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TLPCA Counseling and Therapy Summit

Pre-Conferences

Friday, May 29

9 to 12 pm

  • Supervision – Boone Center
  • Suicide – Wakefield Auditorium
  • Wellness – Quick Lecture Hall

1:30 to 4:30 pm

  • Ethics – Boone Center
  • Trauma – Wakefield Auditorium
  • Advocacy & Leadership – Quick Lecture Hall

Issues in Supervision - Friday, May 29, 9am-12pm

The three hours will be divided into three supervision topics:

  1. What Supervision Formats are you using in Supervision?
  2. What needs to be in your supervisor/supervisee contract/agreement?
  3. What is new or changing in Tennessee related to supervisor expectations?

Peter Wilson, Ed.D., has been working full-time at Trevecca for 31 years.  For many years he served as the Director of the Graduate Counseling Program and currently is a full-time professor.  He received the Master of Arts in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University and the Ed.D. in counseling psychology from Tennessee State University.  Dr. Wilson is a licensed psychologist and maintains a part-time private practice in addition to his teaching duties at Trevecca.  Prior to assuming responsibilities at Trevecca, Dr. Wilson served for two years as Clinical Director and six years as therapist at Christian Counseling Services.  He is married to Deb and together they have four children and eleven grandchildren.

Professor Chelsea Alexander is a full-time assistant professor at Trevecca Nazarene University Grad Counseling Program and practicing licensed therapist working with individuals who are justice-involved and adjusting to life outside of incarceration. She was the recipient of the 2025 Tennessee Licensed Professional Counseling Association conference of the Presidential Award for Social Justice Counseling. She also is a 2023 NBCC Minority Fellowship recipient for the work she has been involved in with the justice-involved population. She is completing her PhD in Clinical Counseling at Trevecca Nazarene University and also working on her dissertation regarding BIPOC counselors-in-training, sense of classroom community, and academic resilience.

Suicide Assessment/Intervention - Friday, May 29, 9am-12pm

Wellness - Friday, May 29, 9am-12pm

Balm for the Bold: Thriving at the Intersection of Purpose & Well-Being

Presented by Dr. PaQuita R. Pullen, LPC-MHSP, NCC, RYT-200

Those who are called to serve, lead, disrupt, and care for others are often expected to do so at the expense of their own well-being. Balm for the Bold: Thriving at the Intersection of Purpose & Well-being is a reflective and experiential wellness session designed for professionals navigating burnout, compassion fatigue, leadership strain, and systems-level stress while doing purpose-driven work. Participants will explore the cost of chronic survival mode in helping professions, the connection between nervous system regulation and leadership capacity, rest as a protective factor against burnout and vicarious trauma, practical micro-rituals that support resilience in high-demand roles, and sustainable approaches to purpose-driven work that interrupt depletion cycles. Participants will leave with accessible, immediately applicable tools to support their personal well-being and extend wellness practices within their teams and organizations.

Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to identify at least three indicators of survival-based functioning in professional roles.
  • Participants will be able to describe the relationship between nervous system regulation and sustainable leadership capacity.
  • Participants will learn and implement at least two restorative micro practices to mitigate burnout and compassion fatigue.

Dr. PaQuita R. Pullen, LPC-MHSP/S, NCC, RYT is an innovative and quick thinker who uses her expertise and skills to better benefit others and the implementation of key wellness processes. Dr. P, as she is affectionately known, is an award winning mental health professional with over a decade of experience. She is creative in all endeavours and has a natural ability to see many different ways of getting things done. Dr. P’s zone of genius lies in empowering individuals to get busy living and leading authentic lives. She has a keen ability to speak truth and tailors her words

Ethics - Friday, May 29, 1:30pm-4:30pm

Trauma - Friday, May 29, 1:30pm-4:30pm

Advocacy & Leadership - Friday, May 29, 1:30pm-4:30pm

 

Susan Lahey, PhD is the Director of Graduate Counseling Trevecca Nazarene University, where she has served as full-time faculty since 2007 and director since 2017. In her various roles at Trevecca, Susan has provided leadership in her role as the Doctoral Program Coordinator since 2009 as well as CACREP liaison during the accreditation process. She is also the co-faculty sponsor for Theta Nu Upsilon, the program Chi Sigma Iota honor society. Dr. Lahey previously served as secretary and Middle TN representative within the TN Marriage and Family Therapy Association for 6 years. Dr. Lahey has also trained supervisors for many years through the TLPCA and AAMFT organizations. She is a licensed marital and family therapist with a private practice. Dr. Lahey is committed to the mentoring and development of counselors, supervisors, and educators. In her work as dissertation chair over the last 13 years, her desire to serve her students’ pursuit of counselor identity has only deepened. Dr. Lahey’s research interests involve, but are not limited to, clinical supervision, counselor educator training, marital crisis, family cohesion, and leadership skills.