LPCA's 38th Annual Convention
& Regional Conference
Session FAQ
How do I sign up for sessions?
All convention registrants will receive an email within 1-2 business days of registering with a link to the Cvent App and Website, where you will sign up for the sessions you wish to take!
On the app or website, you will click the calendar icon to be brought to the list of sessions. Then, click on each session to learn more and click the "+" or "Add Session" to add it to your schedule. Be careful not to register for more than one session scheduled for the same time slot!
Already Registered? You can also click here to add your sessions as long as your registration has had 1-2 days to process.
What sessions should I take?
This is up to you! When you log in to the Convention App (Cvent), you will see a session schedule where you can add sessions. Look to see what interests you. If you need Ethics or Supervision, you can filter the results to only show you those specific sessions.
How many hours can I earn?
This depends on how many days you attend. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday will offer about 6 hours worth of Continuing Education if you attend all day. Wednesday is our Keynote day, offering up to 8 hours if you attend all day. It will be a longer day, but it is more bang for your buck!
You can also earn 0.5 Hours of CE Credit through interactions with exhibitors in your Exhibitor Bingo if all criteria is met.
What about the CPCS Renewal Track?
CPCS can earn all 12 hours needed for CPCS Recertification by attending supervision-specific sessions on either Tuesday/Wednesday or Wednesday/Thursday.
Option 1 (Tues/Wed):
- Ethical Decision Making in Clinical Supervision with David Markwell for 6 SPV Ethics Hours
- Supervising Sexuality Topics in Counseling for Supervisors Without Sex Therapy Specific Training with Marc Prevette for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Telemental Health & Supervision with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations with Nicole Thaxton for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
Option 2 (Tue/Wed):
- Supervision: Ethics, Laws & Documentation with Nicole Thaxton for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Hard Cases & Challenges in Supervision with Carolyn Ramp for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Supervising Sexuality Topics in Counseling for Supervisors Without Sex Therapy Specific Training with Marc Prevette for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Telemental Health & Supervision with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations with Nicole Thaxton for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
Option 3 (Tue/Wed):
- Supervision: Ethics, Laws & Documentation with Nicole Thaxton for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Complex Trauma: Key Indicators of CPTSD Across a Lifespan with Emily McEntyre for 1.5 SPV Core Hours
- The Clinical CEO Method: Ethical Systems + Supervision for A Sustainable Practice and Stronger Client Outcomes with Erlese Caruth for 1.5 SPV Ethics Hours
- Supervising Sexuality Topics in Counseling for Supervisors Without Sex Therapy Specific Training with Marc Prevette for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Telemental Health & Supervision with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations with Nicole Thaxton for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
Option 4 (Wed/Thurs):
- Supervising Sexuality Topics in Counseling for Supervisors Without Sex Therapy Specific Training with Marc Prevette for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Telemental Health & Supervision with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations with Nicole Thaxton for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- Clinical Integrity in the Age of AI: Ethical and Supervisory Responsibilities in Technology-Assisted Practice with Marc Prevette for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
- The Biggest Ethical Mistakes Made By Supervisors with Gregory Moffatt for 3 SPV Ethics Hours
Want more hours or only need a few hours? We are offering one more Supervision (Core) Session on Friday!
- Clinical Supervision: What to Expect When Expecting — Professional Growth, Advocacy, and Wellness for Associate-Level Counselors with Nadia Barnett with 3 SPV Core Hours
Why "Tentative"?
These sessions have been confirmed by the speakers for the time slot, but sometimes emergencies or last-minute changes can happen. If this does happen, registrants for those sessions will be notified and will be able to pick a different session.
Why is my session longer than the number of CE Hours listed?
Some sessions longer than 1.5 Hours will be split by break times and sometimes lunch. The number of CE Hours is accurate after accounting for breaks.
Tentative Session Schedule
Sessions and schedules are tentative and subject to change.
