16 Sessions Available – 1 CEU each unless otherwise specified. Click below for more details on each session

• Advocacy is Never Easy and Allyship is Never Enough: Our Ethical Duty as Counselors
• Clinical Psychopharmacology and Counseling Implications 2 sessions, 2 units
• Ethics and Advocacy: Working with Homeless LGBT Clients
• Black Boy Magic: Exploring the Intersectionality of Black and Brown Gay and Bisexual
• Mental Health in the Digital Age: Expanding Your Social Media Presence and Content
• Mothers of a Dying Breed: Cultural Considerations for Working with Mothers of Black Males
• COVID-19 and the State of Mental Health: Implications for Clinicians
• More Ethnicity More Gains
• Ethical Considerations for Practitioners Providing Off-Site Clinical Supervisions
• Multidisciplinary Psychoeducation: The bridge between the mental health gap and school
• Suicide 101: Essential Suicidal Assessment Skills for Clinicians
• Passing the NCMHCE with Confidence – A practice simulation review
• How to Create a Sex Positive Environment – 2 sessions, 2 units
• Through the Fire: Chaos and Confusion and the Power of Resiliency

Detailed Session Descriptions

Advocacy is Never Easy and Allyship is Never Enough: Our Ethical Duty as Counselors – Saturday 5/22 at 8:00 am Eastern

Presenter: David Julius Ford, Jr.
Target audience – counselors, clinicians, case managers, and students

This presentation provides counselors in various levels of development and in various areas the tools to advocate for Black clients and communities. Being an accomplice is an anti-racist strategy and will improve our level of advocacy for communities experiencing racism. The authors will discuss allyship and how it is grounded in white privilege and white fragility. The authors will discuss how counselors can move from being an ally to being an accomplice. Learning objectives:

• Participants will ground their advocacy in the ACA Code of Ethics.
• Participants will assess their level of advocacy.
• Participants will understand the difference between allyship and accompliceship

Clinical Psychopharmacology and Counseling Implications – must attend both sessions – 2 units of credit – Saturday 5/22 at 9:00 am and 10:00 am Eastern

Presenter – Dr. LaConda Fanning, MA, RN
Target audience – counselors, social workers

One out of every five U.S. adults takes medication to treat some type of mental health condition (Citizens Commission on Human Rights International, 2011) Therapists need a working knowledge of psychopharmacology to effectively treat clients. If therapists have knowledge of medication, communication with physicians can be enhanced, which ultimately helps ensure the client is receiving the appropriate level of treatment (Ponterotto, 1985). The significant increase of medications available to treat mental disorders, the increase in the number of people being diagnosed with mental disorders, and the increase in the number of clients taking medication for mental disorders necessitates further research into therapists needing a working knowledge of psychopharmacology (Angell, 2011). Learning objectives:

• Understand and learn to recognize what psychopharmacology is as well as the physiological, behavioral, social and cultural implications for counseling
• Learn about the importance of properly distinguishing and diagnosing medication effects that influence immediate behavioral responses
• Understand the importance of medical and counseling integration

Ethics and Advocacy:  Working with Homeless LGBT Clients – Saturday 5/22 at 11:00 am Eastern

Presenter – M. Nickleson Battle, Jr., Ed D and Latonia Laffitte, Ed D
Target audience – counselor educators, career counselors, private practice, addiction counselors, rehab counselors, school counselors and students

The program will discuss the legal and ethical issues are often disregard when working with the homeless population.  Treatment is often started without authorization, and due to the need to engage clients with services confidentiality presents issues when working with untrained shelters’ staff.  This presentation will review legal, ethical and advocacy issues when working with the homeless population and the staff of shelters. Learning objectives:

• Identify legal concerns of homeless LGBTQIA clients
• Examine ACA Code of Ethics
• Develop skills to address shelter staff

Black Boy Magic: Exploring the Intersectionality of Black and Brown Gay and Bisexual – Saturday 5/22 at 1:30 pm Eastern

