AN LCPC IDENTITY CRISIS?
Presentations and Discussion Groups
9-11 AM
This presentation will have several parts. Our association’s lobbyists, Julia Pitcher Worchester, JD
and Ellin Nolan, will discuss how Maryland counselors can advocate for the professional identity
they wish to assume in their state. They will overview the process of advocacy from the state and
federal perspective and discuss how professional
perspectives can be incorporated into law, sometimes without transparency or vigorous debate.
Larry Epp, President, and Michael Reeder, Advocacy Chair, will discuss the risks of the CACREPonly position for Maryland Counselors and overview recent advocacy efforts. They will organize
the audience into focus groups to discuss what they
think the professional identity of Maryland Counselors should be and how each audience member can
play a role through advocacy in shaping the future
of our profession.
TOP 10 TIPS TO REDUCE THE
RISK OF COMPLAINTS IN 2015
Keynote Speaker: 11-NOON
Nancy Wheeler, JD
Anne Marie “Nancy” Wheeler, JD, has extensive
experience with counselors, psychiatrists and the
broader field of mental health. For almost 30 years,
she has managed risk management consultation
services for the American Counseling Association
and the American Psychiatric Association. She is
one of the most widely recognized legal authority
for professional counselors in the U.S. She serves
as a consultant to the American Counseling Association, providing a regular column in Counseling
Today, and co-authoring the respected work, The
Counselor and the Law: A Guide to Legal and Ethical Practice.
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL
ROLE OF GRIEF
Presenter: Paul Tschudi, LPC
Paul Tschudi, LPC has over twenty five years of
experience working with people facing grief, loss
and life transitions. His interest in end-of-life issues was born out of the experience of serving as a
medic in Vietnam 1969-70. Having served as Executive Director of The Wendt Center (formerly
St. Francis Center) from 1993-1997, he now
serves on the Advisory Boards of both The Wendt
Center for Loss and Healing and the Tragedy Assistance Programs for Survivors (TAPS). In addition, Mr. Tschudi is an assistant professor at The
George Washington University's School of Medicine and Health Sciences as well as The Graduate
School of Education and Human Development
Counseling Department. He also has appeared on
the CBS Evening News, NPR, been a featured
panelist for the Hospice Foundation of America's
annual teleconference and interviewed for the
website Make the Connection. He also was a presenter for TEDTalk.
This seminar will focus on the tasks of grief
and its transformational role in teaching us to
be more fully human and will help to shed
light on what grief is, how to embrace it, how
to move through it, and how to assist others
on their journey.
Learning Objectives:
1. Provide a definition for the process of grief.
2. Review the range of bereavement reactions
secondary to traumatic loss.
3. Describe the causes, reactions and indicators
of complicated grief, post traumatic loss.
4. Review treatment strategies that address the
tasks of complicated bereavement.
Schedule
Registration: 8:30 AM
LCPC Identity Crisis: 9-11 AM
Risk Management: 11-12 noon
On- Site Luncheon 12:00- 1:30 PM
Clinical Presentation: 1:30 – 4 PM
Directions to the Sheraton Columbia
10207 Wincopin Circle Columbia, MD 21044
From South of Baltimore:
Take I-495 to I-95 North. Take 95 North to
exit 41B (Route 175 West toward Columbia).
From North of Baltimore:
South on I-95 to Exit 41B (Route 175 West
toward Columbia).
From Annapolis:
Take Route 50 towards Washington. Follow
Route 50 to I-97 North. Take 32 West to 29
North. Take 29 North to exit 20B (Route
175 West toward Columbia).
From Frederick:
Take I-70 East to Route 29 South. Take 29
South to exit 20B (Route 175 West
toward Columbia).
Once on Route 175 West to Columbia:
Proceed through several traffic lights. Route
175 West will become Little Patuxent Parkway. After the traffic light at Sterrett Place,
make an immediate left onto Wincopin Circle. Follow the street back— passing Bennigan’s, the Cinema, and parking garage. The
hotel is across from the parking garage on
the right.
Contact LCPCM at:
www.LCPCM.org
301-545-0554 or 301-367-4605
Vegetarian Lunch Requested: _____ (pls. check)
Membership Fees*:
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Student
$105
$85
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Conference Fees plus Membership
Discount:
Conf. plus LCPC Membership
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Conf. plus Student Membership
$220 (save $10)
$160 (save $10)
$80 (save $10)
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On-line registration and payment by credit
card is available at www.lcpcm.org.
Make checks payable to LCPCM and mail to:
LCPCM, POB 482, Garrett Park, MD 20896.
Space is limited so please register early.
Licensed Clinical Professional
Counselors of Maryland
LCPCM Members: $125
(walk-in $135)
Non-Members:
$165
(walk-in $175)
LGPC:
$85
(walk-in $95)
Student:
$65
(walk-in $75)
Registration deadline is April 3,2015. Walk-ins are
registered on a first come first served basis as space
allows.
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Ga r r e tt P a r k, MD 20896
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LICENSED
CLINICAL
PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELORS OF
MARYLAND
2015 Spring Conference
Presentations:
TOP 10 TIPS TO REDUCE THE
RISK OF COMPLAINTS IN 2015
By Nancy Wheeler JD
&
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL
ROLE OF GRIEF
By Paul Tschudi LPC
Morning Discussion: A professional
identity crisis?-the need for counselor
advocacy in defining the LCPC
Friday
April 10, 2015
8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Sheraton Columbia Hotel
6 CEU’s
Approved for LCPCs