Your ACA 2015 Conference & Expo

209 Pages·2015·2.78 MB·English

Robert L. Smith
ACA President
Welcome to Your
ACA 2015 Conference & Expo
Thank you for joining us here in the sunshine state
for the counseling event of the year. This is our time
to come together as one unified community for the
good of our profession. Let’s connect like never before
through education, inspiration, and some good old-
fashioned fun.
Make the most of your time here. I know I will.
Enjoy!
Robert L. Smith, Ph.D., NCC
American Counseling Association, President 2014–2015
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Table of Contents
Welcome Poster Sessions
General Information .................................3 Featured Poster Sessions at-a-Glance .....97
Conference Activities at-a-Glance ............5 Friday Sessions ..................................101
Keynote Speakers ......................................7 Saturday Sessions ..............................117
Highlights & Special Events ......................9 Sunday Sessions .................................132
ACA Governing Council Members ........11
ACA Regions, Divisions, & Business Meetings & Social Events
Organizational Affiliate .......................12 ACA, ACA Affiliates and
Divisions Acronyms ...........................143
Pre-conference Learning Institutes Business Meetings & Social Events ....144
CE Credit & Level Information ..............13
Wednesday Sessions ............................14 Conference Exhibitors
Thursday Sessions ...............................16 Expo Information ..................................157
Exhibitor Descriptions ...........................158
Education Sessions
Index
CE Credits................................................19
Featured Education Sessions Conference Session Index .....................169
at-a-Glance ..........................................20 Presenter Index ......................................195
Education Sessions CE Certificate Instructions ...................205
Friday Sessions ....................................27 2015 Call for Proposals Program
Saturday Sessions ................................49 Reviewers ...........................................206
Sunday Sessions ...................................72
Foldout
Hyatt Regency Orlando Hotel
Floorplan and Expo Directory/
Floorplan .........................After page 208

Robert L. Smith, Ph.D., NCC Richard Yep, CAE, FASAE
ACA President CEO
ACA Conference Staff Theresa Holmes, CMP
Manager, Conference & Meeting Services
Robin V. Hayes, CMP
Trinh Le, CMP
Senior Director, Conference Planning &
Senior Specialist, Conference &
Professional Education
Meeting Services
Debbie Beales
Crystal Turner
Director, Professional Education
Senior Coordinator, Professional Education
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General Information
Badges Education and Poster Sessions
All badges must be visible to security and 90, 60, and 30-minute education sessions
conference personnel for admission to will also be held at the Hyatt Regency
all conference programs, ticketed events, Orlando Hotel Friday, March 13 through
and the Expo Hall. For your safety, no Sunday, March 15. Please refer to the
one will be allowed to enter without a “Education Sessions” tab for CE and
proper badge. One-day badges are clearly sessions information. 30-minute poster
marked and will be valid for admission sessions will be held in the Silver Spring
on that day only. Replacement badges will and Rainbow Springs meeting rooms at
cost $25.00 each and may be purchased the Hyatt Regency Orlando Friday, March
at the Registration Desk at the Hyatt 13 through Sunday, March 15. Refer to the
Regency Orlando Hotel. “Poster Sessions” tab for more information.
Conference Programs and Events Expo Hall
This year, all programs and activities will All Expo activities will be held in the
be housed under one roof, the Hyatt Regency Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency
Regency Orlando Hotel. Orlando Hotel.
- ACA Bookstore Please refer to the “Conference Exhibitors”
- ACA Meetings and Social Events tab for more details.
- Division Meetings and Social Events
Persons with Disabilities
- Education Sessions
- Expo and all Expo activities (Career We make every effort to accommodate all
Center, Graduate Student Center, persons with disabilities, and that includes
Membership Booth, and the those persons disabled by chemical
ACA Pavilion) exposure and environmental illness.
- Full Registration Please take this into consideration when
- Keynote Sessions applying any type of fragrances.
