TACES Midwinter Conference 2010
Conference Program Guide
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Current Topics in Counselor Supervision
A panel of experts in counselor supervision will convene to address current topics.
Tonya R. Hammer, Ph.D., University of Houston - Clear Lake
Gerald Juhnke, Ed.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Marvarene Oliver, Ph.D., Texas A & M University - Corpus Christi
Dee Ray, Ph.D., University of North Texas
Friday, February 5th, 2010
*Content Sessions*
8:00a.m. - 9:00a.m.
(1) Men and Body Image Disorders
Blanco
Chris Leeth, M.A., Ioana Boie, M.S., LPC-Intern, & Anna Lopez, M.A.
University of Texas at San Antonio
(2) Coping with the Effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder over the Lifespan
San Gabriel
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a psychiatric disorder in which a person frequently relives a life-threatening event via nightmares, repetitive thought and images, or even acting as if the event was happening all over again. Surviving rape, domestic violence, a combat tour, a natural disaster, or witnessing a horrific event are common causes of PTSD in persons of all ages. Co-morbidity with depression, substance abuse, and other disorders is also common when working with this diagnosis. Presenters with provide a review of the literature regarding issues counselors should be aware of when working with clients of different ages.
John Reeve, M.S., LPC-Intern, NCC, Ileana Lane, M.S., LPC-Intern, CSC, & John Pope, M.Div.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
(3) Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy Supervision (Supervision Track Session)***Ethics Choice
Shoal Creek
Marriage and family therapy (MFT) supervision has a primarily systemic focus, making it different from supervision of individual counselors in community mental health or public schools. This program focuses specifically on the MFT supervisor’s ethical responsibilities, ethical decision making during MFT supervision, and the special MFT issues for the supervisor to keep in mind. A brief review of a process of ethical decision making will help participants discuss case examples from the presenter’s MFT supervision experience. Participants are encouraged to share case scenarios as well. Handouts will be provided. Ethics credit for 40 hour LPC Approved Supervisor track.
Rick Bruhn, Ed.D., LPC-S, LMFT-S
Sam Houston State University
(26) Let’s Talk About Sex: Enhancing Counselor and Supervisor Comfort and Awareness in Facilitating Conversations about Sex with Clients and Supervisees through the use of Expressive Arts in Counseling and Supervision (Supervision Track Option)***
Lady Bird Lake
Sexual topics commonly emerge in counseling and supervision sessions through discussions about relationships, abuse, expectations, or dissatisfaction. However, it is frequently overlooked or avoided by counselors and supervisors. Therapists and supervisors are wise to address such issues and help facilitate the topic of sex with clients and supervisees. Through the medium of expressive arts, therapists and supervisors can more intentionally and therapeutically address related issues to sex, sexual relationships, and personal comfort and values about sex with clients and supervisees. Participants can expect video demonstration, experiential activities, discussion, and lecture as part of their learning experience in this session.
Scott Blair, M.Ed., LPC-Intern & Kristin Meany-Walen, M.A., LPC-Intern, NCC
University of North Texas
(33) Integrating Wellness Concepts into Clinical Supervision: An Innovative Parallel Process. (Supervision Track Option)***
Lake Austin
The presenter will illustrate the process of integrating wellness concepts into clinical supervision when working with Master’s students, case workers, and in a community counseling setting. Goals will include providing a framework and guidelines to begin implementing a more holistic supervision style. Additionally, discussion of model use and implications for the burgeoning evidence-base for this Wellness Model of Supervision (Lenz & Smith, 2009) to the field of counselor education and supervision will be noted. Participants can expect learn how education, assessment, planning, and evaluation can facilitate a powerful parallel process that benefits supervisors, counselors, and clients.
