Article archive / September 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 1. Source pages: 15.
Sept 15-17 Preparations In Last Lap for LCA Conference in NO
The Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) is nearing the start date for its 45th Annual Conference in New Orleans, September 15 –17, at the Inter- Continential Hotel, 444 St. Charles Avenue.
With 81 seminars and presentations, the group will support this year’s theme of “This is Our Time: To Review, To Renew, and to Refocus.”
The conference will provide educational presentations for counselors, marriage & family therapists, school counselors, supervisors, and administrators, and others.
The Times spoke briefly with Dr. Ernie Cowger, who said that everyone is getting ready for the conference. Dr. Cowger serves on the LPC board and who will be presenting at this year’s conference on “Learning to Connect Emotionally in Relationships the John Gottman Way. Dr. Cowger, LPC, LMFT, will be presenting with April MacGinley, MA, LPC, and Mary-Louise McMahon, and John Bundrick, LaTech graduate students.
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.
Other highlighted pre- sentations, among many, include: “An Overview of the Gottman Methods of Couples Therapy,” by Mark Reynaud, LPC-S, LMFT-S.
“Family Group Decision Making: Empowering the Family, will be presented by Susan Norwood, LPC, MEd. 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. And, Dr. Peter Emerson, LPC, EdD, will present “The Ethical School Counselor.”
See LCA website complete listings.
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,
Dr. Ernie Cowger (L) serves on the LPC board and will be presenting at this year’s Louisiana Counseling Association conference on “Learning to Connect Emotionally in Relationships the John Gottman Way.” Above, Cowger listens to Dr. David Legendre at an LPC board meeting.
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