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Father Presence: Enhancing Counseling By Advocating For And Including Dads, Jeffrey Boatner, Holly Johnson, Diamond Sciequan
Father Presence: Enhancing Counseling By Advocating For And Including Dads, Jeffrey Boatner, Holly Johnson, Diamond Sciequan
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Research reveals that paternal involvement in counseling is vital for children (Panter-Brick, Burgess, Eggerman, McAllister, Pruett, & Leckerman, 2014). In this presentation, attendees will learn the importance of involving fathers and how to do it effectively, based on best practices. Participants will engage in activities and discussion applying presentation content.
Acknowledgment And Treatment Of Racial Microaggressions In The Therapeutic Environment, Tamatha M. Borkcom, Kimberly Harris, Nivishchi Edwards
Acknowledgment And Treatment Of Racial Microaggressions In The Therapeutic Environment, Tamatha M. Borkcom, Kimberly Harris, Nivishchi Edwards
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Poster Presentation
Career & Lifestyle Balance: Making The Case For Self-Care, Cynthia Doney
Career & Lifestyle Balance: Making The Case For Self-Care, Cynthia Doney
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Self-care is not a luxury. Self-care is not a waste of time. Professional self-care in the helping profession is an ethical necessity and must be pursued intentionally by practitioners. Additionally, the concepts must be modeled and taught to emerging professionals in the field.
Parallel Process: Experiences Of First Semester Practicum And Doctoral Students In The Supervision Relationship, Sharon Lewis, Nivischi Edwards, Joy Mwendwa
Parallel Process: Experiences Of First Semester Practicum And Doctoral Students In The Supervision Relationship, Sharon Lewis, Nivischi Edwards, Joy Mwendwa
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Poster Presentation
Using Debono’S Six Hats In University Internship Supervision – Online, Jacqueline Wirth, Summer Kuba
Using Debono’S Six Hats In University Internship Supervision – Online, Jacqueline Wirth, Summer Kuba
Faculty Publications and Presentations
DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats problem-solving technique was used in several online internship courses in order to facilitate case presentations by counselor trainees. The process and results of this method will be presented along with student testimony of their use of Six Hats during group supervision. Counselor educators will be introduced to this technique and will practice its implementation in order to support counselor interns as they think through each facet of case conceptualization.
Integrating Stress Management, Wellness, And Spirituality In Therapy, Holly Johnson, Jeffrey Boatner
Integrating Stress Management, Wellness, And Spirituality In Therapy, Holly Johnson, Jeffrey Boatner
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Integrative psychotherapy considers the unique needs of the client including preferences, motivation, physical ability, personal characteristics, and spiritual beliefs. This session will impart knowledge and provide insights for managing stress, promoting healthy living, and practicing spirituality in a way that best fits the individual’s personal worldview
Intersection Of Post-Traumatic Growth And Forgiveness: A Catalyst For Healing, Jama L. Davis, Robyn Simmons, Kristy Ford
Intersection Of Post-Traumatic Growth And Forgiveness: A Catalyst For Healing, Jama L. Davis, Robyn Simmons, Kristy Ford
Faculty Publications and Presentations
This presentation will connect the experience of post traumatic growth with the empirical support of forgiveness as an intervention with survivors of trauma. Research specific to the link between Post-Traumatic Growth and Forgiveness will be examined with the formulation of a tool-kit appropriate to this therapy.
Exploring The Myths And Actualities Of The Sex Trafficking Of Vulnerable Populations, Victim Behavioral Risks, And Common Recruitment Tactics, Cynthia Doney, Dave Hollis, Vivian France, Susan Kovoka
Exploring The Myths And Actualities Of The Sex Trafficking Of Vulnerable Populations, Victim Behavioral Risks, And Common Recruitment Tactics, Cynthia Doney, Dave Hollis, Vivian France, Susan Kovoka
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Sex trafficking recruitment takes place through manipulation, exploitation, and coercion. Counselors must know who is vulnerable to recruitment, and how targets are selected. It is vital to learn methods of assessment for discerning if victims are being groomed by pimps through boyfriending or other techniques, and why she allows it.