Presenter – John “JJ” Jackson, MA, NCC
Target audience – counselors, social workers, case managers and CMHC students

Current discourse, you selfing practices, and literature often demonstrates the proclivity to neglect sexual health within counseling evidence-based practices. For black ad brown gay and bisexual men with HIV reflect a minoritized group through their triple minority status (race, sexual orientation, and chronic disease.) This presentation will be underpinned y the concept of intersectionality and how that aids in establishing congruence with this population. Further, the presentation will be supported by a brief overview of two mental and public health models including Meyer’s Sexual Minority Stress Model and the social determinants of health to undergird the review. This presentation supports the de-stigmatization of mental health by offering a critical review of current counseling practices in an attempt to offer more robust best-practices as it relates to a marginalized group which contributes to the general body of knowledge concerning counseling and mental health. Further, this presentation will attempt to bridge together two fields that have largely been considered in silos through a population that is impacted by both. Learning objectives:

• Define intersectionality
• List at least three examples of social determinants of health
• Describe the importance of intersectionality as it relates to counseling best practices and interventions
• Describe examples of triple minority status

Mental Health in the Digital Age: Expanding Your Social Media Presence and Content – Saturday 5/22 at 2:45 pm Eastern

Presenter – DeShara Doub
Target audience – counselors, clinicians, case managers, caregivers and students

The presentation will provide a safe space for honest conversation around the critical need for diversifying the brand of the 21st Century Clinician of Color. This will include providing an in-depth look into clinical experiences and its transferrable potential into other professional and innovative spaces. This can include, but is not limited to educational spaces, guest speaking business ownership, and opportunities that require experience but not necessarily licensure. Learning objectives:

• Provide insight into current trends and available opportunities for mental health professionals.
• Create opportunities to reflect upon current clinical, professional, and organizational experiences that can translate into expansion of income and visibility.

COVID-19 and the State of Mental Health: Implications for Clinicians – Saturday 5/22 at 4:00 pm Eastern

Presenter – Tamara Ferebee
Target audience – counselors, clinicians, case managers, students

COVID-19 has changed the landscape of counseling and mental health services seemingly forever. What do all of these changes mean for clinicians as we move forward in the field? We will discuss and explore the latest changes, trends and implications for the future. Learning objectives:

• Identify the most salient changes in counseling because of COVID-19
• Discuss the implications of the changes in counseling that have occurred because of COVID-19
• Discuss possible solutions as we look for a way forward

Mothers of a Dying Breed: Cultural Considerations for Working with Mothers of Black Males – Saturday 5/22 at 5:15 pm Eastern

Presenter – Paula Rainer, PhD, LPC and Shinavia McKinney MA
Target Audience – counselors, social workers, case managers, and CMHC students

In 2020, African Americans as a collective group continue to carry the trauma experience by their ancestors 400 years ago. When viewed by women of the same race, the burden is even greater. Research has shown that protective factors can have positive outcomes on the psycho -social development of children by helping them successfully transition into adulthood, but these women fear they are fighting a losing battle. A critical variable to consider is how do they protect their children from systemic racism? This session aspires to identify cultural considerations for a new subgroup within the African American community, Mothers of African American boys. Learning objectives:

• Identify cultural considerations that helping professionals should incorporate as a new competency for counseling
• Identify interventions to help this group of women cope with the stress and raise developmentally stable children in a racist society. 

More Ethnicity, More Gains – Sunday 5/23 at 8:00 am Eastern

Presenter – Danielle Oates, M. Ed.
Target audience – para-professional counselors, licensed clinicians, counseling case managers, counseling interns and residents

The presentation will explore the research on cultural diversity in the counseling workplace and the importance of the minority therapist to the counseling practice. Additionally, this session will seek to increase the awareness of the importance of the minority therapist’s being able to experience acceptance within the profession for expressing themselves in a culturally authentic manner within a counseling organizational setting.

The presenter will share the consequences of minorities not seeking mental health care and why not having the option of a minority therapist influences the individual, families and communities. Participants will view video excerpts from minorities expressing that the lack of diversity is the main reason they do not pursue mental health treatment.

