LPCANC 12th Annual Conference: Building Blocks for Counseling Excellence: Clinical, Practical and Relational Skills

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM - (Subject to Change)

Friday, September 25, 2009
7:00 AM - 5:15 PM Registration
7:00 AM - 5:15 PM Exhibits Open
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome & Keynote: Dr. John T. Edwards From Practice to Principles Click here for details.

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Breakout Sessions I

• Clinical Skills - Going from Good to Great in Your Clinical Practice - Ojinga Harrison, PsyD, Dionne Harrison, MD, Amanda Hardenbrook, LPC, NCC and Gabriel L. Rogers, PhD, LPC Click here for details.
• Practical Skills - A Skills Clinic for Family Work - John T. Edwards, PhD Click here for details.
• Relationship Skills - Soul Healing Love - Beverly Rodgers, PhD and Tom Rodgers, PhD Click here for details.

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions II (Continuation of above)

• Clinical Skills - Going from Good to Great in Your Clinical Practice
• Practical Skills - A Skills Clinic for Family Work
• Relationship Skills - Soul Healing Love

12:45 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch & LPCANC Legislative Update - Ashley Matlock Perkinson, LPCANC Lobbyist and Suzanne Walker, MS, LPC, NCC, CCMHC, LPCANC Past President, Public Policy and Professional Interest Committee Chair - Don't miss this opportunity to get the inside scoop on recent changes in the LPC ACT!

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Breakout Sessions III (Continuation of above)

• Clinical Skills - Going from Good to Great in Your Clinical Practice
• Practical Skills - A Skills Clinic for Family Work
• Relationship Skills - Soul Healing Love

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Breakout Sessions IV (Continuation of above)

• Clinical Skills - Going from Good to Great in Your Clinical Practice
• Practical Skills - A Skills Clinic for Family Work
• Relationship Skills - Soul Healing Love

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM President’s Reception

Saturday, September 26, 2009
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Registration
8:00 AM - 5:45 PM Exhibits Open
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Relaxation Skills - Hugh Willard, M.Ed., LPC, ACS
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast & LPCANC Business Meeting

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Breakout Sessions I

• Put Your Oxygen Mask on First - Michael Kahn, LPC, NCC Click here for details.
• Changing for Good: Applying a Transtheoretical Model of Change to Clinical Practice - A. Keith Mobley, PhD, LPC and Amanda Giordano, MSClick here for details.
• Ingredients of an Interaction: A System Change Vehicle for Individuals, Groups, Couples and Families - Marilyn Wolf, M.Ed, LPC, LCAS and Regina Ragan, LCSW Click here for details.
• Diagnosing and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: Using the Strengths of the Counselor - Susan Blake MA, NCC, LPC and Todd F. Lewis, PhD, NCC, LPC Click here for details.

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Morning Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Sessions II

• The Millennials: Weebles, Scrilla, Steezy, & Swarming - Youth Culture 2009 and what EVERY counselor needs to know about this generation! - Eric Rowles Click here for details.
• The Creative Spirit in the Counseling Room - Dianne Taylor Dougherty, MS, CAGS, LPC, NCC Click here for details.
• Understanding Self and Others through the 8 Jungian Functions - Anita A. Neuer, LPC Click here for details.

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch & When X, Y, and Boomers Collide: Navigating, identifying, and celebrating the generational differences that impact the present and future leaders of the workforce - Eric Rowles Click here for details.

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Breakout Sessions III

• Legislative Changes for LPCs: Q and A with Jennifer Robertson and LoriAnn Stretch, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS from the NCBLPC
• Creative-Expressive Group Supervision/Consultation - Elaine Wittmann, LPC Click here for details.
• The African-American Stepmother: An Exploratory Investigation - Ka Rae’ N. Carey, LPC Click here for details.
• It’s So Confusing: Assessing the Older Client for Alcohol-Related Problems - Lydia Boldt Smith, MA, NCC, LPC-BE and Amanda Shinn Patterson, MA, LPC Click here for details.
• LPCANC Board Meeting

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Afternoon Break

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Student Poster Sessions

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM Breakout Sessions IV

• The Role of Biology in Ethical Counseling - J. Dwaine Phifer, PhD (Valid for Ethics Contact Hours) Click here for details.
• Clinical Application of Failure: Integrating Failure into the Life Experience - Donna J. Pappas, M Ed, NCC, LPC Click here for details.
• The Chicken-Egg Dilemma - Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LMHC, CRC, NCC Click here for details.
• Can You Hear Me Now? Strategies for Helping Parents Effectively Talk and Listen to Their Teens - Shawnta M. Wright, MA, NCC, LPC-BE Click here for details.

5:45-6:00 Contact Hour forms and Farewells

Registration: Click here to register on-line. Click here for a registration form you can print and mail or fax.