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• Pre-RECORDED: Sandtray therapy and polyvagal theory: Practical implications for trauma treatment

  • Start
    10/09/2020
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    (EDT)
  • End
    10/09/2021
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    (EDT)

  
  

  Conceptualizing effective trauma treatment through the lens of polyvagal theory requires counselor and client to engage in a process of co-regulation. Utilizing creative approaches which activate the right-brain processing mode, such as sandtray therapy, promote client’s successful transition from a place of high alert or immobilization to a sense of safety and healing. This session explains a step-by-step integrative approach through the use of case studies and empirical evidence.
  

  Learning objectives:

  1. Participants will combine constructs from polyvagal theory and sandtray therapy, and apply them to practical discussions of clinical case studies.

  2. Participants will evaluate the benefits and limitations of implementing polyvagal theory and sandtray therapy in trauma treatment.

  3. Participants will discuss research findings from the literature examining the efficacy of creative modalities for trauma treatment.

  Presenter bio:

  Dr. Maya Georgieva is a licensed professional counselor in both Virginia and Maryland. She is also a full-time college professor at the graduate counseling program at Messiah University in Pennsylvania. She has presented on the topics of counseling, mental health, and wellness at local, national, and international conferences.  

  As a clinician, she specializes in treating anxiety in adult, teen, and pre-teen clients by intentionally integrating mindfulness meditation exercises into counseling sessions. Dr. Georgieva's counseling approach is based on a holistic understanding of wellness, which combines kindness with science. Her professional certification in Humanistic Sandtray Therapy allows her to bring playfulness and creativity to her clinical practice. As a personal self-care practice, she has been taking QiGong moving meditation classes since 2015. 

  1 NBCC clock hours earned.
  

  Registration:

  This pre-recorded session was offered during the 2020 MCA Conference. To purchase access to all of the recorded content from the conference, please reach out to Cathie Eaton, MCA Event Registrar.

  
  

  The Maryland Counseling Association (MCA) is an NBCC - Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No 2021. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. MCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.  

  Questions? Reach out to Dr. Maya Georgieva at Credentialing@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  
  

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• RECORDED webinar: Healing for Liberation: Integrating Indigenous Healing into Your Clinical Practice: Part I

  • Start
    11/21/2020
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    10:00 AM (EST)
  • End
    12/31/2030
  •  
    11:30 AM (EST)
  • Location
    Zoom

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  After you register for this event, reach out to Maya Georgieva, MASERVIC President at maservic@MDCounseling.org for the link to the recorded webinar.  

  During this experiential session, participants will learn about the fundamentals of liberation psychology, and how indigenous practices can provide therapeutic tools for healing through liberation. Specifically, participants will learn about indigenous healing practices through activities, discussions, and exploration of their interests in these practices, and how to integrate these practices into their own clinical work.  

  Learning objectives:

  1) Participants will be able to list culturally-responsive ways to explore the integration of indigenous healing into their clinical practice.

  2) Participants will be able to identify their interests in indigenous healing practices.

  3) Participants will be able to identify at least two indigenous healing practices.

  Presenters' bios:

  
  

  Ana Guadalupe Reyes, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CHST, is Reiki Master and Shamanic Practitioner. Ana intentionally integrates holistic approaches into their clinical practice to accompany clients through their healing process. As an engaged activist and scholar, Ana actively participates in community forums about immigration and advocacy efforts in support of racialized and marginalized communities.

  
  

  Michael Ryan, LGPC, NCC is a high school counselor and therapist in Montgomery County, Maryland. He uses shamanic skills and healing in his personal life, and has performed ancestral healings, divinations, and dream interpretations for others. He was in the process of becoming a shamanic practitioner before the COVID-19 pandemic. He has completed the 9-month Soul Compass Path with Stephanie Seger, and is currently studying with Christina Pratt at the Last Mask Center.

