Article archive / August 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 12. Source pages: 15, 16.
Sept 15-17
The Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) will hold its 45th Annual Conference in New Orleans, September 15 –17, at the InterContinential Hotel, 444 St. Charles Avenue.
This year’s theme will be; “This is Our Time: To Review, To Renew, and to Refocus.” The three day conference will offer 81 seminars including a two-part presentation by the state counselors’ board on “Ethical and Legal Issues for LPCs and LMFTs in Louisiana: An LPC Board Overview.”
The conference will provide educational presentations for counselors, marriage & family therapists, school counselors, supervisors, and administrators, and others.
The keynote speakers will include three nationally recognized professionals. Dr. Clifton Mitchell, a licensed psychologist, will present “The Hidden Power of Language for Superior Client Outcomes and Self- Improvement.” He is the author of Effective Techniques for Dealing with Highly Resistant Clients, for managing psychological resistance.
Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji, President-Elect of the American Counseling Association, will provide the welcome address at the Opening Session on the 15th. Dr. West-Olatunji serves as Associate Professor/Coordinator of the Counseling Program and Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress Research at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Keith Morgen is the national president of the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors and Licensed Professional Counselor in New Jersey. Dr. Morgen will present “Integrating Addictions Counseling into the Professional Counselor Identity” on Sunday. He is faculty advisor for Psi Chi, the International Honor Society for Psychology and is a past recipient of the Centenary College Distinguished Teaching Award.
The three days are full of a variety of presentations and workshops. These include, “An Overview of the Gottman Methods of Couples Therapy,” by Mark Reynaud, LPC-S, LMFT-S, and “Learning to Connect Emotionally in Relationships the John Gottman Way,” presented by Dr. Ernie Cowger, LPC, LMFT, April MacGinley, MA, LPC, and Mary-Louise McMahon, and John Bundrick, LaTech graduate students.
Family Group Decision Making: Empowering the Family, will be presented by Susan Norwood, LPC, MEd, and Dr. Charles Gagnon, LPC-S, LMFT, will present MFT Ethics, a review of the major points of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Code of Ethics.
Dr. Peter Emerson, LPC, EdD, will present “The Ethical School Counselor,” and Christopher Belser, MEd and Kellie Mitchell-Hargroder, LPC, LAC, MEd, EdS, will present, “Understanding the ASCA Model and How to Implement It In Your School.”
Drs. Christine Anthony, Faye White, and Gwen Duhon, will guide participants in ways to manage stress, evaluate emotions, and incorporate healthy lifestyle changes, in “This is our Time to Renew: Managing Occupational and Lifestyle Stressors.”
Dr. Bill McHenry, PhD, LPC, will present, “This Time for Neurocounseling Has Come,” and Dr. Dudley Chewning, EdD, LPC, LMFC, will present “How to Determine if Clients Are Benefiting from Your Services.”
“Social Media and Suicide Prevention: Time to Consider the Role of Adolescents,” presented by Dr. Latifey LaFleur, PhD, LPC-S, and graduate student Andrea Durousseau.
Dr. Gary Gintner, PhD, LPC, along with LSU graduate students Kevin Credeur, Heather Parker, and Melissa Ray, with present “DSM-5 Has Arrived.”
Dr. Holly Bell, and Deatrice Green, MHS, will present, “Using Children’s Books as a Tool for Coping,” and Janice Tkaczyk, MEd, and Jerry Ellner, with present, “S.T.E.M.: Time to Fuel Our Students’ Futures.”
Drs. Corrie Minges, PhD, LPC, and Roxane Dufrene, PhD, LMFT, LPC-S, and UNO graduate student Emma Eckert, will present “Counseling Service Members and Their Families.”
Dr. Richard Mathis, EdD, LPC, and Dr. Chris Rachal, PhD, MP, and Victoria Verdun, Nicholls State graduate student, will present “Do Counselors Need Psychopharmacology Training.”
“Overmedicated and Undernourished: Understanding the Role of Diet in Child and Adolescent Behavior and School Performance,” will be presented by Drs. Mary Ballard and Hunter Alessie, both LPCs.
“Sex Offenses and Sex Abuse: Systemic Interventions,” will be presented by Dr. Christian Dean, PhD, LPC, LMFT, and Amanda Chapoton, MA, LPC, LMFT.
“Treating Couple Infidelity Utilizing Gottman Methods couples Therapy,” presented by Mark Reynaud, MA, LPC- S, LMFT-S, “Working with the Military and Their Families, “ presented by Drs. Charles Gagnon, EdD, LPC-S, LMFT, and Christina Dean, PhD, LPC, LMFT, and “Crisis Intervention: Understanding the Incident Command System When First Responders React to an Active Shooter on Campus,” presented by Dr. Thomas Fonseca, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT, and OLOHCC graduate student, Kimberly McDuffie.
Dr. Mary Feduccia, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT, will present, “Careerscape: Evolutionary Shifts in the World of Work,” Dr. Meredith Nelson, PhD, LPC, LMFT, and LSU-S graduate student, Christopher Moneaux, will present “Genes, Environment, and the Gene-Environment Interplay: The Future of Mental Health Treatment?”
For a complete list of all events, go to the Louisiana Counseling Association website.
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