Stephen Lenz, M.A., LPC
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
(14) Creating a Culturally Sensitive Environment for Non-Native English Speaking Counseling Students
Executive Learning
Our presentation uses current theory and research for creating a culturally sensitive environment for counselor education non-native English speaking (L2) students. Specific areas covered will include how language anxiety and low self-efficacy affect counseling students. We will provide tools to help faculty grade L2 papers with consistency; ideas to increase faculty knowledge about students’ linguistic abilities; suggestions to help modify instructional style, lecture content, and skill demonstration; and practices designed to incorporate student cultural dimensions in the classroom, specifically as it relates to language attainment, in increasing L2 student learning.
Melinda Haley, Ph.D. & Don C. Combs, Ed. D.
University of Texas at El Paso
*Content Sessions*
9:10 a.m.-10:10a.m.
(17) Assessing Organizational Cultural Competence in Schools: A Teaching Tool for Counselor Educators
Blanco
Professional School Counselors have the awareness, knowledge, and skills to assess school-wide cultural competence and to create action plans to improve cultural competence in schools. This session provides an assessment tool and format for use in schools PK-12 for creating changes that improve learning environments and impact student achievement. The research suggests that school counselors should be agents of change, but students are rarely given the tools to do so. Participants in this session will learn how to use the instrument in pre-service training in school counseling programs and how to impact the cultural competence of their students through the process.
Judith A. Nelson, Ph. D., LPC-S, LMFT, CSC
Sam Houston State University
(46) Release Your Teleseminar Fears!
San Gabriel
Professional Counselors can be fantastic helpers AND good business people, too. In this easy to understand workshop you’ll learn the basics of creating & recording a teleseminar, marketing it, and how to use it again to create passive income for yourself or provide a free tool for your clients.
Martha Atkins, LPC-S, Master Certified Coach
University of Texas at San Antonio
(31) Evaluating Counselor Professional Performance Fairly (Supervision Track Session)***
Shoal Creek
Counselor supervisors are often responsible for their supervisee’s performance evaluation. To assist participants interested in providing supervisees with fair evaluations, presenters will propose the use of performance standards as the basis. Supervisors’ judicious use of their power bases in relationship to supervisees will also be addressed. Presenters will demonstrate a process for connecting supervision with evaluation that includes data gathering and professionalism assessment. Presenters will also demonstrate how to effectively communicate performance evaluation results to supervisees and to use those results for professional development action planning.
Patricia Henderson, Ed. D., Elias Zambrano, Ph.D., & Brenda Jones, Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio
(21) Student Mentoring: Student Leaders Helping Freshmen from Becoming At-Risk
Lake Austin
Why is it that the freshmen class of every high school starts off with a large amount of students and yet by the time the class reaches senior year, almost half are gone? Every year, some 9th graders fail their classes, have attendance problems, and do not get promoted to the next grade level. Learn how a high school counselor has recruited student leaders to mentor incoming freshmen in order to motivate them to be successful in school by joining clubs, attending tutoring and helping the transition to high school a little easier.
C. Annelise Vela, M.S., CSC
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
(23) Students with Learning Disabilities and Graduate School
Lady Bird Lake
Students with learning disabilities are entering graduate school in record numbers as recent advancements in technology has enabled the student to participate more fully and successfully in the classroom. According to National Institutes of Health, 15-20% of the U.S. population has some form of learning disability. The presenter, a recent Ph.D. graduate with a learning disability, will share what it is like to negotiate professors, standardized tests, homework, and the learning deficit itself successfully in graduate school, as well as discuss tips on assisting the student with special needs with respect and dignity.
Jacqueline Parsons, Ph.D.
St. Mary's University
(27) Trauma and Cultural Competence in Working with Victims of Human Trafficking
Executive Learning
Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world. It is second only to organized drug distribution. Modern day slavery exists in Texas in the form of domestic servitude, forced prostitution, and debt bondage. Effectively identifying and working with victims of trafficking requires specific training and knowledge. This session will explore the dynamics of psychological coercion, pre-existing vulnerabilities, and trauma. This session will provide a working model for culturally competent and victim centered therapeutic services.
Marcelle Abusalbi, M.A., LPC-Intern & Kate Rocke, MSW
St. Mary’s University
*Poster Sessions*
9:10-a.m.- 10:10 a.m.
