| 2013 Interest Sessions |
| This year, we are giving focus to our divisions and offering opportunities to attend education that is specific to the specialty that you may ascribe to. We have designated on Friday, sessions according to each Division. We hope this enhances your experience. You are free to attend any session. | ||
| Friday, January 25, 2013 | ||
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Graduate Students
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New Professionals
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| 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. | 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. | 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
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Counselor Wellness: What Works?
Dr. Amy Jones
Current research on the topic of counselor wellness will be explored. The application of Adlerian principles, including the indivisible model of self will be applied to the concept of counselor wellness. Also, strategies for incorporating wellness principles into supervision will be included.
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WTF!
Where Are the Forms: Moving from Grad School to Professional
Dr. Judith Crews, Nina Woods, LCPC and Heather Tustison, LCPC
A panel of professional for graduates and new professionals to discuss the process of moving from grad school to the counseling profession. Topics will include licensure, insurance paneling, liability insurance, finding a supervisor, etc.
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This Does Apply to You! Creative Advocacy with Difficult Populations
Amy Christensen, LPC, NCC, Megan Michalak, LPC, NCC, and Kyle Hanson
As counselors continue to develop, the role of advocate must be explored. In supporting clients who experience multiple challenges we have implemented creative interventions encouraging positive adaptability. Interactive small group experiences will explore implications and specific actions for continued practice.
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| 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
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MindFULness for the Client, Counselor & Educator
Beronica Salazar, LPC ,
Lynn Bohecker, LMFT, Pam Wells, LPC, and Cristen Wathem, LPC
This is an opportunity for participants to gain an understanding of the principle concepts of Mindfulness and identify creative ways for incorporating this in the counseling/supervision/other relationships. This session will include didactic teaching and experiential activities (individual/group).
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WTF!
What the Freud?: A Discussion on Theory in Practice
A discussion on the possible theoretical theories that graduates and new professionals might find helpful understanding as new counselors. Theories will be discussed by professionals that identify themselves with a specific theory.
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Combining Work and Family: How Couples in Close Proximity Make it Work
Dr. Kay Webb and Dr. Susan Perkins
This presentation focuses on research regarding how couples who are self-employed or work closely together find balance between work and family life. Creative solutions and counseling directions will be discussed for couples experiencing marital distress because of work/family conflict.
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| 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. |
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"I Don’t Have Time for That!" Utilizing Innovative Interventions to Embrace Wellness Personally and Professionally
Megan Michalak, LPC, NCC,
Katie Kostohryz, PhD, LPC, Brittany Dennis, MEd and Kyle Hanson, BS
Although counselors have long been the champions of wellness philosophy, integrating wellness into our practice can seem abstract. This experiential and interactive presentation will focus on practical wellness interventions that will benefit supervisors, counselors, and clients.
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WTF!
Where are the Funds? A discussion on the peaks and pitfalls.
A panel discussion on the importance of marketing and growing your client base. The panel will be made up of professional counselors that have success and failures trying to grow a client base and get paid.
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An Inside Look at the World of Disability
Dr. Susan Stuntzner
Counselors are presented with information to enhance their ability in understanding issues encountered by many persons with disabilities. Such information is crucial in the development of a solid therapeutic relationship so as to assist them in reclaiming their life.
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Healing Narratives: Working with Trauma
Tiffany Nielson, LPC, Beronica Salazar, LCPC, NCC, ACADC, and Lynn Bohecker, LMFT
Trauma narratives provide healing and empowerment for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. This presentation will include the what, how, and why of trauma narratives and case study examples from working with victims of abuse.
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Expanding our View of Spirituality in Counseling: The Lens of Gender
Kevin Lindley
Addressing spiritual or religious issues in counseling can be daunting. This presentation will summarize current research, introduce a fresh, gender-aware model for conceptualizing spirituality and religion, and outline a number of interventions that counselors can incorporate in their practice.
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B.E.A.R Parenting: A Creative (and) Methodical Approach for Teaching Person-Centered Parenting
Rosemary Wells
Using multiple theories the 'bear' creates a metaphorical base while offering an acronym for identifying four components for family functioning. Experiential techniques enable participants to discover themselves, their environment, their relationships and their responsibility in the family organization.
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| 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. | 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
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Ending the Legacy of Sexual Addictions, Sexual Compulsions and Cybersex
Edward Dudding, LPC, NCC
Task centered therapy does not make the sole goal abstinence. For the sexual addict, recovery is the sole goal. Abstinence is learning to say no. Recovery is a learning process establishing stability and access to the fullest things in life.
