will
be examined, as well as how many symptoms
can be misdiagnosed. Although the program
will focus on school-based interventions, this
program will be suitable for anyone who works
with youth.
Time: 10:15 AM
Room: Palms 3
Program Description: Dialectical Behavior
Therapy (DBT) was first created by Marsha
Linehan in an effort to assist and empower
adults in managing symptoms of borderline
personality disorder, specifically those who
experienced chronic suicidality. Other
researchers and practitioners, since the late
1980s, have expanded DBT for use with other
ages and mental health concerns. A number of
practitioners have incorporated the use of
expressive arts and media within their DBT
practices to increase client’s skills in managing
life experiences via intrapersonal and
interpersonal skills. The focus of this extended
break-out session will be on
learning/understanding the main skills modules
in DBT and on considering how to interweave
art techniques into the practice of DBT skills
training and exploration with clients.
Experiential activities will be part of the
workshop; however, participants can choose
whether or not they wish to participate. Time
will be allotted for discussion and questions, as
well as processing and brainstorming about the
experiential activities and other possible
activities that can be used with DBT. Handouts
about the presentation, experiential activities,
and references will be provided.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
gain an overview of common childhood mental
health disorders, as well as appropriate
treatment interventions; 2. explore the
complexities of diagnostic criteria for youth and
common misdiagnoses; 3. review the biological,
generational and other risk factors and how
they relate to childhood mental health
problems will be examined; and 4. explore
appropriate school-based and family
interventions.
Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Counselor
Educators
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Human Growth
and Development
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. state
and describe the skills modules of DBT,
including the additional module for adolescent
populations; 2. practice art activities related to
DBT and the skills modules during the workshop
in order to understand how to implement the
activities into their work with clients; and 3.
brainstorm potential activities for use with
clients within a DBT framework and to connect
their reasoning for the activities to the purpose
and modules of DBT.
Title: Empowering Clients by
Interweaving Art Techniques and Dialectical
Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter: Yvette ("Roxi") Tolbert, M.A., NCC,
Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling
Supervisor, LPCC-S (Ohio) Self-employed
Day: Saturday, February 25
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Target Audience: School Counselors, Clinical
Mental Health Counselors, Substance abuse
counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Diverse Populations
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Responsive Services
Target Audience: Supervisors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counselor
Professional Identity and Practice Issues
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Consultation
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Title: Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren: Prevalence and Therapeutic
Issues
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health, School
Counseling
Title: Different Procedures for
Handling Supervisee Situations
Presenter(s): Bob Carter, Ed.S., LMFT/S, RPT,
The Center for Counseling and Wellness and Jo
Carter Ed.S.
Program Track: Supervision
Presenter(s): Kathryn Hilgenkamp, Ed.D., LPCS,
CEO, Lead Therapist, and Supervisor Life
Solutions, LLC
Day: Saturday, February 25
Time: 10:15 AM
Day: Saturday, February 25
Room: Palms 8
Time: 10:15 AM
Program Description: More and more
grandparents are primary caregivers of their
grandchildren in America today. This
presentation will discuss issues unique to elder
care of children and the emotional effect of
these issues on both the adult and the child.
Room: Palm 6
Program Description: The purpose of this
presentation is to discuss and determine what
to do when there are different situations with
supervisees. Participants will be asked to share
some of their experiences and what the results
were.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
identify therapeutic issues relevant to
grandparents who are raising grandchildren; 2.
discuss childhood and therapeutic issues
occurring as a result of being raised by a
grandparent; and 3. examine therapeutic
suggestions for addressing both the
grandparents’ and the children’s emotional
health.
Objectives: The participants will be able to: 1.
discuss considerations about what supervisors
should do if they work in the same or a different
place than the supervisee; 2. discuss what to do
if supervisees do not come for supervision
regularly, stop coming, or do not communicate;
3. discuss what to do if a supervised is
unethical, fraudulent, or incompetent; and 4.
explore what to do for the submission of
supervisee hours if the supervision is
terminated or the person chooses to have a
different supervisor.
Target Audience: Mental Health Counselors,
School Counselor
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Social and
Cultural Foundations
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Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Consultation
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
Indirect Student Services
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
Title: Politics Vs. Code of Ethics
Title: Conversion, Dissociation,
Hypnosis and the Meaning and Treatment of
Mental Disorder
Program Track: Ethics
Program Track: Clinical Mental Health
Presenter(s): Drs. Markesha Miller, Charlotte
Hamilton and Ian Murray M.Ed.
Presenter(s): Fredric Mau, Ph.D., LPC, NCC,
Counselor Watermark Counseling
Day: Saturday, February 25
Time: 10:15 AM
Day: Saturday, February 25
Room: Palms 7
Time: 10:15 AM
Program Description: This session will discuss
ethical and clinical dilemmas that become
apparent when politics is involved. The
Tennessee legislation will serve as the guiding
principle of the dialogue.
Room: Palms 2
Program Description: The neurological factors
which create high hypnotic suggestibility are
the same as those which increase the likelihood
of dissociative and conversion disorders. These
same neurological considerations particularly
suit hypnosis for the treatment of trauma. This
presentation looks at the current
neurobiological understanding of hypnosis, and
points us to DSM-5 groupings where hypnotic
treatment would be particularly effective:
anxiety, trauma, dissociation, somatic
symptom, and sexual disorders.