- Pre-conference Learning Institutes ACA asks each attendee who is disabled
and Red Cross Disaster Mental to identify him or herself in advance, and
Fundamentals Training provide us with the information necessary
to make the event more accessible and
Message Board enjoyable, including any transportation
A Message Board will be located in the needs, sign language interpreter, guides
Registration area to help locate friends for the visually challenged, or any other
and colleagues. special needs. Since all activities will
be held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando
Pre-conference Learning Institutes Hotel, we will have one (1) shuttle bus
These intensive workshops take place on available with limited hours. More details
Wednesday, March 11, and Thursday, including days and time will be listed
March 12. Please refer to the “Pre- onsite and on the conference mobile app.
conference Learning Institutes” tab in The overflow hotels, the Rosen Plaza and
the program guide for more details. the Rosen Inn are located on International
Drive (I-Drive). International Drive
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General Information
offers the convenient I-Ride trolley Consent to Use of
service, making traveling a breeze. With
Photographic and
more than 110 convenient stops scheduled
Video Images
every 20 minutes, this exclusive I-Drive
transportation service offers easy access Registration and attendance at or
to the ACA hotels, restaurants, and even participation in ACA meetings and other
shopping destinations. activities constitutes an agreement by
the registrant to ACA’s and its affiliates,
IMPORTANT: Requests such as sign
use and distribution (both now and in
interpreters require advance notice to
the future) of the registrant or attendee’s
ensure we have a sufficient number of
image or voice in photographs, videotapes,
interpreters on hand. Again, we will
electronic reproductions, and audiotapes
make every effort to accommodate any
of such events and activities.
last-minute requests.
Please note: Every attempt was made to ensure complete and accurate information.
Given the volume of detailed information, omissions or errors are possible. Thank you for
your consideration.
©2015 American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.
Thank you to our
2015 Sponsors!
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Conference Activities at-a-Glance
Tuesday, March 10
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Governing Council Meeting
Wednesday, March 11
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Division Business Meetings
8:00 am – 6:00 pm ACA Bookstore Open
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Governing Council
9:00 am – 8:45 pm Pre-conference Learning Institutes
Thursday, March 12
8:00 am – 5:00 pm ACA Business Meetings
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Division Business Meetings
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration
8:00 am – 6:00 pm ACA Bookstore
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Red Cross Disaster Mental
Fundamentals Training
9:00 am – 8:45 pm Pre-conference Learning Institutes
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Division Luncheons
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ACA First Timers Orientation and Reception
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Expo Grand Opening & Welcome Reception
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ACA Career Center
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm ACA Author Book Signing
Friday, March 13
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Education Sessions
8:00 am – 5:00 pm ACA Business Meetings
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Division Business Meetings
8:00 am – 5:30 pm ACA Bookstore
8:30 am – 2:30 pm Expo Hall
9:00 am – 10:30 am Opening Keynote Session
10:00 am – 5:30 pm ACA Career Center
10:30 am – 11:30 am Keynote Book Signing
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Division Brunches
11:00 am – 4:30 pm Poster Sessions
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Division Luncheons
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ACA Authors Book Signing
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm ACA Social Events
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Division Social Events
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm International Reception
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm ACA Opening Night Celebration
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Conference Activities at-a-Glance
Saturday, March 14
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration
7:30 am – 9:00 am Division Breakfasts
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Education Sessions
8:00 am – 5:30 pm ACA Bookstore
8:00 am – 5:00 pm ACA Business Meetings
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Division Business Meetings
9:00 am – 10:00 am Keynote Session
9:00 am – 2:30 pm Expo Hall
9:30 am – 5:30 pm ACA Career Center
10:00 am – 11:00 am Keynote Book Signing
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Division Brunches
11:00 am – 4:30 pm Poster Sessions
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Division Luncheons
5:00 pm – 12:00 am Division Social Events
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm ACA National Awards Ceremony
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm ACA’s Got Talent!
Sunday, March 15
7:30 am – 1:15 pm Education Sessions
7:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Division Business Meetings
8:00 am – 12:30 pm ACA Business Meetings
9:00 am – 12:30 pm Poster Sessions
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm ACA General Membership Meeting
Plan Your Future at the ACA Career Center
Expo Hall, Booth 901
• Job boards (academia, counseling agencies,
community counseling centers, hospitals, the
federal government, and more)
• Career Consults (search strategies, resume/cover
letter critiques, and mock interviews)
• Private Practice Consults (with our very
successful Private Practice Consultant/Counselor)
• Interviews (opportunities for both employers and
candidates)
Extended Hours
(Please note that the Conference Career Center will stay open beyond the normal Expo hours.)
