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Faculty and Student Achievements

In April 2022, the Counseling Program started a page for faculty and student achievements. Moving forward, any professor or student who achieves something extraordinary can be highlighted for their accomplishment here. We look forward to this list growing in the coming years!

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Faculty Achievements

Please help me congratulate Dr. Debbie Grant in hosting the 59th Annual Conference for the Alabama Counseling Association. Dr. Grant is the president of the Alabama Counseling Association and we thank her for her leadership in the Counseling Profession! You can read her "Welcome from the President" at the link below.听

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Dr. Poppy Moon presented at the 2024 Association for Creativity in Counseling Virtual Conference titled听Creative Narratives in Supervision: Recharging Counselor Growth through Storytelling.听Congratulations Dr. Moon!!

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Dr. Michelle Dobson and Dr. Tonya Elliott presented their poster board at the 2024 SACES conference titled听Re-evaluating Cultural Narratives in Counselor Education Programs.听Congratulations to you both!!

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Dr. Poppy Moon and Katie Fournet presented at the 2024 Humanistic Counseling Association virtual conference. Their presentation was titled Brushing Away Barriers: Art Therapy for Teens. Congratulations Poppy and Katie!!

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Dr. Poppy Moon and Meredith Wilson presented at the 2024 Pennsylvania School Counseling Association virtual conference in 2024. Their presentation title was Escape Rooms: Can You Find Your Way Out? Congratulations Poppy and Meredith!!听

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Dr. Janys Murphy Rising presented at the Humanistic Counseling Association virtual conference in 2024. Her presentation title was Providing Counselors-in-Training Access to Weight Bias Curriculum. Congratulations Janys!!

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Dr. Poppy Moon gave two presentations at the fall 2023 Alabama Counseling Association conference. The titles of her presentations are Escape Rooms: Can You Find Your Way Out? and What is the Bravest Thing You Ever Said?听Dr. Moon would like to thank Amalia Cisneros for her contributions toward these presentations.听

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Dr. Thomas Foster, Kristie Serrano, and Sarah Ilgenfritz Parks presented at the fall 2023 Florida Counseling Association conference titled Building Resilience Using a Synthesized, Nonlinear Model of Grief.

Dr. Dupre presented at the 2022 Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision conference in Baltimore, MD. The title of her presentation is Fighting Endangerment: Race, Gender, and Power鈥檚 Affect on Female Faculty Retention.

In April of 2022, Dr. Foster published an article with three counseling students titled Conceptualizing Traumatic Loss During and After COVID-19 in the Journal of Counseling Practice, the journal for the Ohio Counseling Association.听 to view the article.

In 2019, Dr. Dupre earned the credential Registered Play Therapist with a Supervisor endorsement (RPT-S) through the Association of Play Therapy.

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Student Achievements

This year, a large group of counseling students at 蜜桔直播 attended the 2024 ACA Conference in New Orleans. They met up with Dr. Dupre during the conference and were able to attend several presentations. Thank you for your involvement and committment to the counseling profession!

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This year at the 2023 Louisiana Counseling Association conference, Brooke Gaspard Mize led the Louisiana Association of Counseling Graduate Students General and Executive Board meetings as LACGS President.听Emily Ruth, Ashlyn Dupree, and Sarah Meche also served on the LACGS Board and attended both meetings. Thank you all for representing the Counseling Program at 蜜桔直播 and for your leadership in the profession!听

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Congratulations to Brooke Gaspard Mize as she was nominated for the LCA Graduate Student Award and the LCA Advocacy Award this year at the 2023 LCA conference. These are two very notable accomplishments!

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Congratulations to Emily Ruth for being awarded the 2023 Gloria Bockrath Scholarship through the LAMHC division. Emily was also nominated for the LCA Graduate Student Award. Great job, Emily!

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Please congratulate Kristie Serrano on a successful presentation at the 2023 Florida Counseling Association in September. Her presentation is titled An Interdisciplinary Approach to Treating Chronic Pelvic Pain and PTSD. Sarah Ilgenfritz Parks and Dr. Thomas Foster served as co-presenters.

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Please congratulate Sarah Ilgenfritz Parks on her successful poster board presentation at the 2023 Florida Counseling Association in September. Her poster board presentation is titled Helping Midlife Women Grieve Lost Opportunities Using Gestalt Therapy. Kristie Serrano听and Dr. Foster will serve as co-presenters.

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In September of 2022, Brooke Gaspard was announced as the听Louisiana Association of Counseling Graduate Students President-Elect for the 2023-2024 year. Congratulations on your impressive appointment!

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The 蜜桔直播 Counseling Fall 2021 Cohort officially comprises over 75% of the newly elected 2023-2024 LACGS Executive Board! The following 蜜桔直播 Counseling Students will serve for the 2023-2024 term:

Secretary:听Sarah Meche

Public Relations Coordinator:听Ashlyn Dupree

North Louisiana Regional Representative:听Emily Ruth

Central Louisiana Regional Representative:听Rechelle Rawls

South Louisiana Regional Representative:听Devin Grantham

Greater Baton Rouge Louisiana Regional Representative:听Kristi Zimmerman

In July of 2022, Loraine Hill published her manuscript titled听Religiosity and psychological health: Is there a correlation? in the SN Social Sciences journal, see the reference below. Congratulations on your success, Loraine!听

Hill, T. L. (2022) Religiosity and psychological health: Is there a correlation?听SN Social Sciences,听2 (138).听doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00435-3

In April of 2022, Lisa Marie Smith, Lyndsay Mathews, and Kayla Gros published an article with Dr. Foster titled Conceptualizing Traumatic Loss During and After COVID-19 in the Journal of Counseling Practice. to view the article.

On March 31, 2022, Rebecca Landry and Joe Roberts presented on the topics of anxiety, depression, imposter syndrome, and ways to cope as a graduate student to a class of 30 Speech/Language Pathology students. Congratulations on a job well done!!