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  The Maryland Counseling Association, Inc. is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2021, and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. MCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

  As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the Maryland Counseling Association, Inc. uses all funds to support the mission, vision, purpose, and needs for counselors in the State of Maryland. Therefore, all registration fees are final and non-refundable.”

  1.5 NBCC clock hours earned.
  

  Registration fees:
  

  • Professional rate: 25.00
  • MCA members: 15.00 
  • MASERVIC members: 10.00

  (MCA & MASERVIC members, reach out to Dr. Maya Georgieva, MASERVIC President at maservic@MDCounseling.org to request your special registration code.)

  Location:

  The Zoom link will be emailed to you by 11:59 pm EST on November 20.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Questions? Reach out to Dr. Maya Georgieva at maservic@MDCounseling.org
  

  
  

  
  

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• Apr 27 Bi-Weekly VIRTUAL Spirituality Peer Support Group for Counselors and All Helping Professionals

  • When
    04/27/2021
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  
  

  This open group is sponsored by the Maryland Counseling Association (MCA) and Maryland's Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (MASERVIC).

  Please join us. Bring your lunch/coffee.

  
  

  We cultivate a supporting environment for students, pre-licensed and licensed clinicians.

  Suggested topics:

  • Issues in counseling related to faith/spirituality;
  • Goodness of fit between client and counselor values;
  • Impact of current socio-political issues on your clinical work;
  • Self-care practice related to faith/spirituality;
  • Case consultations;
  • Helpful resources.  

  The Zoom link will be sent out by 11:59 pm, the day before each meeting.

  Together we can thrive, collaborate with hope, and learn to accept uncertainty!

  Facilitators:

  Marilyn Spenadel, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President-Elect

  marilynspenadel@gmail.com 

  (240) 426-8344

  
  

  Contact me if you have any questions or ideas.

  
  

  

  Maya Georgieva, Ed. D, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President

  maservic@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  
  

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• NEW DATE! MCSJ: A Restorative Justice Circle for Black Therapists: Coping with the COVID-19 and Social Injustice Pandemics

  • When
    04/27/2021
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    20

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• May 11 Bi-Weekly VIRTUAL Spirituality Peer Support Group for Counselors and All Helping Professionals

  • When
    05/11/2021
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  
  

  This open group is sponsored by the Maryland Counseling Association (MCA) and Maryland's Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (MASERVIC).

  Please join us. Bring your lunch/coffee.

  
  

  We cultivate a supporting environment for students, pre-licensed and licensed clinicians.

  Suggested topics:

  • Issues in counseling related to faith/spirituality;
  • Goodness of fit between client and counselor values;
  • Impact of current socio-political issues on your clinical work;
  • Self-care practice related to faith/spirituality;
  • Case consultations;
  • Helpful resources.  

  The Zoom link will be sent out by 11:59 pm, the day before each meeting.

  Together we can thrive, collaborate with hope, and learn to accept uncertainty!

  Facilitators:

  Marilyn Spenadel, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President-Elect

  marilynspenadel@gmail.com 

  (240) 426-8344

  
  

  Contact me if you have any questions or ideas.

  
  

  

  Maya Georgieva, Ed. D, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President

  maservic@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  
  

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• MCA Spring/Summer Networking

  • When
    05/14/2021
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  
  

  PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING EVENTS

  Please join us on the following dates via Zoom during EST:

  March 22, 2021 at 12:00pm 

  April 16, 2021 at 12:00pm

  May 14, 2021 at 5:00pm

  June 14, 2021 at 5:00pm

  Take a break and connect with your counseling community!

  -Share Internship/Employment Opportunities

  -Connect with MCA Leaders

  -Find out what MCA is all about!

  Event Facilitator: Marybeth Heather, LCPC, ACS, NCC, CTMH

  MCA Professional Networking Chair

  Cost $5.00

  All Funds collected will be donated to the MCA Scholarship Fund

  Look for future Monthly Networking Events!

