The MENA project team is excited to invite you to its first webinar on Friday, December 6, 9:00 - 10:30 am PST. 

个体化心理咨询——收集当事人反馈来改善临床疗效

佘壮 博士- 发言人

介绍当事人正式反馈的概念、临床疗效、相关测评工具以及基本操作方式，学会如何利用标准化的效果问卷来收集当事人的反馈、提供个体化的心理咨询服务。同时分享基于中国文化层面的一个临床研究与实践思考，帮助咨询师更好的利用当事人的反馈来提高咨询效果。

Engaging Antiracism: Strategies for Collective Resistance among Black, Indigenous and Other Faculty and Staff of Color

Presenter: Dr. Alex Pieterse, PhD

This Webinar will examine the phenomenon of racism within Academia and will consider strategies for resistance, coping and healing. The experience of Black, Indigenous and other People of Color will be highlighted, through a review of the empirical research plus drawing on material from the SPOKENproject. The benefits of critical consciousness raising, building anti-racism alliances, and reforming protocols associated with promotion and tenure will be discussed. Finally, participants will engage in a process designed to establish ongoing working groups with the aim of documenting experiences and producing scholarship outlining anti-racist strategies and initiatives for Academia.

Addressing Whiteness in Counselor Education

Presenters: Scott Schaefle PhD, NCC, LMHC, LMFT & Krista Malott PhD, LPC

Ways in which Whiteness is embedded in counselor education can get in the way of anti-racist and inclusion efforts. Faculty and students may lack understanding of ways in which their own whiteness and embedded whiteness in the program can operate. Addressing Whiteness in Counselor Education continues to be a controversial and difficult task, particularly given the backlash efforts across the nation at silencing antiracism and decolonizing efforts. In this webinar, we will use discussion and the sharing of specific lived experiences and educational practices to illustrate tactics in naming and critically interrogating Whiteness. Examination of structures, colleague supports (or lack thereof), and classroom hot moments will be included. Such work will be presented with a culturally humble lens, in recognizing the many intersectional complexities, and learned white supremacy, that impacts us all.

Counselor Educators: Working Together for Transformative Antiracist Teaching: A Work Table Series on Antiracist Teaching

Presenters: Kok-Mun Ng, PhD, LPC, LCMHC, NCC, ACS, Colleen Lam Nguyen, MA, LMFT & Nelandra Anselmo, MS, LMFT

The Counseling Roundtable (TCR) is pleased to host an Antiracist Teaching Work Table series with the aim of developing an international antiracist teaching network. Through the network, we hope to produce (a) evidence-based, transformational, and context-relevant antiracist training materials and learning modules; and (b) scholarly work that furthers the discourse on antiracist teaching, learning, and development among mental health professionals. Also, we seek to establish an international network where counseling trainers across the world can collaborate to produce antiracist scholarship and strengthen their antiracist identity.

聚焦适应：美国心理咨询硕士项目学习体会

Adjusting to counseling training in the United States: Lessons from Mandarin-speaking counselors who graduated from U.S. counseling programs

发言人: 余胜利, 鹿飞宇 & 彭雨薰

Presenters: Terence Tsien Li Yee, Feiyu Lu & Yu-Hsun Peng (Ariel)

近年来，越来越多的华人国际学生来到美国接受心理咨询专业培训。由于文化，语言和社会制度的不同，华人国际学生在学习过程中遇到很多适应方面的困难。本次TCR咨询师圆桌会议网络研讨会邀请三位来自亚洲不同地区（中国大陆，台湾，和东南亚) 的美国心理咨询专业的毕业生来和大家分享他们留学阶段的经历和感受，并回答相关问题。

这次圆桌会旨在为正在美国心理咨询专业求学的普通话留学生提供支持和信息，并将心理咨询领域讲普通话的留学生联系起来，以便大家交流合作，增强团结。该网络研讨会将以普通话进行，参与者还将有机会与来自不同国家的同行建立联系。

In recent years, an increasing number of Mandarin-speaking international students came to the United States to pursue counseling training. They encountered a wide range of challenges during their study due to sociocultural and language differences. This TCR webinar invites three U.S. counseling program graduates from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia to share their experiences, challenges, and successes pursuing counseling training in the United States.

