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Welcome to AMHCA's State
Chapter e-News!
AMHCA President:
Victoria A. Sardi, PhD, LPC
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:
Janice Gnas, MS, LPC, NCC, CADCIII, ICADC, SAP, MBA
Western Region:
Karen Langer, M.Ed, LMHC
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A Note from Katarina Briedova
I will be leaving AMHCA on September 12, and I offer many thanks to all of
the chapter leaders. Through your hard work, cooperation, friendliness and
help, we achieved so much in our two years of working together. I wish much
success to each of you and to the mental health counseling profession.
Katarina Briedova
AMHCA Manager for Chapter Relations and Communications
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AMHCA Concludes Very Successful Annual Conference in San
Diego
The American Mental Health Counselors Association thanks all of you who attended
the very successful 10th Annual Conference in San Diego, Calif.
We hope you enjoyed the beautiful setting and had an opportunity to make new
friends. We received many very positive comments and would like to share some
with you.
...The
workshops were outstanding and the beautiful setting only added
to the enjoyment. I heard several positive comments. I am looking forward to
next year's conference in Washington,
DC...
...I really enjoyed the networking and meeting new people...
...Thank you for hosting this event. It was very beneficial to me...
 
Above left: Kathy L.
Fortner, South Carolina Chapter secretary;
Vicki Sardi, AMHCA President; and Rudy
Guajardo, South Carolina
Chapter president. Above right: Kay Arnold of the Tennessee Chapter with the State Chapter
Achievement Board that was displayed throughout the conference.
Two-day Seminar with Dr. Donald Meichenbaum in Montana
The Montana Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Association (LCPCs) will
be sponsoring a two-day seminar with Dr. Donald Meichenbaum on Wednesday and
Thursday, September 24 and 25, at MSU-Billings Petro Theatre. The first day
will focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Adults and the second day on
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children and their Families.
We are very excited about being able to bring Dr. Meichenbaum to Montana and we
anticipate that many organizations and individuals from throughout the region
will attend this event. The seminar is an opportunity for you to make contact
with organizations and mental health practitioners and inform them about
yourself. If you and your organization are interested in having a table in
the conference center next to the theater where Dr. Meichenbaum will present,
please contact Alan Ostby or Tom Ferro.
Alan Ostby
Past President, MCMHCA
Counseling Veterans is Theme of Washington
State Conference
The WMHCA Annual Conference, Serving Those Who Have Served: Counseling
Veterans and Their Families, will take place October 3 and 4 at Seattle Pacific University.
This conference addresses the unique challenges of serving veterans and
allows mental health practitioners to benefit from the wealth of knowledge
and experience of professionals in the Puget Sound
region, many who are nationally known and work with veterans and their
families. The presenters have been carefully chosen to cover a wide variety
of topics related to these challenges. Attendees can earn six CEUs per day
and network with fellow professionals. Access
complete program schedule and register online. Early registration
deadline is September 15, 2008.
Karen Langer
AMHCA Western Region Director
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