  Questions?  Contact Marybeth Heather via email at

  Networking@MDCounseling.org

  Registration Questions? Contact Cathie Eaton via email at 

  Events@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  MCA, Inc. is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization

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• May 25 Bi-Weekly VIRTUAL Spirituality Peer Support Group for Counselors and All Helping Professionals

  • When
    05/25/2021
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  
  

  This open group is sponsored by the Maryland Counseling Association (MCA) and Maryland's Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (MASERVIC).

  Please join us. Bring your lunch/coffee.

  
  

  We cultivate a supporting environment for students, pre-licensed and licensed clinicians.

  Suggested topics:

  • Issues in counseling related to faith/spirituality;
  • Goodness of fit between client and counselor values;
  • Impact of current socio-political issues on your clinical work;
  • Self-care practice related to faith/spirituality;
  • Case consultations;
  • Helpful resources.  

  The Zoom link will be sent out by 11:59 pm, the day before each meeting.

  Together we can thrive, collaborate with hope, and learn to accept uncertainty!

  Facilitators:

  Marilyn Spenadel, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President-Elect

  marilynspenadel@gmail.com 

  (240) 426-8344

  
  

  Contact me if you have any questions or ideas.

  
  

  

  Maya Georgieva, Ed. D, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President

  maservic@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  
  

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• NEW DATE! MCSJ: Restorative Justice Circle for BIPOC Therapists

  • When
    05/25/2021
  •  
    6:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

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• MCA:Collaborative Active Imagination through Telehealth: Use of Images, Metaphor and Symbols in Play Therapy by Dee Preston-Dillon, M.A., Ph.D

  • When
    06/05/2021
  •  
    2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

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  • Collaborative Active Imagination through Telehealth: Use of Images, Metaphor and Symbols in Play Therapy by Dee Preston-Dillon, M.A., Ph.D on Saturday, June 5th, 2:30-5:30pm via Zoom.

    Counselors witness trauma from their clients, and carry the weight of personal stories from family and community. We have had many years of challenges, many too painful to share, that have been judged and shamed, often distorted, and nested in deep memory. While empathy can emerge from personal knowledge of trauma, it can damage counselor perception and competency. It is vital for mental health professionals to do their own personal work and build skills that enhance safety for themselves and clients. Collaborative active imaginationuses metaphor, small objects and images to witness life stories, reclaim truth from trauma and repair debilitating wounds. It is an approach to guide clients in a collaborative process, based on client readiness, repairing trust through the privacy of silence and the imagination.

    During this experiential session we will touch on three principles to guide the use of collaborative active imagination and demonstrate activities for use with telehealth. Objectives: 1) identify two guiding principles for exploring client concerns, supervision and counselor process using collaborative active imagination, 2) attend to ethical considerations when using creative exploration through telehealth, 3) describe ways to develop counselor perception and skills using images and objects, 4)  explain aspects of culture and diversity that can be explored during collaborative active imagination,and 5) describe benefits and risks with counselor use of symbols, metaphors and images. 

    Dee Preston-Dillon, M.A., Ph.D., is a clinician educator, professor of psychology and the founder of the Center for Culture and Sandplay and The Sand Therapy Training Institute. Her cross-cultural research bridged psychology and anthropology critiquing Western therapeutic approaches from three indigenous perspectives. For 45 years she has grounded her work in therapeutic metaphor and deepening the clinical process. Dr. Dee focuses on research and clinical competency when presenting at national and international conferences. She emphasizes that therapists should develop a keen awareness of their own visceral and intuitive experience, attune to layers of meaning . . . be an alert gatekeeper and attentive witness, and remain mindful of client safety and depth.Dr. Dee’s live, virtual and prerecorded courses integrate theory, practice and ethics with experiential demonstrations. Website: Sandtherapytraining.com

    Registration Fees:

    $20 MCA Students/Retirees,

    $30 MCA Professional/Life Members

    $40 Professional Non-members

    Attendees will receive at least 3 NBCC credit hours for this live presentation with the completion of course evaluation or a successful test score after viewing the recording.  Recorded content will be available until September 30, 2021 and shared with a confirmed registration.