Tuesday, Pre-Convention, 05/12/26 - Up to 6 CE Hours
- Breakfast 7:30AM-8:15AM
- Sessions 9:00AM-10:30AM
- Break 10:30AM-10:45AM
- Sessions 10:45AM-12:15PM
- Lunch 12:15PM-1:45PM (on your own, explore the "park-like" Ravinia campus)
- Sessions 1:45PM-3:15PM
- Break 3:15PM-3:30PM
- Sessions End 5:00PM
| Time | Session | CE Hours | Type | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00AM-10:30AM | Crushing Mental Health Stigma: 12 Lessons Counselors Can Use to Change Conversations, Culture, and Clinical Practice | 1.5 | Core | Keith Myers- PhD, LPC, ACS |
| 9:00AM-12:15PM | Enhancing Emotional Identification and Self-Regulation in Children with ASD: A Creative Scrapbooking Intervention | 3 | Core | Danielle Lewis- MS, APC |
| 9:00AM-5:00PM | Ethical Decision Making in Clinical Supervision | 6 | Ethics/Supervision | David Markwell- PhD, LPC, LCMHC, ACS, CPCS |
| 9:00AM-12:15PM | Relational Recovery After Loss and Heartbreak: Attachment-Informed Clinical Interventions for Grief, Rumination, and Identity Reconstruction | 3 | Core | Kenika Holloway - LPC |
| 9:00AM-12:15PM | Supervision: Ethics, Laws & Documentation | 3 | Ethics/Supervision | Nicole Thaxton- PhD, LPC, CPCS |
| 10:45AM-12:15PM | Write to Heal: The Handbook for All Care Professionals | 1.5 | Core | Michael Chan Frazier- LPC |
| 1:45PM-3:15PM | Complex Trauma: Key Indicators of CPTSD Across a Lifespan | 1.5 | Supervision | Emily McEntyre- LPC |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Hard Cases & Challenges in Supervision: Panel | 3 | Supervision | LPCA Supervision Committee and Others |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | The Diagnostic Conceptualization Paradigm: Keeping a Counselor Worldview in a Medical World | 3 | Core | David Lane- PhD, LPC, CPCS |
| 1:45PM-3:15PM | Treating Sex Addictions Through Humanistic Theories | 1.5 | Core | DeVon Mills- PhD, LPC, ACS, CSAT |
| 3:30PM-5:00PM | Integrating the Theory of Constructed Emotion into Counseling Practice | 1.5 | Core | Tyler Orr- LPC, NCC |
| 3:30PM-5:00PM | The Clinical CEO Method: Ethical Systems + Supervision for A Sustainable Practice and Stronger Client Outcomes | 3 | Core | Erlese Caruth- LPC-S, NCC, CCH |
Wednesday, 05/13/2026 - Up to 8 CE Hours
- Breakfast 7:30AM-8:00AM
- Keynote Session 8:00AM-10:00AM
- Break 10:00AM-10:30AM
- Sessions 10:30AM-12:00PM
- Lunch 12:00PM-1:00PM (on your own, explore the "park-like" Ravinia campus)
- Sessions 1:00PM-2:30PM
- Break 2:30PM-2:45PM
- Sessions 2:45PM-4:15PM
- Break 4:15PM-4:30PM
- Sessions 4:30PM-6:00PM
- Sessions End 6:00PM
- LPCA Presidential Reception 6:00PM-7:00PM
| Time | Session | CE Hours | Type | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM- 10:00 AM | Keynote | 2 | Norma Day-Vines- PhD | |
| 10:30AM-12:00PM | From Isolated Provider to Clinical Partner: Practicing Whole-Person Behavioral Health Without Losing your Clinical Soul | 1.5 | Core | Leslie "Les" Cole- LPC, CPCS, CCTP, NBCC and Tom Bowen Wright- President, Ascend Medical |
| 10:30AM-12:00PM | Meet Them Where They Are: A Guide to Serving Substance Use Clients | 1.5 | Core | Jennifer Maneely |
| 10:30AM-2:30 (with Lunch Break) | My Client Lives Next Door: The Ethics of Dual Relationships | 3 | Ethics | Victoria Hicks- LPC, LMFT, CPCS and Gregory Moffatt- PhD, LPC |
| 10:30AM-2:30 (with Lunch Break) | Clinical Integrity in the Age of AI: Ethical and Supervisory Responsibilities in Technology-Assisted Practice | 3 | Ethics/Supervision | Marcus Prevette- MS, LPC, NCC, CST-S, CPCS, ATS |
| 10:30AM-12:00PM | Trauma-Informed Care: Where Mind Meets Body - How A Regulated Nervous System Can Improve Client Care | 1.5 | Core | Sydnei Turner- LPC, NCC |
