Date/Time
4/25/2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Central
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Central
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Event Type(s)
Divison & Chapter Events
TMHCA Event
TMHCA Event
Event Description
The 2025 TMHCA Spring Conference will be held on Friday, April 25, 2025, beginning at 9:00 am. The one-day conference will be at the Kerrville United Methodist Church, Kerrville, TX. Join us for CE opportunities, networking opportunities, and gaining information related to private practice. In addition, you can enjoy a fabulous lunch while visiting and catching up with friends and establishing new acquaintances in the charming, picturesque town of Kerrville!
Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors-Associates, and graduate students are all welcome and encouraged to attend.
CE Programs:
9:00am-10:30am Building a Private Counseling Practice: Running an Ethical and Profitable Business Presented by Steven and Lynn Jennings 1.5 CE (Ethics)
In today's ever changing business landscape, this presentation will cover several models of how to build a private counseling practice. We will cover the basics of acquiring a business permit, setting up the legal aspects, billing insurance, paying your taxes, finding clients and taking care of yourself in the process. Educational content will include the ethics of running a counseling practice, the scope of services offered (Individual, couples, and family counseling, assessments and reports), managing administrative aspects of your practice,managing legal aspects ( insurance coverage, court subpoenas, closing your practice/retirement), and implementing a good self-care routine as you run a private practice. Type of presentation: The format of this presentation is interactive, and discussion based. We plan to implement the use of case studies and/or activities to help talk through different facets of the learning process. Learning Objectives: 1. Attendees will learn 3. specific elements of ethical practice and professional identity in private practice. 2. Attendees will learn ways to network, 3 steps to start the contractual process, develop proper billing procedures and develop client referrals. 3. Attendees will learn 3 ways to manage stress and practice effective self-care management in private practice.
10:45am-12:15pm Using Ethical Decision-Making Models in Counseling & Supervision Presented by Rochelle Cade 1.5 CE (Ethics)
Counselors engage in complex decision-making in clinical practice. When facing ethical dilemmas, counselors can utilize ethical decision-making models to support their efforts.
The educational content will include an introduction of ethical decision-making models, highlight the purpose of ethical decision-making models, provide brief comparisons of ethical decision-making models, and discuss the application of ethical decision-making models in counseling and supervision.The education content will be delivered through didactic methods and interactive discussion. Learning Objectives: 1.Identify 2 ethical decision-making models. 2.Compare 2 ethical decision-making models. 3. Apply the use of ethical decision-making models in counseling and supervision with 3 examples.
1:05pm-2:35pm Project Empathy: Utilizing Positive Psychology and Strengths-Based Interventions Presented by Drew Dutton 1.5 CE
Conference attendees will learn practical applications of positive psychology and strengths-based interventions in treating addiction. This
session covers effective, evidence-based approaches, common misconceptions, and harmful practices to avoid. Gain insights into the unique challenges of treating substance use disorders and what research reveals about successful methods. Lecture with active Q&A and some brief discussions on Addiction Neuroscience and its impact, barriers to effective treatment,key lenses to utilize, and effective practices and what works: Positive Psychology Principles. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the neurobiological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to addiction, including their impact on individuals. 2. Identify common misconceptions and harmful practices in addiction treatment, and recognize strategies to avoid these pitfalls for more effective care. 3. Explore key theoretical lenses such as models of well-being and systems theory/cybernetics, and analyze their application in addiction treatment to enhance therapeutic outcomes.
2:40pm-3:10pm Updates from the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Presented by Loretta Bradley and Board members .5 CE
This panel presentation will consist of TSBEPC Board members and the Board Administrator. Information and updates will be provided that affect LPCs, Licensed Professional Counselors-Associates, and those planning to apply for licenses. The quadrennial rule review process, current issues affecting LPCs, review of requirements to renew licenses, updates on licensing applications, and the passage of the Board's Resolution regarding the Interstate Counseling Compact will be addressed. If time allows, questions will be received from the audience. Learning Objectives: 1. The participants will be able to identify what stage the quadrennial rule review process is at, and what the next stage will be. 2. The participants will be able to list a minimum of four requirements needed to renew a license. 3. The participants will discuss the Board’s action in passing the Resolution for Texas to join the Interstate Counseling Compact.
3:25pm-4:55pm It's Not About the Donut: Conscientious Couples' Counseling Considerations Presented by Tanner Hargrove 1.5 CE
Currently, couples are facing some of life's most intense challenges – communication, sex, finances. We will look at various challenges that couples face with considerations to make when working with couples, and ways to conceptualize couples' clinical experiences. EDUCATIONAL CONTENT includes Couples' counseling theory, statistics pertaining to couple relationships, Attachment theory, emotion regulation, couples' counseling interventions. The format of this discussion is interactive and discussion based. The participants will work through various aspects of couples' counseling using case examples and small group conceptualizing. Learning Objectives: 1. Attendees will Understand the difference between content and process in couples’ work and learn 3 techniques to actively help clients make the switch. 2. Attendees will identify 2 ways to use theory to guide couples’ sessions and treatment. 3. Attendees will integrate attachment, mindfulness, and emotion regulation into couples’ treatment with 5 examples.
Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Professional Counselors-Associates, and graduate students are all welcome and encouraged to attend.
CE Programs:
9:00am-10:30am Building a Private Counseling Practice: Running an Ethical and Profitable Business Presented by Steven and Lynn Jennings 1.5 CE (Ethics)
In today's ever changing business landscape, this presentation will cover several models of how to build a private counseling practice. We will cover the basics of acquiring a business permit, setting up the legal aspects, billing insurance, paying your taxes, finding clients and taking care of yourself in the process. Educational content will include the ethics of running a counseling practice, the scope of services offered (Individual, couples, and family counseling, assessments and reports), managing administrative aspects of your practice,managing legal aspects ( insurance coverage, court subpoenas, closing your practice/retirement), and implementing a good self-care routine as you run a private practice. Type of presentation: The format of this presentation is interactive, and discussion based. We plan to implement the use of case studies and/or activities to help talk through different facets of the learning process. Learning Objectives: 1. Attendees will learn 3. specific elements of ethical practice and professional identity in private practice. 2. Attendees will learn ways to network, 3 steps to start the contractual process, develop proper billing procedures and develop client referrals. 3. Attendees will learn 3 ways to manage stress and practice effective self-care management in private practice.
10:45am-12:15pm Using Ethical Decision-Making Models in Counseling & Supervision Presented by Rochelle Cade 1.5 CE (Ethics)
Counselors engage in complex decision-making in clinical practice. When facing ethical dilemmas, counselors can utilize ethical decision-making models to support their efforts.
The educational content will include an introduction of ethical decision-making models, highlight the purpose of ethical decision-making models, provide brief comparisons of ethical decision-making models, and discuss the application of ethical decision-making models in counseling and supervision.The education content will be delivered through didactic methods and interactive discussion. Learning Objectives: 1.Identify 2 ethical decision-making models. 2.Compare 2 ethical decision-making models. 3. Apply the use of ethical decision-making models in counseling and supervision with 3 examples.
1:05pm-2:35pm Project Empathy: Utilizing Positive Psychology and Strengths-Based Interventions Presented by Drew Dutton 1.5 CE
Conference attendees will learn practical applications of positive psychology and strengths-based interventions in treating addiction. This
session covers effective, evidence-based approaches, common misconceptions, and harmful practices to avoid. Gain insights into the unique challenges of treating substance use disorders and what research reveals about successful methods. Lecture with active Q&A and some brief discussions on Addiction Neuroscience and its impact, barriers to effective treatment,key lenses to utilize, and effective practices and what works: Positive Psychology Principles. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the neurobiological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to addiction, including their impact on individuals. 2. Identify common misconceptions and harmful practices in addiction treatment, and recognize strategies to avoid these pitfalls for more effective care. 3. Explore key theoretical lenses such as models of well-being and systems theory/cybernetics, and analyze their application in addiction treatment to enhance therapeutic outcomes.
2:40pm-3:10pm Updates from the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors Presented by Loretta Bradley and Board members .5 CE
This panel presentation will consist of TSBEPC Board members and the Board Administrator. Information and updates will be provided that affect LPCs, Licensed Professional Counselors-Associates, and those planning to apply for licenses. The quadrennial rule review process, current issues affecting LPCs, review of requirements to renew licenses, updates on licensing applications, and the passage of the Board's Resolution regarding the Interstate Counseling Compact will be addressed. If time allows, questions will be received from the audience. Learning Objectives: 1. The participants will be able to identify what stage the quadrennial rule review process is at, and what the next stage will be. 2. The participants will be able to list a minimum of four requirements needed to renew a license. 3. The participants will discuss the Board’s action in passing the Resolution for Texas to join the Interstate Counseling Compact.
3:25pm-4:55pm It's Not About the Donut: Conscientious Couples' Counseling Considerations Presented by Tanner Hargrove 1.5 CE
Currently, couples are facing some of life's most intense challenges – communication, sex, finances. We will look at various challenges that couples face with considerations to make when working with couples, and ways to conceptualize couples' clinical experiences. EDUCATIONAL CONTENT includes Couples' counseling theory, statistics pertaining to couple relationships, Attachment theory, emotion regulation, couples' counseling interventions. The format of this discussion is interactive and discussion based. The participants will work through various aspects of couples' counseling using case examples and small group conceptualizing. Learning Objectives: 1. Attendees will Understand the difference between content and process in couples’ work and learn 3 techniques to actively help clients make the switch. 2. Attendees will identify 2 ways to use theory to guide couples’ sessions and treatment. 3. Attendees will integrate attachment, mindfulness, and emotion regulation into couples’ treatment with 5 examples.
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