Enhancing Counselor Site Supervisor Self-Efficacy By Utilizing Modular Participation, Steve Johnson
Enhancing Counselor Site Supervisor Self-Efficacy By Utilizing Modular Participation, Steve Johnson
Faculty Publications and Presentations
This program will focus on a curriculum designed to be used by counselor educators to enhance site supervisor sense of self-efficacy, competence, and effectiveness in the role as site supervisors. This program will achieve program learning outcomes by facilitating the transfer of knowledge to skill development through programmatic support of site supervisor’s professional development.
Forward Thinking: Creative Anagogical Strategies In Counselor Education, Anita Knight, Richard Justin Silvey
Forward Thinking: Creative Anagogical Strategies In Counselor Education, Anita Knight, Richard Justin Silvey
Faculty Publications and Presentations
This roundtable is designed for the exchange of ideas between educators who seek to utilize innovative and experimental strategies i.e. flipping the classroom, incentivizing participation with behaviorism, and incorporating social media and other technologies to stimulate a community of inquiry within the residential and online counselor ed learning space.
Bridging The Racial Divide With A Viable Demonstration, Melvin Pride, Mark Myers
Bridging The Racial Divide With A Viable Demonstration, Melvin Pride, Mark Myers
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Using the Relational Cultural Theory, this presentation will explore the significance of intentional vulnerability, openness and communication on challenging long held cultural beliefs. The presentation consists of two men; one black, one white, exploring each other’s diverse cultural experiences posing a series of racially sensitive questions of each other.
Online Supervision Experiences Of Graduate Counselors-In-Training, Sonya M. Cheyne
Online Supervision Experiences Of Graduate Counselors-In-Training, Sonya M. Cheyne
Faculty Publications and Presentations
CITs from Liberty University’s online graduate counseling programs will share personal experiences of integrating graduate training into practice with clients. Through the process of fulfilling individual purpose in life during the initial stages of counseling, these CITs will share their unexpected self-discoveries of a meaningfulness while facilitating healing in others.
Grief Counseling From A Multicultural Perspective, Deborah A. Braboy
Grief Counseling From A Multicultural Perspective, Deborah A. Braboy
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Clinicians need to understand death and grief through a multicultural lens. The focus of this workshop will be on helping counselors understand societal and cultural implications that can be obstacles in grief work and to understand issues that can complicate grief as it relates to their ethnicity, race, and/or culture.
Encouraging A Better Practicum/Internship Experience By Developing And Implementing Learning Modules, Stacey Lilley, Steve Johnson, Mary Deacon, Patricia L. Kimball
Encouraging A Better Practicum/Internship Experience By Developing And Implementing Learning Modules, Stacey Lilley, Steve Johnson, Mary Deacon, Patricia L. Kimball
Faculty Publications and Presentations
The use of developmentally-based series of learning modules in practicum and internship courses will be discussed. These modules are designed to reinforce key knowledge and skills acquired in the program; allowing courses to incorporate their core and specialty area objectives more systematically into their clinical experiences and evaluate their program.
A Phoenix Rising Out Of The Ashes: Using Expressive Arts In Counseling Supervision, Christina Villarreal-Davis, Hughar Hartzenberg
A Phoenix Rising Out Of The Ashes: Using Expressive Arts In Counseling Supervision, Christina Villarreal-Davis, Hughar Hartzenberg
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Utilizing expressive arts in counseling supervision can be a transformative experience. Participants will benefit from this presentation as they learn effective strategies that build the supervisory relationship, increase their knowledge on the effectiveness of expressive arts in supervision, and gain understanding on how to implement an expressive art technique.
The New Adolescent: How Social Media Has Changed The Landscape And How Counselors Can Respond, Jonna Byars, Brad Imhoff, Daria Borislavova White
The New Adolescent: How Social Media Has Changed The Landscape And How Counselors Can Respond, Jonna Byars, Brad Imhoff, Daria Borislavova White
Faculty Publications and Presentations
Adolescents today occupy a different social space than any previous generation. Technology and social media have changed behavior and relationships, and there are many psychological consequences including rising levels of loneliness, depression, and suicide. As counselors we must recognize the changed world our children inhabit, and develop new strategies for helping teens and those who relate to them. How counselors can best respond to this new social space and original research on the impact of social media in several cultures will be covered.