This TCR Roundtable webinar aims to support current Mandarin-speaking international students in U.S. counseling programs. It also hopes to connect Mandarin-speaking international students in the United States. The webinar will be conducted in Mandarin, and participants will also have the opportunity to network with peers from various countries.

Inclusion Means Inclusion: Disability in Leadership

Presenter: Christine Sacco-Bene, PhD, LMHC, NCC, CRC

Counselors are ethically obligated to be culturally competent in their work with others; however, disability often is overlooked as an important component of diversity in counselor training, professional development, social justice, and leadership. Though ableism in the field of counseling will be addressed, this presentation will emphasize the benefits of promoting disability inclusion in practice, community, and professional leadership. Participants will explore disability competencies and best practice approaches for enlisting and engaging people with disabilities in program and organizational leadership.

The Journey to Now: Taking A Stand for Equity!

Presenter: S. Kent Butler, PhD. NCC, NCSC

S. Kent Butler with a bit of “realism” and “authenticity” will use his personal life story to speak truth to the effects of privilege on his own mental wellness and resolve, while sharing best practices for leaders in eradicating culturally biased barriers. “RAW” will also highlight how to successfully balance counseling and self-care with social justice advocacy. This presentation will also provide counselors with insights and “wisdom” that encourages them to intentionally lead by get into “good trouble” as they proactively work on behalf of their clients; Anti-Racist co-conspirators fighting against injustices on a global scale.

The Influence Effect: Leading with Authenticity

Presenter: Dr. Sejal Parikh Foxx, PhD

This webinar will focus on “The Influence Effect”. This book presents strategies for women in leadership. Learn how to gain influence, particularly as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The presenter will share her experiences as a leader in the counseling profession and higher education. She will offer insights and lessons learned regarding DEI in leadership and counseling.

Editorship and Editing a Textbook in Counseling

Presenter: Dr. Russel Fulmer

Editing and authoring textbooks is a valued form of scholarship across many professions. For new professionals to counseling, textbook editing and authoring is one avenue of scholarly work, in addition to publishing in peer-reviewed journals and presenting at conferences. This presentation will focus on the unique factors involved in the textbook editing process.

From Aspiration to Action: DEI in Counseling Leadership

Presenter: Dr. Casey Barrio Minton, PhD, NCC

Despite decades of aspirational attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion, many professional counseling organizations continue to struggle to move beyond performative allyship. The presenter will draw from leadership successes and failures to highlight concrete strategies for facilitating meaningful change in a variety of counseling settings. Participants will explore implications for action relevant to both privileged and minoritized counseling leaders.

在全球华人社区庆祝心理健康咨询：首届普通话咨询师圆桌会（TCR）活动

Celebrating Mental Health Counseling Among Chinese Communities Across the World: The First Mandarin-language TCR Event

发言人: 李玉任, 晏磊, 鄧元珺 & 伍国文博士

Presenters: Yvonne Lee, Yan Lei, Yuanchuin Teng & Dr. Kok-Mun Ng

世界三分之二以上的国家都有华人在生活和工作。学术文献里强调了华人在不同社会环境中的心理健康需求。在提供心理健康咨询培训的国家，华人心理咨询师（CMHC）的数量正在缓慢增长。尽管呈增长趋势，但华人心理咨询师们因为空间和时间的原因仍然在很大程度上缺乏联系。本次TCR咨询师圆桌会议网络研讨会旨在将世界各地讲普通话的华人心理咨询师联系起来，以便于大家建立人脉网，增强团结，并庆祝在不同华人社区取得的成就。该网络研讨会将以普通话进行，由来自中国大陆、马来西亚和美国的三位讲普通话的华人心理咨询师分享他们在各自华人社区中的工作。参与者还将有机会与来自不同国家的同行建立联系。

Chinese live and work in more than two-thirds of the countries in the world. The mental health needs of the Chinese people in various social settings have been highlighted in the literature. The number of Chinese mental health counselors (CMHC) is slowly growing in countries where mental health counseling training is available. Despite the growing trend, CMHCs remain largely disconnected from each other by space and time. This TCR Roundtable webinar seeks to connect Mandarin-speaking CMHCs across the world for networking and solidarity and to celebrate the good work happening in different Chinese communities. The webinar will be conducted in Mandarin featuring three Mandarin-speaking MHCs (mainland China, Malaysia, and United States) who will share their work among Chinese in their respective communities. Participants will also have the opportunity to network with peers from various countries.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: An Intergenerational Family Counseling Analysis and Application