The importance of hiring minority counselors will be addressed along with the importance of authentic cultural values being displayed in counseling sessions. The presenter will explore the benefits for clients when the counselor’s ethnicity is authentically expressed in counseling.

Attendees will be able to articulate their personal concerns and challenges related to working in organizations that discourage expression of their cultural diversity and in their work with clients. The session will close with a specific suggestions for on-going strategies and implementation to improve diversity in the counseling profession. Learning objectives:

• Explore obstacles that can hinder expanding cultural diversity in the counseling profession counseling with mental health providers.
• Identify personal and professional opportunities to improve cultural diversity in counseling sessions and recruit and minority mental health professionals.
• Discuss strategies that will help the larger counseling profession embrace cultural ethnicity differences for mental health practitioners and minority clients.

Ethical Considerations for Practitioners Providing Off-Site Clinical Supervisions – Sunday 5/23 at 1:30 pm Eastern

Presenter – April Crable, PhD, LPC, and Nikia Edwards, PhD, LPC
Target Audience – counselors, social workers, case managers, and CMHC students

Practitioners who offer off-site supervision are faced with challenges that are unlike other clinical supervisors because they are not physically present at the clinical setting with the supervisee. Specifically, off-site clinical supervisors have higher ethical and legal risks and responsibilities. The purpose of the training is to review best practices, ethical and legal considerations of clinical supervision. Learning objectives:

• Practical application of a supervision model and technology protocol
• Role of an off-site supervisor
• Ethical and legal considerations of clinical supervision
• Strategies to effectively collaborate with other stakeholders

Multidisciplinary Psychoeducation: The bridge between the mental health gap and school– Sunday 5/23 at 9:00 am Eastern

Presenter – Latoya Renea Smith, MA
Target audience – counselors, clinicians, behavioral specialists/interventionists, case workers

Many K-12 teachers are overwhelmed, many students are disengaged, and many parents are unaware of the influence of family crisis, trauma and stress on the cognitive and social development of their children/students. Most are simply uninformed. How can school counselors and mental health professionals become more empathic to the needs of school community stakeholders and impart knowledge that could positively impact the climate and culture of school, home, and even our communities? To do this, counselors and mental health clinicians must: (1) be informed of the power of psychoeducation to promote mental health hygiene for entire communities of individuals (school staff, students, parents, families, community stakeholders); (2) be aware of the simplicity of delivering a multidisciplinary psycho-educational experience; and (3) learn how multidisciplinary psycho-educational partnerships can build a rich alliance between other professionals who also serve within our community. Multidisciplinary psychoeducation among clinicians and school counselors can become a dynamic bridge between mental health services and our communities at large. Learning objectives:

• Audience will bee informed as to how psychoeducation can be used as a powerful delivery tool to promote mental health hygiene for entire communities of individuals (staff, students, parents, stakeholders, etc.).
• Audience will become aware of the simplicity of delivering a multidisciplinary psycho-educational experience. Presenter will share personal accounts of such experiences/partnerships.
• Audience will learn how multidisciplinary psycho-educational partnerships can build a rich alliance between other professionals who also serve within our respective communities.

Suicide 101: Essential Suicidal Assessment Skills for Clinicians – Sunday 5/23 at 10:00 am Eastern

Presenter – Tamara Ferebee
Target audience – counselors, clinicians, case managers, students

The potential for suicidal behaviors in or clients often creates anxiety for clinicians and a risk of liability. This often adds to the weight of the already overwhelming demands of the profession. Still, as clinicians, we have a particularly influential role in suicide prevention while working with out clients. This workshop will focus on easily applicable clinical skills for assessing clients at risk for suicide. Knowing how to competently identify and assess a client at risk for suicide is crucial for effective intervention in a clinical setting and will save us time and lessen our risk of liability. Learning objectives:

• Assist participants in identifying the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to effectively assess individuals at-risk for suicide.
• Learn effective assessment skills for suicide.

