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www.amhca.org
Welcome to AMHCA's State
Chapter e-News!
AMHCA President:
Gary Gintner, PhD, LPC, NCC
Executive Director
& CEO:
W. Mark Hamilton, PhD
AMHCA REGIONAL DIRECTORS
North Atlantic Region:
Amy Simonds, MA, LCPC
Southern Region:
Debbie K. Wells, PhD, LPC, NCC
Midwest Region:
Susan Hoppenworth, LMHC, LMSW, NCC/MAC
Western Region:
Wayne Meyerowitz, MA MD, CMHC
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Invitation from AMHCA
Chapter Relations
Dear State Chapter Leaders and Directors:
We invite you attend a luncheon for your region hosted by your Regional
Director on Thursday, July 17, 2008, immediately following Leadership
Training in San Diego.
The luncheon is designed for networking and discussion of regional issues
on a more informal basis. It is also designed to build stronger connections
between regional chapters and support unity with regional directors.
Please let us know if you will be attending the 2008 Leadership Training
and if you would like attend this luncheon. More detailed info about
the Leadership Training program will be provided very soon-please watch for
e-mails from AMHCA and from me.
We hope to see you all
in San Diego!
Come for the meeting-stay for a vacation!
Katarina Briedova
Manager for Chapter Relations and Communications, AMHCA
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Alabama
Winter Workshop Provides Insight on Transgender Issues
The Alabama Mental Health Counselors Association (ALMHCA) recently held their
2008 Annual Winter Workshop Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Stacee Reicherzer delivered
a powerful presentation entitled Beyond Barbie, Ken, and the DSM: Working
with the Lived Experiences of Transgendered Clients. Dr. Reicherzer, who
identifies and lives as a transgender person, developed the presentation
through her experiences in her clinical practice and through her dissertation
research. The participants were educated on the continua of gender and
sexuality; skill-building in inviting client language and working with
clients' named experiences of gender; guidelines for supporting clients’
rights to choose hormones and surgical reassignments; and counselor resources
for support of the process of working with transgender clients.
ALMHCA was excited to be able bring awareness about the experiences and
issues related to working with transgender clients to mental health
counselors in the state.
Some of the comments in the evaluation included:
- This workshop teaches me how little I actually know
about transgender clients.
- This is such an important issue.
- Lots of useful information.
- Many thanks for a workshop on a very important topic.
- So needed-you have opened me to the complexity of
this topic.
- I would recommend this workshop to anyone who is in
the counseling filed.
Robyn L. (Trippany) Williams
President-Elect, AMHCA
Maryland Offers Spring Conference
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland (LCPCM) invite area
mental health counselors to attend their Spring Conference, Dialectical
Behavior Therapy. The conference presenter is Edward N. Shearin, PhD.
The event takes place April 25, 2008, at the Sheraton in Columbia, Maryland.
Please visit www.lcpcm.org
for more information.
Courtenay J. Culp
Executive Director, LCPCM
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Stop and think...who are your winners?
AMHCA invites you to share with us the names of any individual,
state chapter, or state chapter Web site that you believe is worthy
of an AMHCA Award.
Awards are presented in the following categories:
- Mental Health Counselor of the Year
- Dr. Linda Seligman Counselor Educator of the Year
Award
- Researcher of the Year
- Public and Community Service Award
- Graduate Student of the Year
- Professional Service and Leadership to a State
Chapter
- President's Award
AMHCA also recognizes the contributions of state chapters in
these categories:
- Membership
- Service to Consumers
- Service to Members
- Outstanding State Chapter
- Outstanding State Chapter Website
For more information and a complete nomination document, please
contact Katarina Briedova at kbriedova@amhca.org
or 703-548-6002, ext.108.
Katarina Briedova
Manager for Chapter Relations and Communications, AMHCA
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LPCANC's (North Carolina)
Nancy Howell Fellowship Award
The Licensed Professional Counselors of North Carolina (LPCANC) fellowship
program is offered to graduate students in counseling who have demonstrated
outstanding commitment to professionalism and to the association, and who
possess excellent leadership qualities.
Presented twice each year to recognize professional achievement, the
Fellowship Award was established in 2006 to honor the memory of Nancy Howell,
a Board member of LPCANC who died in a car accident. Award recipients are
selected based on the strength of their written professional statement and
recommendations from their professors, advisors, or supervisors.
The award also comes with other responsibilities. To learn more, please visit
the
LPCANC Web site.
LPCANC is proud to be able to offer this distinguished award as an incentive
to counselors in training, and to afford them with opportunities otherwise
not readily available to them.
Lili Sznaidman
University Relations Co-Chair, LPCANC
22nd Annual Conference for Massachusetts
in April
"The Challenges of Family Complexity" is the theme for the 22nd
Annual Conference of the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association
(MaMHCA). Taking place April 26, 2008, at Westford Regency
Inn & Conference Center, sessions will address family
issues relating to:
- Stepfamilies
- Addiction
- Cross-Cultural Counseling
- Family Bereavement
- Domestic Violence
- Autism
- Sexual Minorities
- Eating Disorders
The conference offers a very interesting program with a variety
of subjects and presenters who will definitely attract your attention. Please
visit www.mamhca.org
for more information.
Midge Williams
Executive Director, MaMHCA
PAMHCA Launches e-Newsletter
AMHCA congratulates the Pennsylvania Mental Health Counselors Association
(PAMHCA) on the first issue of their new e-newsletter (see attached pdf).
Edited by new PAMHCA Board member Minna Grabin Davis, this quarterly
publication is designed to keep PAMHCA members informed about events and
issues.
Minna’s goals for the newsletter include, "enhancing its professionalism
and relevancy, and representing the interests of the whole membership. In
addition, I hope to play a part in helping our membership ranks grow and to
bring quality professional development opportunities to all."
Minna welcomes feedback on the newsletter at msminna@comcast.net.
Minna Davis
PAMHCA Newsletter Editor and Member-at-Large
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