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Mastering Your ACA Conference Experience
(1 CE Hour)
Course Description
The ACA Conference is a big deal - and you will want to make the best use of your time while here. But that doesn't only mean attending sessions to earn your CE hours. Nope, even for us introverts some of the coolest discussion occur while standing in the very, very, very long lines for coffee! Whether you're an old pro at conferencing or excited for your first ACA experience, everyone can learn from this short course, designed to empower all you counseling professionals, especially those newer to the field, to maximize your experience while here. By focusing on skills, strategies, and connections, this guide will help you fully engage, learn, and grow as a professional. Let’s dive in!
And remember that our NBCC ACEP provider status means you may be able to utilize this course toward your license renewal.
The Counselor Edge. LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.7656. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Counselor Edge. LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Course Objectives
- Learners will evaluate the importance of conference attendance.
- Learners will identify useful strategies, utilizing SMART goals to plan conference activities.
- Learners will practice engagement techniques to ensure the development of ongoing professional relationships.
- Learners will utilize techniques to record and apply knowledge and skills acquired during the conference.
- Learners will assess their professional identity and apply concepts learned at the conference to build their careers.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We enforce video watching. If you find yourself stuck in a loop, make sure you have watched the complete video, or the site will require you to return to complete it. Should you have any difficulties, email us at [email protected].
Meet Your Instructor
HELLO CAREER CRAFTERS!
You are on the precipice – RIGHT NOW! I mean really – here you are – investing in yourself 🔥 and your career! You mean business.
I am Dr. MJ Rose, and I have known significant frustration with my profession - specifically from a sense that we (clinicians) do not have the right to be human! We SHOULD care thoughtfully for clients, but that does not mean ignoring our own needs or worse bracketing our values - a term I have heard used many times by professional organization administrators. How can a professional that values holistic wellness ask clinicians to set aside who they are when in the room with clients?
I fear that as a counselor educator, I have conveyed that message to too many students and young professionals. One day I had enough, and I committed to finding a different way to help clinicians practice ethically, but practice as who they are - without apology. This course represents years of consideration as to how to be a whole person in the room with clients without imposing our values onto them.
At The Counselor Edge, LLC we believe in PASSION! We get into this profession because we want to help, right? RIGHT? So, we dove in to our passions headfirst and practiced engaging our passions while working as educators, clinicians, and supervisors.
To do this I had to remind myself of my passion - what sparks my desire to care for others. Then I had to assess my values and whether they matched my passions. That reflection and the activities I engaged to re-design my career were life-changing - and definitely career changing. I actually left my role as the director of a clinical mental health counseling program so I could teach passion - not just profession.
I hope that through the process of this course, you find your passion. I hope that passion reignites a flame in you to be fully who you are so and helps you re-design a professional brand that forever keeps you healthy and joyful!
Are you ready to craft bridges over clinical crossroads and be the healthiest and passionate clinician you can be?
Let's do this together!
Dr. Rose