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1.
develop an understanding of the ACA code of
ethics as it relates to politics; 2. develop a plan
for when placed in a clinical dilemma; and 3.
develop a strategy as to how we as counselors
can better serve as advocates when policies
regarding mental health.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
Global Career Facilitator Competencies:
Helping Skills
School Counseling Delivery System Addressed:
General
Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. state
a neurological definition of hypnosis; 2.
describe the relationship between hypnosis,
dissociation, and trauma; and 3. apply the
unique neurological characteristics of hypnosis
for addressing anxiety, trauma, dissociation,
somatic symptom, and sexual disorders.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health
Counselors
NBCC/CACREP Content Area(s): Counseling
Theory/Practice and the Counseling
Relationship
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POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
RED CROSS TRAINING │ 1:00-4:00PM
PALMS 4-5
Program Description: This training is intended for mental health professionals who
plan to work in the DMH (disaster mental health) activity with the Red Cross. Explains
the Red Cross Fundamental Principles and mission, the psychological impact of
disasters, the role and activities of mental health workers in disasters, the legal
implications of disaster mental health work, and how to become involved in disaster
work at both the local and national levels. It also includes the material from the
Psychological First Aid class offered by the Red Cross separately. Requirements to
Volunteer on Disaster Mental Health Team: Current mental health state license,
certification in school counseling, or graduate student status with certain oversight
stipulations. (NOTE: if licensed in another state, this is also acceptable; unfortunately, certification alone
is not sufficient, unless it is in school counseling.) NOTE: You might not actually learn any new skills from
this training, just how to apply the skills you already have within the Red Cross system.
Objectives: The participants will 1) list Red Cross Fundamental Principles and mission; 2) identify the
psychological impact of disasters and the role and activities of mental health works in disasters; 3)
examine the legal implications of disaster mental health work; and 4) explore ways to become involved
in disaster work at both the local and the national levels.
Barbara Melton, M.Ed., LPC, LPCS has been in private practice in downtown Charleston since
1989. She has been a Disaster Mental Health volunteer with the American Red Cross since
1991 and is currently the Disaster Mental Health Lead for Lowcountry Chapter of the Red
Cross. She has been deployed on a number of assignments for both SAMHSA and the Red
Cross nationally, as well as locally, and offers a wealth of experience.
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SCPGA/SCACD/SCCA Past Presidents
1963 – 64 Dr. Charles Cummins
1981 – 82 Mr. Gary Lewis
1999 – 00 Mrs. Linwood Cox Floyd
1964 – 65 Mrs. Hazel Gee
1982 – 83 Mrs. Harriet Gardin Fields
2000 – 01 Dr. Walter Bailey
1965 – 66 Mrs. Joyce Gayden
1983 – 84 Dr. E. H. “Mike” Robinson, III
2001 – 02 Dr. George Williams
1966 – 67 Dr. Velma Hayden
1984 – 85 Dr. Roger Bowersock
2002 – 03 Mrs. Candice Bates-Quinn
1968 – 69 Dr. Claude Cooler
1985 – 86 Dr. Ida E. Wannamaker
2003 – 04 Dr. Art Grant
1969 – 70 Mrs. Edith Hipp
1986 – 87 Dr. Walter Bailey
2004 – 05 Ms. Donna Forrest
1970 – 71 Mrs. Mary Jane McDonald
1987 – 88 Dr. Charlotte Murrow Taylor
2005 – 07 Ms. Jackie Hoagland
1971 – 72 Dr. John Whitacre
1989 – 90 Dr. Sal Inglese
2007 – 08 Mr. Anthony Brothers
1972 – 73 Mrs. Brittana Cromartie
1990 – 91 Mrs. Sarah Moody
2008 – 09 Mrs. Jan Janarella
1973 – 74 Dr. C. A. “Buddy” Edwards
1991 – 92 Dr. Florie J. Frederick
2009 – 10 Dr. Philip Scriven
1974 – 75 Dr. Rebecca Pennell
1992 – 93 Dr. Charles L. Latimer
2010 – 11 Dr. Mary Jane Anderson-Wiley
1975 – 76 Mr. J. D. Kibler, Jr.
1993 – 94 Mrs. Patricia D. Rice
2011 – 12 Dr. David Scott
1976 – 77 Mr. James A. Kiser, Jr.
1994 – 95 Ms. Betty D. Gillliam
2012 – 13 Dr. Gwendolyn L C Snider
1977 – 78 Dr. Kathryn Altman
1995 – 96 Dr. Sharon V. Balcome
2013 – 14 Dr. Wanda Briggs
1978 – 79 Dr. Melvin Haynes
1996 – 97 Ms. Geraldine Brantley
2014-2015 Mrs. Doris Nelson
1979 – 80 Dr. David Mahrer
1997 – 98 Mrs. Fay M. Hart
2015-2016 Dr. David Scott
1980 – 81 Dr. Beatrice R. Thompson
1998 – 99 Mrs. Alice W. Latimer
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