Article archive / September 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 9. Source pages: 15.
Baton Rouge Louisiana Counseling Association to Meet Sept 27–29
The Louisiana Counseling Association will hold its 2015 Annual Conference on September 27 to 29 at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge. The theme of this year’s conference is “Interrelationships––the Ties That Bind.” The conference activities will include a variety of training events approved for continuing education for counselors, addiction counselors, and social workers–G.
Keynote speakers include human relations expert, Dr. Sherene McHenry, author of Pick: Choose to Create a Life You Love and The Busy Student’s Guide to College and Career Success. She has trained counselors at Central Michigan University, and is a former full professor and member of the American Counseling Association. McHenry will present on “High Stress or High Impact: The Choice is Yours.”
President of the American Counseling Association, Dr. Thelma Duffy, will open the conference Sunday night. Dr. Duffey is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Founding President of the Association for Creativity in Counseling
Pre-Conference workshops will include, “Toward an Understanding of the Interaction of Values and Systems and their Relationship to Professional Identity, Competence and Ethical Practice,” by Dr. Dean Moore, and “Crisis Prevention and Preparedness: Comprehensive School Safety Planning,” by Vicki Guilbeau, LPC. PREpARE is an evidence based prevention and intervention training curriculum developed by and for school crisis professionals.
“An Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Mindfulness and the Science of Change,” will be presented by Corey Porche, LPC, Whitney Storey, M.S. and Emily K. Sandoz, Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette Professor of Psychology.
Susan Foster, Ph.D., LPC, will present, “The 411 on Bullying: What the School Counselor Needs to Know.”
Included in the many other educational offerings are, “Naviga- ting Grief in the Technological Age,” presented by June Williams, Ph.D., LPC-S, Southeastern Louisiana University Professor.
“Helping Students Transition to High School,” will be presented by Kellie Camelford, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, Loyola University Adjunct Professor.
“A College and Career Counseling Initiative,” will be presented by Reshelle Marino, Ph.D., LPC-S., NCC, Certified School Counselor and Southeastern Louisiana University Professor.
Presenters also include Tireka Cobb, Assistant Director of Louisiana Gear Up, from the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance.
Past Presidents of the Louisiana Counseling Association at a previous meeting. From left to right are Drs. Paul Ceasar, Tim Fields, and John Crawford.
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