Friday, October 4, 2019

Immigrant Mental Health


Registration for the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health’s  3rd annual gathering is now open (link to register and for conference agenda below).  The title of this year’s gathering is The intersection of practice, policy and advocacy: Supporting the mental health and wellness of immigrant children and youth. Space is limited, so please register at your earliest convenience.  Attached you will find a flyer that also includes links to register and to access information about how to submit for our Poster and Resource Sharing session.


We are still raising funds to cover the cost of this year’s gathering.  If your organization would like to support this year’s convening, please contact me.

We- the CIMH conference planning workgroup- are looking forward to seeing you on November 8.

Ané

Ané M. Maríñez-Lora, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
School of Social Service Administration
University of Chicago
969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
773-834-1812
Preferred Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

2020 Association for Humanistic Counseling National Conference


*CALL FOR PROPOSALS*

2020 Association for Humanistic Counseling National Conference

Denver, Colorado --- May 28th – May 31st, 2020

Conference Theme: Raising the Question of the Meaning of Being Human in Humanistic Counseling

Deadline for proposals: November 22nd, 2019


Questions about conference: ahc2020conference@gmail.com

Information about proposals:
Participants who plan to attend the AHC National Conference are invited to submit proposals to present in one hour and 50-minute sessions or panels, 50-minute education sessions, 50-minute roundtable sessions, or 30-minute poster presentations.  The AHC conference committee will review the proposals.  Presentations should explore the question of personhood or being a self in the context of counseling practice, research, supervision, or education. For example, a presentation might focus on the topic of human nature in private practice settings. A presentation might explore how to teach holism in instructional contexts. Or, a presentation might address the source of problems that prompt a person to seek help from a counselor. Presenters are welcome to integrate content from the fields of sociology, anthropology, philosophy, literature, and/or history.Additional topics might include: 
·       The question of human freedom vs. determinism
·       The question of altruism vs. egoism
·       Individualistic vs. collectivistic models of being a person
·       Biological essentialism vs. social constructionism
·       Modern vs. postmodern views of the self
·       The intersection of trauma research and views of the self
·       The question of being a person and the problem of suicide
·       The “self” that is taken for granted in self-esteem, self-confidence, self-efficacy, etc.
·       The question of human nature vs. culture 
·       Humanism and the counseling profession



Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Mandatory Professional Practice Orientation RSVP for all students who will be starting their Practicum / Internship in Fall 2020


We will meet on Saturday October 19th from 10am - 12 noon in Levan 100. The orientation will start promptly at 10am. Please use the google doc to register. It is necessary to register for and attend the Orientation to be qualified to start Practicum/Internship. Any questions, contact Professor Pahwa at ppahwa@depaul.edu


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco_h1ZwIh-oQsFNS743oLy99i376Lw7JXj-qE19hWIpwUyUw/viewform

Monday, September 30, 2019

Student Success Coaching Position


We have extended our deadline to apply for the Student Success Coaching position until the end of the day Wednesday, October 2nd in hopes of increasing our applicant pool. We have also added two additional information sessions, listed below.

Monday, September 30th
5:30-6:30pm
Lincoln Park Student Center Room 380

Tuesday, October 1st
6:30-7:30pm
Lincoln Park Student Center Room 380

We’re also happy to meet 1:1 with any students who are interested but may have class during both of these times.

Thank you for your time!

Ashlee Schrock
Coordinator of Retention and Student Success Initiatives
Office of New Student and Family Engagement

The CACREP accredited doctoral Program in Counselor Education at the University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati Counseling Program will celebrate 65 years of excellence in educating future counselors in 2020. The CACREP accredited doctoral Program in Counselor Education at the University of Cincinnati prepares future scholars who are skilled in research, teaching and supervision, and service to the profession from an ecological perspective. Inaugurated in 1955, the UC Counseling Program is among the longest continuously running programs in the nation.  Our doctoral program just received ACES' Robert Frank Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award (2019). We look forward to continuing the mission of achieving for national excellence in implementing an ecological counseling perspective through research and service with diverse populations.
The Ph. D. program at UC has three cognate area: substance abuse, school, and multicultural social justice counseling. Our doctoral students are committed to increasing their research and teaching potential in addition to developing skills that enable them to provide service to diverse populations, particularly members of underserved groups. We are also committed to training our doctoral candidates to become leaders within counselor education and in the wider mental health community
UC provides an ideal environment for gaining research experience and building substantive expertise, having 200 years of history as a research pioneer and a Carnegie classification of Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity. UC is "Among the top tier of the Best National Universities," according to U.S. News & World Report. The University of Cincinnati is the birthplace of cooperative education (1906) and located in Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area, a premier destination and awarding-winning place to live life (see https://www.cincyusa.com/cincinnati/awards/).

Please visit our program website http://cech.uc.edu/programs/counseling.html to learn more about the program.  The deadline for application is December 1, 2019. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Mei Tang at mei.tang@uc.edu. Additional information about the admissions process can be located at: http://grad.uc.edu/admissions.html. If you need additional information about the application process, please contact Ms. Amanda Carlisle at 513-556-3335. 

The UC Counseling Program will have an Open House on October 24, 2019, from 7-8 pm, EST in room 407 in Teacher Dyer Complex on the UC Campus.