| 2012 Interest Sessions |
| Friday, January 27, 2012 |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
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Money Energetics: A Revolutionary Use Of Money To Help The Client Find Their Personal Value & Sense Of Self-Worth Understanding the Brain: Practical Applications for Therapy
Rosemary Luque, LCPC, NCC The brain is our specialty. By linking our understanding of the brain’s inner workings with our therapy techniques, we can make better clinical choices, help to eliminate shame in our clients, and speed up the healing process. “No Wrong Door”: Healthcare Reform and Behavioral Health Transformation Dr. Susan Esp, Dr. Diana M. Doumas and Dr. Kenneth Coll The impact of the behavioral health transformation process on mental health providers will be discussed, including Idaho’s move towards licensure for SUD providers. Data on Idaho mental health provider’s perceived ability to provide services for SUDs will also be presented. Games School Counselors Play: Innovative Experiential Tools for Group Work David Nichols This workshop will present several activities that counselors can use to work with adolescents. These innovative initiatives will enable counselors to transform their group work to make it more dynamic, experiential, and insightful. Be prepared to be involved and have fun. The DBT Process and Facilitating Change in Resistance Clients: Incorporating Individual and Skills Group Techniques. Karin Watson, LPC, NCC and Betsy Johnson, LPC, NCC This Session will be focused on: Discussing the primary vehicles of change and how to influence the direction that treatment takes, looking at the nature of the DBT client, introduction of DBT and what needs to be present in order to facilitate change, and. expectations of the therapeutic process. Empowering Teens to Deal with Bullies Jennie Withers and Phyllis Hendrickson, MEd This workshop is based on Hey, Back Off! Tips for Stopping Teen Harassment (New Horizon Press Books). It provides counselors and other professionals with strategies and tools for teens and parents to proactively deal with harassment. This workshop is based on Hey, Back Off! Tips for Stopping Teen Harassment (New Horizon Press Books). It provides counselors and other professionals with strategies and tools for teens and parents to proactively deal with harassment. Changing Perspectives in Medication Assisted Treatment Lois Gates, MS, CADC and Lori Farrens, LCPC, NCC Better understand the medication assisted treatment as it applies to opiate maintenance therapy and alcohol dependence. Learn language differences between mental health and addictions fields; and to better understand the value of coordination of care. Discussion to dispel myths and stigma concerning OMT (opiate maintenance therapy). The participant will understand the benefits of client engagements in OMT.
Innovative Techniques: Career Counseling with Solution Focused Strategies
David Wallace Eastwood the complementary theories and techniques of career counseling and solution focused counseling are ideal for integration into professional practice. This session will provide interactive opportunities to brainstorm strategies that help clients become more effective at problem solving educational and occupational life issues. |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
| Virtually Together: Technology Tools to Enhance Couple Connection Despite Distance Susan Perkins, PhD, LPC, LAMFT and Ross Perkins, PhD Innovative uses of technology can help couples overcome many challenges of long-distance relationships. We will introduce and demonstrate technologies that can help couples accomplish family tasks together and create a sense of presence and shared experiences. The Transformational Process of International Sojourn Through the Eyes of Students and Faculty: Implications for Counseling. Resilient Families: Providing Trauma Informed Services for Families Exposed to Domestic Violence Ethics: Fundamentals of Agency, School, and Private Practice *ETHICS*
Dr. Curtis Garner It’s All Relational: A Revolutionary Approach to Client Impasse Jared Thiemann, LPC, NCC, Megan B. Michalak, LPC, NCC, Amanda J. Minor, LPC, NCC and Melissa D. Syria This presentation will highlight the basics of Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT) and its use in navigating client impasse. Specific techniques that engender growth-fostering connections in the counseling relationship will be presented. Participants will practice applying RCT to multiple populations and contexts. Sandtray Therapy: A Tool to Help Clients Change Once Upon a Time -- Using the Transforming Powers of Storytelling to Inspire the Resilient Child Within.