    Registration Questions?  Please contact Cathie Eaton at Events@MDCounseling.org 

    Questions about CEs?  Please contact Credentialing@MDCounseling.org

    The Maryland Counseling Association, Inc. is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2021, and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. MCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.  

    Refund Policy: As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the Maryland Counseling Association, Inc. uses all funds to support the mission, vision, purpose, and needs for counselors in the State of Maryland. Therefore, all registration fees are final and non-refundable.

    

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• Jun 8 Bi-Weekly VIRTUAL Spirituality Peer Support Group for Counselors and All Helping Professionals

  • When
    06/08/2021
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  
  

  This open group is sponsored by the Maryland Counseling Association (MCA) and Maryland's Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (MASERVIC).

  Please join us. Bring your lunch/coffee.

  
  

  We cultivate a supporting environment for students, pre-licensed and licensed clinicians.

  Suggested topics:

  • Issues in counseling related to faith/spirituality;
  • Goodness of fit between client and counselor values;
  • Impact of current socio-political issues on your clinical work;
  • Self-care practice related to faith/spirituality;
  • Case consultations;
  • Helpful resources.  

  The Zoom link will be sent out by 11:59 pm, the day before each meeting.

  Together we can thrive, collaborate with hope, and learn to accept uncertainty!

  Facilitators:

  Marilyn Spenadel, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President-Elect

  marilynspenadel@gmail.com 

  (240) 426-8344

  
  

  Contact me if you have any questions or ideas.

  
  

  

  Maya Georgieva, Ed. D, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President

  maservic@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  
  

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• MCA Spring/Summer Networking

  • When
    06/14/2021
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  
  

  PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING EVENTS

  Please join us on the following dates via Zoom during EST:

  March 22, 2021 at 12:00pm 

  April 16, 2021 at 12:00pm

  May 14, 2021 at 5:00pm

  June 14, 2021 at 5:00pm

  Take a break and connect with your counseling community!

  -Share Internship/Employment Opportunities

  -Connect with MCA Leaders

  -Find out what MCA is all about!

  Event Facilitator: Marybeth Heather, LCPC, ACS, NCC, CTMH

  MCA Professional Networking Chair

  Cost $5.00

  All Funds collected will be donated to the MCA Scholarship Fund

  Look for future Monthly Networking Events!

  Questions?  Contact Marybeth Heather via email at

  Networking@MDCounseling.org

  Registration Questions? Contact Cathie Eaton via email at 

  Events@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  MCA, Inc. is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization

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• Jun 22 Bi-Weekly VIRTUAL Spirituality Peer Support Group for Counselors and All Helping Professionals

  • When
    06/22/2021
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  
  

  This open group is sponsored by the Maryland Counseling Association (MCA) and Maryland's Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (MASERVIC).

  Please join us. Bring your lunch/coffee.

  
  

  We cultivate a supporting environment for students, pre-licensed and licensed clinicians.

  Suggested topics:

  • Issues in counseling related to faith/spirituality;
  • Goodness of fit between client and counselor values;
  • Impact of current socio-political issues on your clinical work;
  • Self-care practice related to faith/spirituality;
  • Case consultations;
  • Helpful resources.  

  The Zoom link will be sent out by 11:59 pm, the day before each meeting.

  Together we can thrive, collaborate with hope, and learn to accept uncertainty!

  Facilitators:

  Marilyn Spenadel, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President-Elect

  marilynspenadel@gmail.com 

  (240) 426-8344

  
  

  Contact me if you have any questions or ideas.

  
  

  

  Maya Georgieva, Ed. D, LCPC, ACS

  MASERVIC President

  maservic@MDCounseling.org

  
  

  
  

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• New Date! MCSJ: A Restorative Justice Circle for Black Therapists: Coping with the COVID-19 and Social Injustice Pandemics

  • When
    06/29/2021
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    25

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