Lake Travis
(4) Counselor Interventions for At-Risk Boys
The father son relationship is the first building block in developing positive social interaction. This session will explore how this critical relationship may foreshadow educational challenges and potentiality for at-risk-behavior. School counselors have an opportunity to develop preventive intervention strategies that foster successful life choices. Effective school and community intervention strategies will be included.
Alex Monceaux & Melanie Bullock, Ph.D.
Lamar University
(8) Cultural Competence: Working with the Homeless
The goal objective is to provide a poster presentation for counselor educators and supervisors about the culturally competent approaches in working with homeless individuals and families. Our presentation will provide information for counselor educators and supervisors to gain the therapeutic knowledge, skills and abilities when working with the homeless population. Clinical issues such as culture of homelessness, family/parenting relationships, shelter and social service programs, community outreach, and research recommendations will be presented.
Janis April Edralin, M.A., LPC-Intern & Lourdes Viveros de Romo, M.A.
St. Mary’s University
(25) Counseling Graduate Students’ Attitudes toward Research: A Pilot Study of Comparison between Research-Required and Non-Research Graduate Programs
This poster session presents a pilot study. This study compares graduate students from two graduate programs, Special Education and Counselor Education, to investigate the difference of students’ attitudes toward research and research training. ANOVA and Factor Analysis are applied in data analysis process to reveal common difficulties and distinct factors that indicate graduate students’ concerns and attitudes toward research. Research results and future implications in counseling research training will be discussed in poster session through review of literature and professional opinions on counseling research.
Yuh-Jen Guo & Shu-Ching Wang
University of Texas at El Paso
(28) Attachment Styles and Acculturation of Christian Asian Indians: Impact on Life Satisfaction
With the growing number of immigrants coming to the United States from Asian countries, specifically the country of India, it is imperative that counselors and counselor educators be fully aware of the multicultural issues affecting this large segment of the U.S. population. This presentation will provide counselors with information on the impact of attachment styles and acculturation on the life satisfaction of Christian Asian Indians.
Sherin K. Isaac, Ed. D.
Argosy University-Dallas
(30) The Art of Emotional Release
Creativity is a psychotherapeutic technique. In the creative realm, the client is able to manipulate his or her world in a safe, immediate environment by bringing emotional stressors to the surface and achieve beneficial resolutions. Objectives of this poster session are to provide a conceptual framework for the counselor educator in the development and implementation of a variety of artistic media, as a means to address their students’ emotional stress and increase the learning process. This session will provide an opportunity to have an experiential session utilizing a variety of media to explore creative counseling techniques, along with time to reflect on the experience.
Kathy Jones-Trebatoski, LPC-S, LPA, NCC & Mary Louise Holt, Ph.D., LPC
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
(32) Transformational Leadership Through Service Learning: Emerging Themes from 2nd Year Doctoral Students
This poster presentation will describe the service learning experiences of 6 second year doctoral students participating in group and individual philanthropy projects. Qualitative data from interviews with these students highlighted the utility of service learning for developing a personal perspective of self in relation to others, actively pursuing meaning from doctoral student experience, and planting seeds for social justice and advocacy agendas. In addition to noting how students developed their existing leadership skills in a way that contributed to the community, this presentation will provide a framework for counselor educators to implement this strategy in higher education and community settings.
Stephen Lenz, M.A., LPC, Denise Dominguez, M.S., LPC-Intern, Sandra Lopez , M.Ed., CSC, Carol Annelise Vela, M.S., CSC, Mary Rangel-Gomez, M.S., LPC-Intern, & John Pope, M.Div.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
(40) Economic Crisis: How Counselor Educators Adapt
With the economic downturn, counselors may expect more clients experiencing financial distress or suffering from its second-order effects. Budget shortfalls also place a greater strain on resources for providers in schools and mental health settings. Budget cuts in schools, mental health, and university settings may change the way counselor educators establish practicum and internship sites, address the breadth and severity of topics covered in supervision, and conduct students’ training. Counselor educators will learn ways to adjust their teaching and supervision to adverse economic conditions. Implications for career, school, clinical mental health, and marriage and family counselors will be discussed.
