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Foundations and Frontiers: Cultivating Excellence Across the Counseling Career

Tentative Schedule (6.75 CE)

08:00am-08:30am      Check-in and Breakfast, Visit Exhibitors

08:30am-09:00am      Welcome, President Comments, Recognition

09:00am-10:15am        Speaker Greg Searls, Executive Director, Counseling Compact Commission (1.25 CE)

10:15am-10:45am        Networking, Visit Exhibitors, Members-Only Drawing

10:45am-12:15pm      Speaker Tobi Zavala, Executive Director, Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners (1.5 CE)

12:15pm-01:15pm      Lunch and Networking, Visit Exhibitors

01:15pm-02:45pm      Breakout Sessions - 4 Options (1.5 CE)

1. Counseling in the Age of AI: Promise, Practice, and Precaution with Kelly O'Horo, LPC and Patrick O'Horo, LAC
2. The Healing Art of Ketamine: Psychotherapy Ketamine Treatment with Lillie Cortes, LPC-S, CSAT, SEP, Psychadelic-Informed Therapist and Michael Yasinski, MD
3. Rooted Resilience: Honoring Identity to Prevent Burnout and Cultivate Excellence in Clinical Practice with Sirenna Meza, LPC
4. Messy Magic: Nurtured Parenting in a Trauma-Informed Setting for Neurodivergent Families with Regina Thompson, LCSW

03:00pm-04:30pm      Breakout Sessions - 4 Options (1.5 CE)       

1. Evolving Impact and The Business of Therapy: Expansion and Sustainable Growth for Experienced Counselors with Julia Spain, LPC
2. Coming Soon! An Updated Code of Ethics and the Impact on Arizona Counselors with Ann M. Ordway, JD, PhD
3. SELF-DOUBT TO SELF-TRUST: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Burnout with Carlie Deadman, LPC
4. More Than Just Odd: What I Learned from My Neurodivergent Journey into Clinical Work with Christian Senftleben, LAC

04:45pm-06:00pm      Closing Session: Recentering & Refueling: Practical Self-Care Interventions for Counselors  with Speaker Marcela Kepic (1.0 CE), Closing Remarks, Members-Only Drawing

Thank you to our sponsors!

All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than October 1, 2025. Cancellations are subject to a $30 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) may be requested. No refunds after October 1, 2025.

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