Thursday – April 17th, 2025

Time 

Presentation

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Conference Registration

8:00 AM-8:15 AM

Conference Welcome

8:15 AM-9:45 AM

Arkansas Board of Examiners

9:45 AM-10:00 AM

Break + Visit Vendor Exhibits

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Robert Stevens, PhD, CRC, LPC

Ethics, Laws & the Impact on the `LGBTQIA+ Client

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Melanie Taylor, LPC-S

Illumination the Path to Healing: Integrating the Inner Light Protocol with EMDR for Emotional Wounds

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Mark Foster, MS, LPC, CADAC, CSAM & CCCE

Helping Clients Resolve Financial Stress & Achieve Financial Stability

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Lunch on your own

2:00 PM-3:45 PM

Heather Olson, MS, LPC-S & Faith Brown, MS, LAC

Invisible String: The Ties that Bind the Music of Taylor Swift to Counseling

2:00 PM-3:45 PM

Ron Freeman, EdD, LPC-S, LMFT-S

A Look at Therapeutic Modalities & Psychological Woundedness

2:00 PM-3:45 PM

Dr. Larry P. Henderson, LPC-S, LMFT-S, TA-S

Use of the Socratic Method to Enhance Therapeutic Interviews

3:45 PM-4:00 PM

Break + Visit Vendor Exhibits

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Warren B. Roby, MS, PhD, LPC

A Lifespan Development Refresher

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Wendy Blackwood, LPC-S, NCC, EMDR-C, Certified Grief Educator, DNMS Trained

Understanding the Relationship Between Attachment and Trauma

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Georgiana Robinson, LCSW

Surviving Anxiety

Friday – April 18, 2025

Time 

Presentation

7:30 AM-8:00 AM

Conference Registration

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Mark Foster, MS, LPC, LADAC, CSAM

Anger Management:  Helping Clients Identify Toxic & Healthy Anger Types & Functional Strategies

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Xan Dawson, LAC

Tech Assisted Therapy: Technological Safeguards

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Jay Gentry, LPC-S

Supervisors Round Table: A Discussion of Issues Occurring In Supervision

9:45 AM-10:00 AM

Break + Visit Vendor Exhibits 

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Kharma Parker, EdD, LPC, LMFT, Certified IFS Therapist-Level 3

Introduction to Internal Family Systems

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Tayler Thomason, LPC

Exploring AI Ethics in Academic and Practice:  Tracking Challenges in a Transforming Technological Landscape

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Kelcee Sitzes, MS, QBHP, CIT

Locked In:  Addressing Mental Health Barriers in Arkansas Detention Centers

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

ArMHCA Business Lunch-2 CEs

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Chantal Brice, LPC

General Ethics-3 CEs

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Larry Henderson, DMin, LPC-S, LMFT-S, TA-S

Supervision Ethics-3 CEs