Dr. Lori Fairgrieve LCPC, LMFT, RPT-S In this experiential workshop, counselors will learn how to incorporate the healing powers of storytelling into the exploration of inner conflicts, trauma and or adversity. Storytelling is a powerful medium for exploring, externalizing, and giving voice to their painful experiences. Unlike many other techniques, storytelling can help adults communicate with children and adolescents in ways that build positive and open relationships. Stories can provide models for positive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and help clients gain personal understanding, self acceptance and ultimately tap into their inner resiliency. |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Current Ethical Issues Affecting Idaho Counselors as Seen by the Board of Licensure *ETHICS* Dr. Brenda Freeman Healing The Child Within: Counseling Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma and Sexual Abuse Rick Boyes, LPC Drawing from over 30,000 hours of clinical experience, Rick Boyes, Licensed Counselor and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, will present specific methodologies focused on “inner child” work in the counseling of adult survivors of childhood trauma and sexual abuse. Got Adolescents? -- Transforming Teams or Tweens through Innovative Play Therapy Techniques. Self-care for Counselors: Revolutionize Your Practice by Listening to Your Inner Counselor Creative Writing for Counselors and Their Clients II Client and Counselor Characteristics Impacting Client Engagement The Therapeutic Use of Essential Oils: An innovative Approach |
| Saturday, January 28, 2011 |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
| Communicating with Congress: The Hows and Whys of Talking with Your Legislator Heather Tustison, LCPC, ICA President, James Drake, BS and Matt Salisbury, ICA Political Liaison Plato once said, “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” It is our professional responsibility to remain informed on what goes on in our state and national legislature. Public Policy matters. Public policy affects your ability to practice. This session will inform you on ways to communicate and make a difference. Aging Gracefully: Breaking Away from Old Ideas They Serve Too -- Multicultural Play Therapy Interventions to Help Facilitate Transformational Counseling to Military Youth
Dr. Lori Fairgrieve LCPC, LMFT, RPT-S Just over a year ago, Idaho experienced the largest deployment of National Guard service members in six years. This unit of the 116th, is now back and dealing with the numerous stressors associated with reintegration. The adolescents from these military families, some of whom have experienced a parental deployment for the second time, face their own set of unique stressors associated with the reintegration. This session will look at these unique challenges and offer a culturally sensitive approach for serving these wartime heroes. Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: An Evidence Based Theory and Current Trend in Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Brooks Bastian Hanks, PhD, LCPC, Anne Leonard Teirney, LPC, Amanda Minor, LPC and Tiffany Becker Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT) is an evidenced based theory specifically focused on working with children who have experienced trauma. This presentation will provide an overview of the theory as well as it’s applicability to a variety of populations. Helping Special Needs Families Evaluate Out-of-Home Placement Options Bernie Zimmerman LCPC Informational session will illustrate the factors leading to youth out-of-home placement, placement options available for youth, and the role of the referring clinician in supporting the family throughout the process. Finding Employment as a Professional Counselor Jessica Berry, LPC, Melanie Person, LCPC and Alexandra Kerwin, MS, NCC This session will provide education on professional comportment, clearly defining and presenting yourself as a professional counselor, and appropriate communication skills with potential employers. Presenters will provide information on what potential employers are looking for in counseling candidates. Playing with Clay: Deepening Therapeutic Processes Through Expressive Arts Techniques Dr. Karrie Swan, Dr. April Schottelkorb and Rhyan Garcia-Briggs Through experiential activities, attendees will learn several expressive arts techniques for promoting holistic development. Participants will be exposed to sand tray, puppetry, clay, and art. Adlerian and Child-Centered theories will be used as frameworks for understanding children’s growth. |
| 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
| Balloons, Fish, Puzzles, and Pyramids: Incorporating Family Play into a Couple Psychoeducation Program Susan Perkins, PhD, LPC, LAMFT, Gail Peterson and Shaunna Bach Come, hear, and experience ideas for using fun, playful activities with families. We will present principles and strategies for effectively using family activities to reinforce relationship skills and strengthen bonds. Participants are invited to experience and reflect on these activities. Idaho National Guard Yellow Ribbon Family Integration: Serving Those Who Serve Counseling in the Midst of Custody Battles: Ethical and Legal Considerations *ETHICS*
Dana Hunt Unruh, LCPC, FAPA Due to the increase in complaints to the licensing bureau about clinicians working with divorcing couples, this session will take an ethical look at the issues to consider. Increased Confidence: From “Where Am I Going?” to “Here I Go…!” Gestalt Interventions and Activities – Practical Experiential Techniques, Applications and Demonstrations Innovative Techniques: Career Counseling with Solution Focused Strategies
David Wallace Eastwood the complementary theories and techniques of career counseling and solution focused counseling are ideal for integration into professional practice. This session will provide interactive opportunities to brainstorm strategies that help clients become more effective at problem solving educational and occupational life issues. |