Christine McNichols, M.S., LPC-Intern, NCC & Karl Witt, M.S., LPC-Intern, CSC, NCC
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
(45) Online Counseling: The Future of Counseling?
Online counseling is a rapidly growing area of clinical counseling. In a society where internet is second nature for most Americans, the field of counseling is shifting in a new and innovative direction. With the concept of e-therapy widely used, traditional face-to-face counseling perhaps is taking a back seat. This presentation focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of online counseling for our clients using reactions gathered from college students. Examples of online counseling sessions are provided.
Serena Flores
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
(47) Counselor Supervision in Correctional Settings
Counselors who work in the prison system are faced with problems related to both the broad nature of their job duties and the specificity of the population they work with. Working in these environments requires specific perspectives on interventions, burnout prevention strategies and other techniques. When the supervisory relationship is brought into the institutional setting, new variables become part of the phenomenon and add complexity to the process. This presentation will examine these different variables and how they might impact both counseling and clinical supervision.
Paul A. Carrola, M.A., LPC, NCC & Mark Tovar, M.A., LPC, NCC
University of Texas at San Antonio
(50) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Children and Adolescents
This poster presentation will present information on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among children and adolescents. Information will be provided on symptomology for different age groups and what to look for.
Eva Dee Sloan, M.A., LPC, NCC
St. Mary’s University
*Content Sessions*
10:20a.m.-11:20a.m.
(29) Look Deeply into My Eyes: Should You Incorporate Stress Management Courses, Including Clinical Hypnosis into Your Master’s Counseling Program
Blanco
The objective of the program is to teach the importance of stress management within the wellness model.Review of research finds that graduate students experience a significant amount of stress from principally sociological stressors and that a self-hypnosis management program is an effective intervention to bring about significant change in their stress levels. Recommendations are that graduate schools, especially counselor education programs, include a self-hypnosis program as part of the curriculum to teach future counselors self-care and effective therapeutic techniques to use with clients.Fundamentals of self-hypnosis will be demonstrated (including breathing exercises and visualization demonstrations).
Kathy Jones-Trebatoski, LPC-S, LPA, NCC & Mary Louise Holt, Ph.D., LPC
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
(6) Helping Students Succeed: Characteristics of Facilitative Classrooms
San Gabriel
The focus of development is frequently devoted to understanding childhood and adolescents, but counselor educators and supervisors also interact with adult learners at different developmental levels. With different developmental levels co-existing in the classroom, how can we provide the best learning environment for everyone? The presenters will focus on characteristics of concrete learners and abstract learners, as well as provide intervention techniques to promote facilitative learning environments. Participants will learn about supervision techniques and models from a developmental perspective. Participants will also gain a deeper understanding of adult learners and gain developmental knowledge to implement in the classroom and supervision setting.
Sarah E. Carlson, M.A., LPC-Intern & Kasie R. Lee, M.Ed., NCC, LPC-Intern
University of North Texas
(36) Supervision Methods and Techniques (Supervision Track Session)***
Shoal Creek
The Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) method of supervision will be utilized as the basis for review of individual, group, and live supervision. Supervision techniques and interventions with appropriate case studies will be presented.
Le’Ann Solmonson, Ph.D., LPC-S & Pamela E. Monk, Ph.D., LPC-S
Stephen F. Austin State University; Lamar University
(22) From Taboos to Tattoos: Adolescent Grieving and Current Trends in Grief Expression
Lake Austin
Loss and grief are difficult subjects to approach when working with high school students. Talking about death and dying in school was once taboo, but now students are losing so many of their friends due to unnecessary violence, that it needs to be addressed. This session will describe how to implement a crisis team on your campus for unexpected losses, introduce the differences in grieving patterns between teenage girls and boys, and show school counselors how to help teens memorialize their loved ones and get through the grieving process.