Passing the NCMHCE with Confidence – A practice simulation review – Sunday 5/23 at 11:15 am Eastern

Presenter – Tiffinee Yancey, PhD, LPC
Target audience – clinicians, student counselors

This presentation provides a glimpse of a sample simulation or example of what a NCMHCE simulation may present on the actual exam. It will consist of the presenter processing through a displayed case simulation, explaining why some selections are correct while others are not. The presenter will focus on the logical approach of how to gather information onto a simulation map for utilization with decision-making questions. The presenter will explore the tenets of question apprehension and the modus operandi of the process of elimination. The presentation will end with providing instructional strategies that challenge individuals to move beyond their test taking anxiety in preparation to pass the NCMHCE. Learning objectives:

• Understand the tenets of the NCMHCE – the look and the feel of the exam
• How to process through the exam.
• Utilization of the simulations map

How to Create a Sex Positive Environment – Sunday 5/23 at 2:45 pm and 4:00 pm Eastern – must attend both sessions – 2 units of credit

Chasity Chandler, LMHC, MCAP, ICADC, CST, CDWF
Target audience – counselors, social workers, case managers and CMHC students

We live in a world that makes getting help or opening up about our problems or issues a shameful and sometimes traumatic process. In communities of people of color this is a greater stigma. The “What happens in my house, stays in my house” rhetoric has contributed to generations of untreated mental illness, incest/molestation, domestic and physical, navigating healthy relationships with our clients as it relates to sexuality, sex and gender. This interactive workshop will be a safe and affirming space for professionals to openly discuss their views around human sexuality and specula health, learn how to work through their own “junk” as it relates to biases or being uncomfortable with the topic and allows the opportunity for growth and advancement in creating a sex positive environment for those we serve. My motto is “Your mental health and sexual health is just as important as your physical health” and with the events going on in the world today, this couldn’t be more true. Learning objectives:

• Explore personal beliefs as it relates to sex, sexuality and gender and what it means to be a sexual being.
• Increase competency and awareness of our sexual health as it relates to interacting and working with clients.
• Assist advocates, leaders and service providers in developing skills which foster more affirming and effective relationships with those we serve. 

Through the Fire: Chaos and Confusion and the Power of Resiliency – Sunday, 5/23 at 5:15 pm Eastern

Dr. Melendez Byrd and Dr. Keesha Kerns
Target audience: counselors, clinicians, case managers, students

2020 in America is at a major turning point with the combinations of the pandemic, high unemployment rates, unlawful killings, blatant and covert racism, and social injustices. Our society as a whole is perplexed and stressed during.these difficult times. With little or no leadership, people are experiencing personal trauma and a myriad of emotions during the current climate of chaos and confusion. This range of feelings related to trauma often overwhelm a person’s coping strategies with many lacking resilience as a coping skill. This presentation will also provide considerations for counselors working with populations that have experienced multiple forms of trauma. Learning Objectives:

• Define trauma
• Discuss trauma-informed care
• Explore how the power of resiliency is needed to help cope during the current climate of Amerikkka

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NABC Refund & Cancellation Policy: 

No refunds will be given for cancellations. If you need to cancel your participation, your request must be submitted 3 business days in advance and by email to nabcounselors@outlook.com. (Phone cancellations are not accepted). A conference credit will be issued for all registration fees paid (minus 25% of total cost of purchase as a cancellation fee) and will expire 12 months from the date of the original, canceled event. Conference credits, or a refund will not be issued if you do not attend the event and have not requested cancellation 3 business days prior to the event start date. Conference credits may be applied toward any NABC event, service, or product. If a conference credit is applied toward an event, the event must take place prior to the credit’s expiration date. Alternatively, you may choose to send a substitute attendee in your place. An additional fee may apply depending upon the membership status of the substitute. Substitution requests must be submitted and approved at least 1 da prior to the event. Send the substitution request by email to nabcounselors@outlook.com prior to the start of the event.  

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NABC will consider each complaint filed; however, cannot guarantee a particular outcome. NABC will communicate the outcome of the complaint review within 30 business days.