Thursday, March 12 • 4 pm – 6 pm Friday, March 13 • 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Saturday, March 14 • 9 am – 5:30 pm
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Keynote Speakers
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Actress Mariel Hemingway
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9:00 am – 10:30 am
Windermere Ballroom
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Renaissance woman Mariel Hemingway is not
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actor from a celebrated family, she is a prolific
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and evocative documentary, which examined her personal journey to
understand the Hemingway family history of suicide and mental illness.
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SAMHSA Voice Award
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Meet ACA’s Keynote Speakers
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At Special Book Signings!
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Friday, March 13 at 10:30 am
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Mariel Hemingway
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Jeffrey Kottler
• Change: What Really Leads to Lasting Personal Transformation
• Divine Madness: Ten Stories of Creative Struggle
• Stories We’ve Heard, Stories We’ve Told: Life-Changing Narratives in
Therapy and Everyday Life
• On Being a Master Therapist: Practicing What You Preach
• On Being a Therapist
• The Therapist’s Workbook: Self-Assessment, Self-Care, and Self-
Improvement Exercises for Mental Health Professionals
Please purchase books at the ACA Bookstore in advance of the signing.
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Keynote Speakers
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Dr. Richard Balkin and Dr. Jeffrey Kottler
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Saturday, March 14 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Windermere Ballroom
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Hosted by Rein Therapeutic Counseling and Consulting
Hyatt Regency Orlando
Meeting times and locations
Thursday, March 12 Friday, March 13 Saturday, March 14
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Highlights & Special Events
Grand Opening & Welcome converse with our keynote speakers
and other influential and distinguished
Reception
authors while they sign their latest
Thursday, March 12, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
publications. For graduate students and
Expo Hall
seasoned professionals alike, this experi-
Join your colleagues for food and enter-
ence is not to be missed.
tainment at the opening of the Expo.
ACA Career Center
Expo Hall
Special extended hours for the Career
Friday, March 13, 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Center only!
Saturday, March 14, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Thursday, March 12, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Explore the largest gathering in the
Friday, March 13, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
world of providers of resources for all
Saturday, March 14, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
counselors. This is your best opportunity
Expo Hall, Booth 901
to preview and purchase the most up-to-
Whether you are new to the profession
date resources available.
or a seasoned counselor or educator,
getting that counseling job is what the
ACA Bookstore
ACA Career Center is all about. Employer
Wednesday, March 11, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
interviews will be occurring at the Career
Thursday, March 12, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Center on Friday and Saturday. Although
Friday, March 13, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
most interviews and consults will be
Saturday, March 14, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
scheduled ahead of time, stop by. If there
Expo Hall Foyer
are cancellations we will squeeze you in.
Visit the ACA Bookstore outside of the
Expo Hall to browse through the full line
ACA Pavilion & Membership Booth
of ACA publications, DVDs, and other
Thursday, March 12, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
merchandise from the premier counseling
Friday, March 13, 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
resource provider. Take a moment to talk
Saturday, March 14, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
with our associate publisher about your
Expo Hall, Booth 700 & 701
manuscript ideas.
The one-stop shop for information on
ACA! Staff will be on hand to answer
Keynote Speaker & ACA Author
questions about ACA resources and
Book Signings
membership. Find out what’s happening
Expo Hall on federal and state policy issues affecting
Keynote Speaker Signings the profession.
Friday, March 13, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Mariel Hemingway ACA Graduate Student/
Saturday, March 14, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
New Professional Center
Jeffrey Kottler
Thursday, March 12, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
ACA Author Book Signings
Friday, March 13, 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Thursday, March 12, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Saturday, March 14, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Friday, March 13, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Expo Hall, Booth 923
Expo Hall Foyer
Come network and meet ACA Graduate
Attendees will have the opportunity to
Stidemts & New Professionals.
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