Counselor Education in Second Life is happy to announce a Second Life / Real Life Simulcast of the North Carolina Counseling Association 2012 meeting on February 16, 2012
Come in world to CESL (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tranquil/180/170/30/ ) as your avatar and see the simulcast of the NCCA conference. They will also be seeing you in Second Life.
You need to have a Second Life avatar to be able to attend this conference in world. You can join Second Life and create your avatar at http://secondlife.com
CESL will be providing trainings for those new to Second Life at the CESL center inworld:
Sunday Feb 12 at 10 EST (Debra dlondon@kent.edu)
Monday Feb 13 at 1 PM EST (Marty mjencius@kent.edu)
Tuesday Feb 14 at 10 EST (Debra dlondon@kent.edu)
Wednesday Feb 15 at 1 PM EST (Marty mjencius@kent.edu)
Please contact Debra or Marty if you plan to attend a training
The North Carolina Counseling Association
Annual Conference
Greensboro, North Carolina
The following sessions will be presented concurrently in Greensboro, NC and in Second Life at CESL on Thursday, February 16, 2012. All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
8:00 am – 9:50 am
DISTANCE CLINICAL SUPERVISION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Dr. LoriAnn Stretch
This program will provide an overview of supervisor and supervisee rapport in distance supervision; security and confidentiality strategies; and ethical and legal issues, including recordkeeping. Participants will also receive a list of resources available to support supervisors providing distance clinical supervision.
10:00 am – 10:50 am
SCHOOL-BASED FAMILY COUNSELING: IMPLEMENTING ADVENTURE BASED COUNSELING IN SCHOOLS
Dr. Scott Glass
Dr. Kylie Dotson-Blake
Experiential counseling techniques such as adventure based counseling use structured group activities that emphasize cooperation and increase adolescents’ self-esteem and interpersonal skills, which are typical goals of school counseling programs. This presentation examines the usefulness of adventure based counseling programs in school settings, focusing particularly on school-based family counseling.
1:30 pm – 2:50 pm
BREATHWORK AND MINDFULNESS: MIND-BODY APPROACHES TO COUNSELOR SELF-CARE
Jamie Crockett, MS, LPCA, NCC
Allison Marsh, EdS, LPC, NCC
The counseling profession is deeply rewarding and remarkably challenging. Mindfulness and breathwork offer valuable tools for
counselors to refill the well in terms of self-care and personal growth. This experiential program will balance informing participants of breathwork and mindfulness basics while also giving plenty of space for practice and discussion.
3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE CHI SIGMA IOTA CHAPTER MEETING
Stephen Kennedy, MA
Edward Wahesh, MS, LPCA, NCC
Nicole Adamson, LSC, LPCA, NCC
Natalie Spencer, M.Ed., LPC, NCC
Dr. Jane Myers
All members of Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) are invited to attend this statewide meeting of CSI chapters. The meeting will begin with training on CSI International website resources and a review of policies for chapter websites and social networking groups.
Participants will then break into one of four small groups for faculty, chapter officers, student members, and professional members. Group facilitators will guide discussions of individual chapter progress and inter-chapter collaboration.
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
BUILDING THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE THROUGH RATIONAL EMOTIONAL-COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
John Edwards
Dr. Jeffrey Warren
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is an active-directive approach to helping clients overcome problems and adversities. It is often considered to lack conditions that foster therapeutic relationships (i.e., empathy, unconditional positive
regard). This session will offer considerations and explore methods conducive to building therapeutic relationships within the context of REBT.
5:00 pm – 5:50 pm
A PARADIGM SHIFT: USING SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING WITH ADDICTIVE FAMILIES
Dr. Caroline Booth
Jadarius Jackson
This presentation will provide a comprehensive look at the dynamics of solution-focused counseling applied to addictive families.