Presenter: Dr. Kok-Mun Ng

Counselor educators and supervisors have frequently used movies in their teaching to help counselors grasp and apply various counseling concepts. Attendees in this 2-hour TCR roundtable webinar will collaboratively and interactively examine and analyze the movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, through the lens of intergenerational family counseling. The learning objectives are as follows.

• Identify basic family systems concepts

• Discuss intergenerational family counseling concepts and tenets

• Discuss cultural and other contextual variables relevant to understanding the main characters in the movie

• Conceptualize the developmental, intrapersonal, and interpersonal experiences of the main character in the movie based on intergenerational family counseling constructs and tenets

• Develop counseling interventions based on intergenerational family counseling approach

Using Movies in the Counselor Education Curriculum

Presenters: Jung (June) H. Hyun, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC and Tiphanie Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Using movies in the classroom setting is not new in counselor education. While using media such as movies and TV series are welcomed to the new digital generations of counselors, effective use of movies as teaching tool requires thoughtful and intentional selection and course design. Two counselor educators who have used a variety of movies and TV series in many classes will share their experiences with a critical pedagogical lens. Implications for multicultural and social justice competence will also be discussed in this 1.5-hour TCR Roundtable webinar.

Join us for an information session & find out how you can become more involved in the Counseling Roundtable as a collaborator!

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: A Conversation on Building Cultural Knowledge and Skills in Working with Asian Clients in the U.S.

Presenters: Dr. S Anandavalli, Dr. Christian Chan & Dr. John Harrichand

Moderator: Dr. Kok-Mun Ng

The success of the movie “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” has generated a lot of buzz in the film industry and social media about the impact of the movie in highlighting the lack and importance of Asian cultural representation in film making, social discourse, and social justice in a multicultural society such as the U.S. Counselor educators have noted the usefulness of using movies in facilitating learning of specific counseling concepts and skills. “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” presents a wonderful vehicle in current pop culture for counselors to increase their knowledge on the Chinese culture, immigrant experience, and relationships. A panel of speakers with Asian heritage backgrounds will offer their critique and examination of the cultural elements in the movie story. Participants will be invited to reflect, discuss, and examine ways in which the movie story can be used to inform and facilitate their work with clients who may resonate with the story and its characters.

Work Table Focus: Quantitative Methods

TCR is pleased to offer the following Work Table sessions to provide participants consultation, peer review, and a space to process and metabolize their projects in development. This is a space for early career researchers to seek feedback and input regarding their research projects (e.g., design, questions, conceptualization, challenges), agenda, concerns, specific writing challenges, and so forth.

Research mentors for the above session:

Kok-Mun Ng, PhD, LPC, LCMHC, NCC, ACS & John Harrichand, PhD, LMHC, LPC, NCC, CCMHC, ACS

Mental Health and School Counseling Collaboration: Leadership Matters

Presenters: Liz Tolliver & Thang Tran

This webinar explores the powerful leadership impact of school counselors and mental health counselors in meeting the ever-increasing needs of both students and families. The collaboration between these two services is critically important, now more than ever. Awareness of the need for more comprehensive school counseling and mental health student services is apparent, but addressing the need is overwhelming. Through a deeper understanding of leadership roles, importance of adaptability, and advocacy for services, attendees will leave empowered to embark on collaborative systemic change. This presentation will provide attendees with current research regarding barriers to student success in schools, leadership roles of school counseling and mental health personnel in schools, and current school-based mental health programs. Attendees will learn how schools are stepping up to meet the needs of students, tangible ways to establish collaboration, and address barriers impeding student mental health services in an effort to increase and improve mental health student resources.

