MCDA 2017 Annual Conference "Bring Joy into Career Development" DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel 5485 Twin Knolls Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Thursday, April 27: 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm Friday, April 28: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm The annual MCDA conference is THE place to be to stay on the cutting edge of your profession, network with colleagues, and earn NBCC-approved CEUs! In response to your feedback, we've added workshop sessions on Thursday afternoon, followed by a networking reception, dinner and a keynote presentation by Jenn Long. New in 2017 are four sessions specifically designed to help private career development practitioners launch and/or grow their businesses. David Reile, PhD is joined by Barbara Suddarth, PhD to kick off Friday's program as our keynoters. A full day of different workshops and Round Table sessions from which to choose follows. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. For more information, go to: MCD...
Steven M. Southwick, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale
Medical School is a recognized expert on extreme psychological trauma.
He has worked with combat veterans with PTSD, civilian children and adults with
PTSD, prisoners of war, and active duty Special Forces soldiers. He has
published extensively on PTSD treatment and on the neurobiological and
psychological factors associated with resilience to stress.
Natosha K. Monroe, MA, LPC-I, PhD candidate, has been
a Behavioral Health Specialist in the U.S. Army Reserve for almost 12 years. She
has deployed to Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan, participated in international
humanitarian missions, and served 2 years at the Pentagon. Her civilian career
in psychology has included inpatient mental health care, community counseling,
and most recently, research for the FBI.
Paige Valdiserri, MEd, LPC, NCC, BCETS, RMT, is a
professional counselor and an intuitive healing consultant. She is president and
CEO of her own counseling, healing, and consulting business where she developed
the "Energetic Body Dialogue" approach based on the principles of counseling,
Reiki energy work, Yoga, and various other modalities. She also serves as
Director of Behavioral Health for the international occupational health firm,
Comprehensive Health Service, where she develops and implements integrated
behavioral health programs that support the military, government contractors,
and families of the deployed.
Colonel (Retired) David Fenell, PhD, completed combat
tours in Afghanistan (2002-2003) and Iraq (2006). He served as a Behavioral
Sciences Officer, retiring as a Colonel, U.S Army Reserve in 2008. He has
extensive experience working with combat veterans and their families and has
published and presented nationally on providing counseling support to returning
veterans. Dr. Fenell is a professor of counselor education at the University of
Colorado with more than 30 years of experience in preparing professional
counselors.
Dr. Seth Hayden,PhD, NCC, is currently the Program
Director of Career Advising, Counseling, and Programming in the Florida State
University Career Center. He has in-depth experience providing career and
personnel counseling in community agencies, secondary school, and university
settings to military personnel and veterans transitioning from the military to
the civilian work force. He has also worked with those who have experienced
various physical and psychological injuries related to their service, assisting
them with creating fulfilling and practical career goals for their future.
Lynn K. Hall, EdD, LPC, NCC, ACS, is the Dean of the
College of Social Sciences at the University of Phoenix. She has spent more than
a decade as a counselor at the University of Arizona (Tucson) while having a
private practice in marriage and family therapy. She also has experience as a
school counselor in Tucson, AZ and in Germany working for the Department of
Defense Dependent School Systems. She is the author of Counseling Military
Families and numerous chapters in other books about counseling the
military.
CSM Rhodes has served in Operation Iraqi Freedom 1, 2,
and 3 with a total of 30 months of combat experience. His unit received the
Presidential Unit Citation while deployed to Iraq. He founded Warrior Outreach
and is the author of Changing the Military Culture of Silence.
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