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Reinventing Your Counseling Role: Counseling is an Appropriate, Effective Form of Treatment to Reduce Problematic Drug and Alcohol Use
Susan Esp, LCPC and Michelle Sundquist, LPC
This presentation will cover the connections between mental health and substance use. The clinical importance and skills required to effectively address substance use will be addressed. In addition Idaho counselor survey data regarding substance abse clientele will be discussed.
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Creative Exploration of Adolescent Self-Management and Social Development
Dr. Taylor and Mr. O'Brien
This session will reveal the results of a study of junior and senior high school students in Northern Idaho in respects to their self-management ability in relationship to their stage of social develoment and gender.
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| 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. |
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Developing Rapport with Couples and Family Clients: Strategies from Counselors
Susan Perkins, PhD, LAMFT, LPC and Crystal Sistoni
Rapport is essential to effective counseling, but juggling rapport development with couple and family clients can be challenging. In this presentation, we share counselors' creative strategies with you, including use of metaphors, stories, art, and activities.
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Adding Clinical Hypnosis to your Counseling Toolbox
Rick Boyes
Clinical hypnosis can be an exciting and powerful tool for the professional counselor. Witness the amazing power of the subconscious mind in action and gain new insight into the origin and resolution of a wide variety of clinical symptoms.
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Understanding the Brain in Building Relationships
Melanie Person, PhD, LCPC
Current research in the field of counseling strongly supports the idea that lasting change occurs through the counseling relationship. For counselors to be effective and fully understand the counseling relationship, it is imperative that they have more awareness of what is occurring in the brain.
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| Saturday, January 26, 2013 | |
| 10:15 - 11:45 a.m. | 2:15 - 3:45 p.m. |
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ETHICS - Transformational and Servant Leadership: Critical Roles Within the Structure of Professional Association Relationships
Dr. Linwood Vereen, Dr. Nicole Hill and Lynn Bohecker
This interactive presentation will focus on leadership and provide critical information about Transformational and Servant leadership. Each type of leadership will be presented in a manner that sheds light on their individual roles with the leadership structure of ICA and professional organizational leadership.
ETHICS - Becoming a Rigorous, Ethical and Socially Just Counselor in a Multicultural World
Jessica Berry, LPC, Alex Kerwin, LPC and Matt Niece
This information session is designed to address counselor development across the career-span. In particular we will be exploring counselor rigor, ethics, social justice, and multicultural competence. Participants will be asked to engage in discourse and experiential activities exploring their own growth toward becoming a rigorous, ethical, and competent counselor.
Experts on Ourselves: Counselor Competency through Self-Exploration
Anna Elliot H. and Kirsten Lamantia
Group case study will be presented through excerpts from reflection essays and results of pre and post-test. Share literature review to support hypothesis that self-exploration leads to counselor competency. Implications for helping professionals will be discussed.
Grief and Loss: Interventions Beyond Stages
Katie Kostohryz, PhD, LPC, Liz Horn, PhD, LCPC and Pam Wells
This presentation will provide an overview of current ways to conceptualize grief and focus and how to create meaningful grief and loss interventions when working with a variety of individuals and families. Presenters will demonstrate numerous experimental activities in session and attendees will be encouraged to participate.
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ETHICS - Leadership in Action
Dr. Linwood Vereen, Dr. Nicole Hill and Lynn Bohecker
Current leaders in the counseling profession articulate critical incidents that have shaped their leadership style. This interactive panel presentation will discuss ethical and practical challenges to leadership and strategies for success.
ETHICS - Inside, Outside and Upside Down
Dr. David Kleist, Cristen Wathen, Anna Elliot and Hailey Martinez
Adventure Based Counseling is an innovative approach for creating relationships with oneself, others, and nature. This session will focus on creative techniques for implementing nature, activity, and metaphor into different counseling settings and brainstorm ideas for integrating community collaborations.
I Like Your Status: Influencing Counselor Competency through Social Media
H. Maurice Pittman, Jr. and Kirsten LaMantia
Session will explore the use of social media as a counsleing intervention in order to promote client growth and development.
Reinventing Counseling Relationships in the Age of Social Media
Cyndia Glorfield, PhD, LCPC, NCC, Judith Crews, PhD, LCPC, LMFT and Liz Horn, PhD, LCPC
The current proliferation of social media has altered the quality and tenor of interpersonal relationships and communication for our clients and ourselves. This presentation will discuss the potential implications of the pseudo-relational aspects of social media on interpersonal relationships.
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