School Counseling Leadership Silver Linings: Lessons from Quarantine

Presenters: Alyson Leatherman, Lisa Lucas, and Antonio Perez

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world of counseling forever with implications that may play out for a long time to come. Over the last year and a half, the leadership roles and responsibilities of school counselors have been sharply magnified. School counselors have had to navigate the difficulties of access, technology complications, individual student and family needs, and a dramatically changing educational landscape. Many of us wondered if anything positive has come out of this demanding time. In this webinar, attendees will meet and interact with a panel of three professional school counselors and learn how they and their school counseling programs have led and innovated to meet the unexpected and unparalleled challenges of quarantine while meeting the needs of their diverse students and families. You will hear about their leadership roles, positive reflections, lessons learned, and strategies and improvements implemented to meet this global crisis.

What does counseling have to do with the environment? Come join us in an in-depth conversation with Dr. Debbie C. Sturm on the topic!

The climate crisis is predicted to have a profound impact on the mental health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities, with our most vulnerable neighbors being at an elevated risk. This impact includes depression, anxiety, PTSD and pre-traumatic stress, fear, eco-grief, irritability, anger, violence, and loneliness, as well as disease spread, heatstroke, lung disease, heart disease, suicidal ideation, and premature death. The effects of climate change on community mental health and wellbeing are already taking place globally and locally. In addition to making the connection between the climate crisis and mental health, participants will explore how the ACA Advocacy Competencies create a pathway for everyone to find their personal form of advocacy and leadership in the areas of climate change, environmental justice, and climate justice. The presenter’s personal journey and the outcomes of the work will provide context.

TCR is pleased to offer a Fireside Chat, a safe and welcoming space for counseling professionals to meet and connect with each other. We will gather in a spirit of restoration and reflection. We hope to gain strength from each other’s cultural and spiritual experiences. We have loose structure to guide our time which can be adjusted to meet our needs.

Work Table Focus: Quantitative Methods

TCR is pleased to offer the following Work Table sessions to provide participants consultation, peer review, and a space to process and metabolize their projects in development. This is a space for early career researchers to seek feedback and input regarding their research projects (e.g., design, questions, conceptualization, challenges), agenda, concerns, specific writing challenges, and so forth.

Research mentors for the above session:

Kok-Mun Ng, PhD, LPC, LCMHC, NCC, ACS & John Harrichand, PhD, LMHC, LPC, NCC, CCMHC, ACS

Work Table Focus: Qualitative Methods

TCR is pleased to offer the following Work Table sessions to provide participants consultation, peer review, and a space to process and metabolize their projects in development. This is a space for early career researchers to seek feedback and input regarding their research projects (e.g., design, questions, conceptualization, challenges), agenda, concerns, specific writing challenges, and so forth.

The Common Table is a fast-paced, “open mic”-style event featuring creative ideas to current challenges in counselor education and supervision. Presenters are asked to share their work in under 4 minutes.

Yup, 4 minutes.

Presentations are short and to the point, but allow for individuals to share something exciting and innovative they’re working on within the counseling profession. By design, these are conversation starters (appe-teasers!) and quick snapshots in time of an idea, framework, or project that folks are working on! Works-in-progress are actually encouraged! Because the time is so brief and structured, everyone will be strongly encouraged to continue discussing ideas offline and/or potentially be brought back to share in one of our longer format events!

Work Table Focus: Quantitative Methods

TCR is pleased to offer the following Work Table sessions to provide participants consultation, peer review, and a space to process and metabolize their projects in development. This is a space for early career researchers to seek feedback and input regarding their research projects (e.g., design, questions, conceptualization, challenges), agenda, concerns, specific writing challenges, and so forth.

Research mentors for the above session:

Kok-Mun Ng, PhD, LPC, LCMHC, NCC, ACS & John Harrichand, PhD, LMHC, LPC, NCC, CCMHC, ACS

The Common Table is a fast-paced, “open mic”-style event featuring creative ideas to current challenges in counselor education and supervision. Presenters are asked to share their work in under 4 minutes.

Yup, 4 minutes.

Presentations are short and to the point, but allow for individuals to share something exciting and innovative they’re working on within the counseling profession. By design, these are conversation starters (appe-teasers!) and quick snapshots in time of an idea, framework, or project that folks are working on! Works-in-progress are actually encouraged! Because the time is so brief and structured, everyone will be strongly encouraged to continue discussing ideas offline and/or potentially be brought back to share in one of our longer format events!

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