Dr. Thomas Foster and Counseling Student Patty Hickham recently were selected to lead a roundtable presentation at the upcoming 2017 American Counseling Association national conference, which will be held in March 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.
The topic of the roundtable will be "Difficult Cases with EMDR: Collective Supervision using Multiple Trauma Theories."
Three Graduate students from the Counseling Program presented the following poster sessions at the 2016 Annual Association for Play Therapy International Conference in Louisville, Kentucky:
Integrating Gestalt Play Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in the Treatment of Traumatized Children, by Patricia M. Hickham
Play Therapy Interventions for Children with ADHD and Accompanying Anxiety Symptoms, by Ashley Lopez and Catherine Schully
"I quickly realized that my coursework is often immediately applicable to my work with our Boys Hope Girls Hope scholars. My counseling classes empower me to become a more effective and compassionate youth worker. While working full-time and studying part-time definitely keeps me busy, I have found tremendous support at Loyola. My courses are both clinically useful and intellectually stimulating. Our professors are committed to student growth and to counseling education that is grounded in ethics, animated by diversity, and oriented toward advocacy and service.
“The faculty members at Loyola were extremely committed to mentoring and training competent counselors prepared to assess psychological disorders and provide effective treatment to their clients. Moreover, the faculty provided interested students the opportunity to develop and hone their research skills in order to become competent consumers of research and to further prepare those students interested in pursuing doctoral degrees.”
“This program has been a truly transformative experience. I’m constantly surrounded by insightful faculty and fellow students in an inspirational, open, and interactive community. Loyola’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program has prepared me to become a capable and compassionate clinical mental health care professional.”
This year Loyola Faculty and Students have been accepted to present at the ACA 2017 Conference at San Francisco, California. We would like to congratulate these individuals for their hard work and dedication to the field.
Student led poster board presentation accepted:
Mindfulness-Existential Group Therapy for Terminally Ill Individuals and Caretakers by Ana McGowan and Angie Martin.
This year Loyola Faculty and Students have been accepted to present at the ACA 2017 Conference at San Francisco, California. We would like to congratulate these individuals for their hard work and dedication to the field.
Presentation co-led by Staff, Faculty, and Student was accepted: Evolving Substance Use Treatment Beyond a Primitive System that Fetishizes Addiction by Stephanie Robinson, Dr. John Dewell, and Renee Floer
This year Loyola Faculty and Students have been accepted to present at the ACA 2017 Conference at San Francisco, California. We would like to congratulate these individuals for their hard work and dedication to the field.
Student led poster board presentation accepted:
Somatosensory Trauma Work for Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder by Marie Batau.
Recent graduates of Loyola's Counseling program have gotten jobs at agencies, schools, and organizations across Louisiana and beyond. Below is a sampling of recent alumni job placements:
Kristen Centanni '16, School Counselor
Kenner Discovery Health and Sciences Academy, Kenner, LA
Benjamin Ng '16, Substance Abuse Counselor
Addiction Counseling and Educational Resources (ACER), Metairie, LA
Melody Marks '13, School Counselor
KIPP McDonogh 15 Middle School
Viveca Johnson '12, Career Counselor
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Recent graduates have accepted offers of admission from doctoral programs around the country. We know they will be well-prepared for this next phase of their training and education, and we wish them the best of luck!
Devin Leivo ('16) was recently accepted to the PsyD program at Xavier University in New Orleans.
Laura Pignato ('16) was recently accepted to the PhD program at the College of William and Mary.