2025 Annual FMHCA Conference At-A-Glance (Main Sessions)

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7:00 AM- 10:00 AM Registration

7:00 AM- 8:00 AM Grab & Go Breakfast GRAND FOYER

8:00 AM- 11:00 AM (Keynote)

11:00 AM- 11:45 AM

11:45 AM- 1:45 PM (Keynote)

Innovative Horizons: Integrating Telehealth and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mental Health Counseling

Presenter: Aaron Norton, Ph.D., LMHC, LMFT, MCAP

Resilient Practices: Nervous System-Informed Self-Care for Clinicians

Presenter: Jackie Flynn, EdS, LMHC-S, RPT

1:45 PM– 2:00 PM Break

2:00 PM- 4:00 PM (Breakout Rooms)

Healing Trauma Narratives in Relational and Domestic Violence

Presenter: Rhett K Brandt, Ph.D., LMHC, LPC

Are We There Yet? A Guide to Navigating Gender and Sexual Identity with Couples

Presenters: Dr. Michelle Cavaliere, Ph.D., LMHC, QSP, CFMHE, MCAP and Dr. Madison Peluso, Ph.D., MCAP, CAMS-1

and Alternative Approach

Presenter: Dr. Eric Reznik, Psy.D.

4:00PM- 4:15 PM Snack

4:15 PM- 6:15 PM (Breakout Rooms)

Assessing a Teenager's Psychobiological Capacities: The Road to Recovery

Presenters: Erin Beattie Ph.D., LMHC, NCC and Vanina Hochman, LMFT.

Write to Heal: Therapeutic Writing and Songwriting Tools Everyone Can Use

Presenter: Maureen Pollard, MSW, RSW

Threat Assessment and Management: The Role of Mental Health

Professionals

Presenters: Sandy Sisson, LMHC, CAP, CAMS-1, CCTP and Lisa Cover, LCSW, TIC, CCATP

Counseling and Psychological Care of the First Responder

Presenters: Dennis Carradin, LPCMH, NCC, BCETS and Lt. Harold Bozeman

Permission to Feel: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Understanding & Treating Eating Disorders

Presenter: Christina Purkiss, MA, LMHC, CEDS-C

7:00 AM- 10:00 AM Registration

7:00 AM- 8:00 AM Grab & Go Breakfast

8:00 AM- 11:00 AM (Keynote)

11:00 AM- 11:15 AM

Counselor Vulnerabilities: The Impact of Attachment and Trauma on Ethical Decision Making

Presenters: Dr. Anita Knight Kuhnley, LPC and Dr. Lisa Compton, LCSW, CTTS, CFE

11:15 AM- 12:15 PM Chat & Chew (Networking Hour)

Small Bites Provided By: Pass the NCMHCE

12:15 PM-12:30 PM

12:30 PM– 2:30 PM (Breakout Rooms)

Beyond the Rainbow: Addressing Moral Injury in LGBTQIA+ Mental Health

Presenter: Maria Giuliana, LMHC, QS, BC-THP

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Unpacked: A Comprehensive Guide for Mental Health Counselors

Presenter: Coralis Solomon, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC

Effortless Until Now: Helping High Performing Students Manage Stress and Anxiety

Presenter: Erica Whitfield, LMHC, MACP, BC-TMH

The HEART Model: Treating Complex Trauma- The Research and Underpinnings

Presenter: Benjamin B Keyes, ThD, PhD, EdD, LMHC-S, LPC-S, NCC, CCMHC

A Clinicians Guide to the Scrupulosity Dimension of ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder

Presenter: Jeremy Bonta, Ph.D., LMHC, Laura Rendon Finnell, LMHC,

3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (Breakout Rooms)

Counselor's Guide to Reproductive Trauma: Multifaceted Treatment Approach to Reproductive Trauma

Presenters: Vanessa Kent, PhD, LCMHC, LMFT and Caitlin Overfelt, MS, LPC

ETHNOTRAUMATOLOGY: Understanding Trauma in BIDEC Communities

Presenters: Lisseth London, PhD and Karen Brown, PhD

Doomscrolling- The Growing Media Trauma

Presenters: Kathie Erwin, Ed.D., LMHC, NCC, NCGC, Fulbright Specialist, Master Field Traumatololgist and Kelly Erwin, Certified Field Traumatologist, Green Cross Academy.

Preventing Targeted School Violence: Florida's Approach to Threat Management

Presenter: Taurean Wilson, LMHC, CFMHE

Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Providing Mental Health Care to the Military Community

Presenter: David R Jedrziewski, LMFT, LMHC, Qualified Supervisor, Advanced Clinical Trauma Professional, MS, MEd, MFA

5:00 PM- 5:30 PM

5:30 PM- 7:00 PM Student Poster Board Session

7:00 PM- 9:00 PM (Keynote)

Hypnotic Evening - Secrets of Trancework with Elvis Lester

Presenter: Elvis Lester, LMHC, NCC, MAC, ACHMT

TOTAL POTENTIAL CEUS (FRIDAY): 9

7:00 AM- 10:00 AM

7:00 AM- 8:00 AM Grab & Go

8:00 AM- 12:00 PM Qualified Supervisor Update

Presenter: Denny Cecil-Van Den Heuvel, Ph.D., LMHC, LMFT

*Separate Registration Required

8:00 AM- 10:00 AM (Keynote)

The Great Escape: Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking and the Trauma Response

Presenter: Patrick Nave, ABD, DMIN, LMHC, MCAP, CTP Diplomate in Trauma Counseling AMHCA

10:00 AM- 10:15 AM Break

10:15 AM- 12:15 PM (Breakout Rooms)

Beyond Trauma: Expanding Clinical Applications for EMDR Therapy

Presenters: Grace W. Cantor, MA, LPC, LMHC and Zahnwhea Harmon, MA, LPC

Target 2 Zero: Innovative and Streamlined Traumatic Stress Treatment

Presenters: Sherry M. Todd, PhD, LPC (VA), ATR-BC, CTTS, Scarlett Williams, MS, LPC (VA), J. Patrick O’Neal, MA, LCPC (Idaho), LPC (AZ), NCC

BIOREGULATION THERAPY - Integrating Body Biofeedback & Pulsed Electro- Magnetic Field Therapy into Psychotherapy: A Holistic Approach

Presenter: Michael G. Holler, MA, NCC, CFMHE, CCCE, CCMHC, LMHC

Presenter: Dina Smith, LMHC

3:00 PM– 6:00 PM (Breakout Rooms)

Navigating the Baker Act: History, Ethics, and Practical Insights

Presenter: John Puls, LCSW, MCAP

Creativity and Spontaneity as a Therapeutic Tool: Using Psychodrama to Empower Clients to Move Towards Growth by Confronting the Fear That Holds Them Back

Presenter: Kerry Conca, LMHC, PAT and Aimee Johnson, LMHC, PAT

Superheroes of the Nervous System: Polyvagal Adventures in Play Therapy"

Presenter: Dora Henderson, LMHC, RPTS, CST, EMDR Consultant

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