TLPCA Counseling and Therapy Summit

Summit Session Materials

Morning Pre-Conferences

Evaluation and Risk Management in Supervision

Religious Trauma Recovery: Supporting Clients in Healing Religious Trauma in a Counseling Context

Afternoon Pre-Conferences

Suicide Assessment and Intervention Across the Life Course

Keynote

The Counseling Compact: The Time is Near

Roundtables

Health-Medical Challenges and Grief: Group EMDR Therapy for Patients and Caregivers

The Practical Implications of the Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement in Mental Health Care Settings

When Good Intentions Backfire: Navigating Ethics and Professional Risks of Counselor Advocacy

Session 1

Adoption Soup: Exploring the Complex Needs of the Adoption Triad

Beyond “Checking the Box:” Effective and Creative Strategies for Utilizing the Suicide Safety Plan (presentatation, Safety Plan, Crisis Plan Template)

The Counseling Compact, The Time Is Near (AM)

Economic Realities in the Counseling Field: Implications of Data from Current and Former Counseling Students

Getting Unstuck: Discovering Rumination Focused ERP

Rewiring the Past, Restoring the Present: The Role of Lifespan Integration in Treating Trauma and Dissociation

Session 2

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): Identifying an Often-Overlooked Concern

Conceptualizing an Emerging Domain of Client Wellness: Social Media/Technology Health

Enhancing Relationship Engagement during Trauma Reprocessing: A Two- Pronged Approach to PTSD Treatment

Let’s Talk About Death: What Death, Dying, and Bereavement Teach us About Life and Living?

Taking the Stress out of Documentation

Therapeutic Connectedness: Using Evidence-Based Deescalation for Your Most Challenging Clients

Session 3

Beyond the Behavior: Understanding the Function of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

Impression Management in Psychotherapy: How to Use Yourself as an Effective Therapeutic Tool

Legislative Update

Parent Abuse: The Best Hidden Family Secret

Redefining Parenthood: Navigating Identity Development in the Perinatal Period

Streamlining Clinical Notes: Evaluating AI, Traditional Methods, and Ethical Standards (presentation, Thin Notes)

Using the Family Art Assessment to Creatively Engage Children and their Caregivers in Family Sessions

Why Can’t I be the Main Character? The Depictions of Eating Disorders in Films from 2000-2020 (presentation, Safety Plan)

Session 4

Autism, ADHD, and Sexual Compulsivity (Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4, Handout 5)

BPD or C-PTSD? Understanding the Overlap and Key Differences

The Counseling Compact, The Time Is Near (PM)

Navigating the Ethical Quagmire of Multiple Relationships and Boundary Extensions with Clients

Strategies for Connecting and Engaging Adolescents and College Students

Supervision of College Interns: Effective Tools and Skills to Make the Most of Student and Supervisor Growth (presentation, Agenda, Stages, Boundaries, Scale)

What Do Counseling Clients Want? Messages From the White Board