| 1:00PM-2:30PM | Survival Styles: A Neurobiological and Relational Framework for Understanding Patterned Client Responses Across the Lifespan | 1.5 | Core | Abby Doubell- MS, LPC |
| 1:00PM-2:30PM | What would you do if you received a Subpoena? | 1.5 | Ethics | Trudy Post Sprunk- LPC, CPCS, LMFT-S, SEP |
| 1:00PM-2:30PM | When Family Therapy Gets Complicated: Tools for Managing High-Conflict Systems | 1.5 | Core | Tundi Jones- MA, LPC, CPCS and Lauren Brainard- MA, AMFT |
| 2:45PM-4:15PM | How To Become a Medicaid Provider | 1.5 | Ethics | DCH |
| 4:30PM-6:00PM | TBD | 1.5 | TBD | TBD |
| 2:45PM-4:15PM | Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder | 1.5 | Core | William Carroll- PhD, MA, LPC |
| 2:45PM-4:15PM | How to Effectively Engage Clients Virtually and Who Can Benefit Most | 1.5 | TeleHealth Core | Jenny Wilhoite- M.Ed, LPC, CPCS |
| 2:45PM-6:00PM | Integrating Motivational Interviewing with EMDR for Veterans: The Dual-Pathway Integration Model to Improve Trauma Treatment Engagement | 3 | Core | Keith Myers- PhD, LPC, ACS |
| 2:45PM-6:00PM | Telemental Health & Supervision with AI: Ethical & Legal Considerations | 3 | Ethics/Supervision | Nicole Thaxton- PhD, LPC, CPCS |
| 4:30PM-6:00PM | Therapeutic Support for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse | 1.5 | Core | Annie Harvigsen- M.Ed, LPC, MAC, CCTP |
| 4:30PM-6:00PM | The Mind–Gut Connection: Clinical Implications for Mental Health Counselors | 1.5 | Core | Dottie Chambers- LPC, CPCS |
Thursday, 05/14/2026 - Up to 6 CE Hours
- Breakfast 7:30AM-8:00AM
- LPCA Award / Board Ceremony 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
- Sessions 9:00AM-10:30AM
- Break 10:30AM-10:45AM
- Sessions 10:45AM-12:15PM
- Lunch 12:15PM-1:45PM (on your own, explore the "park-like" Ravinia campus)
- Sessions 1:45PM-3:15PM
- Break 3:15PM-3:30PM
- Sessions End 5:00PM
| Time | Session | CE Hours | Type | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00AM-8:30AM | LPCA Nancy Reeves Awards & Board Ceremony | N/A | N/A | LPCA |
| 9:00AM-12:15PM | Supervising Sexuality Topics in Counseling for Supervisors Without Sex Therapy Specfic Training | 3 | Ethics/Supervision | Marcus Prevette- MS, LPC, NCC, CST-S, CPCS, ATS |
| 9:00AM-10:30AM | Ethics, Advocacy, and Care: Counseling Undocumented Clients and Mixed-Status Families | 1.5 | Ethics | Keny Felix- PhD, LPC, CPCS |
| 9:00AM-10:30AM | Narrative Approaches to Treat Children's Trauma and Advocate for Community Change | 1.5 | Core | Ann Hazzard- PhD, ABPP |
| 9:00AM-12:15PM | The Narratives of Trauma: Identifying Post Trauma Narrative Lifestyles | 3 | Core | David Lane- PhD, LPC, CPCS |
| 9:00AM-10:30AM | Uncovering the Hidden Wounds: Identifying Sexual Compulsivity, Partner Betrayal Trauma, and the Power of Formal Disclosure | 1.5 | Ethics | Andrea Epting- LPC, MAC, CPCS, ACS, CSAT |
| 10:45AM-12:15PM | Knowing Isn’t Doing: Designing Therapy in an Age of Endless Information | 1.5 | Core | Adrienne Strickland- LPC, CPCS |
| 10:45AM-12:15PM | Moving from Silence to Safety: We are Cultural Interrupters of Shame | 1.5 | Core | Erica Legons- MS, LPC |
| 10:45AM-12:15PM | Standing Together for Neurodivergent Clients: A Three-Domain Framework for Autism-Affirming Counseling | 1.5 | Ethics | Whitley Grindle- MS, NCC and Tiffany Derrick- NCC, LPC, CPCS |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Bridging the Gap with CHINS Youth in GA: Shifting from Fragmented Care to Holistic Care | 3 | Ethics | Janesta Nairn- PhD, LPC, CPCS, CPAS, NCC |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Bridging Military and Civilian Behavioral Health Systems: Understanding the Role of Army National Guard BH Officers in Soldier Care and the Medical Evaluation Board Process | 3 | Core | Douglas Lewis- JR, PsyD, Forensic Psychologist |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Relaxing Around The Topic of Sex: Practical Skills for Therapists Who Are Not Sex Therapists | 3 | Ethics | Marcus Prevette- MS, LPC, NCC, CST-S, CPCS, ATS |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | The Biggest Ethical Mistakes Made By Supervisors | 3 | Ethics/Supervision | Gregory Moffatt- PhD, LPC, CPCS |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Therapists in the Courtroom — Ethical Consideration in Preparation for Court | 3 | Ethics | Anne Watts- LPC, CPCS, EMDR-C |
Friday, 05/15/2026 - Up to 6.5 CE Hours
- Breakfast 7:30AM-8:00AM
- LPCA PAC meeting 8:00AM-8:30AM
- Sessions 9:00AM-10:30AM
- Break 10:30AM-10:45AM
- Sessions 10:45AM-12:15PM
- Lunch 12:15PM-1:45PM (on your own, explore the "park-like" Ravinia campus)
- Sessions 1:45PM-3:15PM
- Break 3:15PM-3:30PM
- Sessions End 5:00PM
| Time | Session | CE Hours | Type | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00AM-8:30AM | LPCA P.A.C. Meeting | 0.5 | Core | LPCA |
| 9:00AM-10:30AM | Boundaries, Intimacy and Ethics | 1.5 | Ethics | Joe Humphries- LPC |
| 9:00AM-12:15PM | Clinical Supervision: What to Expect When Expecting — Professional Growth, Advocacy, and Wellness for Associate-Level Counselors | 3 | Ethics/Supervision | Nadia Barnett- LPC, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH and Dr. Thommi Odom- LPC, LCMHC, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH |
| 9:00AM-12:15PM | From Fear to Formulation: How to Understand and Treat Dissociation with Curiosity and Confidence. | 3 | Core | Rebecca Huls- MSc, LPC |
| 9:00AM-10:30AM | Invisible Barriers: Advocating for mental health equity for children with autism | 1.5 | Core | Sunny Volano- LPC, CPCS and Matthew Johnson |
| 9:00AM-10:30AM | Navigating Spiritual Trauma: A Clinical Framework for Counselors | 1.5 | Core | William Hemphill- M.Div., LPC |
| 10:45AM-12:15PM | Integrating School-Based Risk Assessments into Private Practice: Clinical, Ethical, and Operational Best Practices | 1.5 | Ethics | Whitney Owens- LPC |
| 10:45AM-12:15PM | Living With Loss Before It Arrives—Clinical Approaches to Anticipatory Grief | 1.5 | Core | Meagan Davies- LPC, NCC |
| 10:45AM-12:15PM | Trauma-Informed Supervision: Integrating Mindfulness to Support Supervisees Working With Trauma-Exposed Populations | 1.5 | Supervision | Charmaine Walker, LPC, NCC, EMDR-C |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Attachment Trauma: Clinical Strategies to Increase Awareness and Foster Healing | 3 | Core | Shama Panjwani- PhD, LPC, ACS, NCC, CCMHC |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Ethical Practices When Clients are Considering Separation or Divorce | 3 | Ethics | Amber Cleveland- EdS, LPC |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Many Trees, One Nervous System: A Brain-Based Framework for Integrated, Collaborative Counseling Care | 3 | Core | Felice Martin- MS, LPC, Certified Neurocoach |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | Supporting the Mental Health of Neurodivergent Children and Adolescents: Neuroaffirming Approaches that Prevent Trauma | 3 | Core | Destiny Huff- LPC |
| 1:45PM-5:00PM | The Immersive Counselor: Integrating Virtual Reality Into Ethical, Evidence-Based Practice | 3 | Ethics | John Kennebrew, LPC |
