2026 Annual Fall Conference

Saturday, October 3, 2026 | 8AM - 6PM | Desert Willow Conference Center in Phoenix

Integrity & Innovation: Elevating Arizona Counseling

Early registration through September 26, 2026

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Tentative Schedule (6.75 CE)

08:00am-08:30am     Check-in and Breakfast

08:30am-09:00am     Welcome, President's Message, Past President's Message                        

09:00am-10:30am     GENERAL SESSION: Tobi Zavala, Executive Director of AZBBHE (1.5 CE)

10:30am-10:55am     Networking, Visit Exhibitors, Members-Only Drawing

11:00am-12:15pm     GENERAL SESSION: Ann Ordway, JD, PhD, Updated ACA Code of Ethics (1.25 CE)

12:15pm-01:15pm    Lunch and Networking, Drawing                           

01:15pm-02:45pm    4 breakout sessions options (1.5 CE)

Playing to Belonging: Creating Spaces of Belonging Using the Therapeutic Powers of Play (Dr. Erica Tatum-Sheade, DSW, LCSW, RPT-S™)

From Screen to Self: An Experiential Approach to Cinematherapy,​ Cultural Humility, and Possible Selves (Desiree Jackson, PhD, LPC​ and Julia Northrup, BA)

Identifying and Treating Taboo OCD Themes with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) (Kelsie Miller, LAC)

Paving The Way for Inclusion and Accessibility: The Impact of Mindfulness on Social Justice Advocacy in Counseling (Skylar Parker, M.S., LPC)

03:00pm-04:30pm    4 breakout sessions options (1.5 CE)

Becoming an Authentic Clinician: Integrating Self, System, and Skill (Shari Short, LMFT)

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Culturally Responsive Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (​Sharli N. Berry, MS, LPC, CCTP)

Size Inclusive, Eating Disorder Informed Care in a GLP-1 Era (Aspen Turney, MSC, LAC, CIEC, NCC)

The Anxiety of Existing: Racial Hypervigilance, Code-Switching, and Chronic Stress Among BIPOC Clients and Counselors (Erica Varner-Anderson, PhD, LPC, NCC, Desiree Jackson, PhD, LPC, Armando Peelman, EdD, MSC, Alphonso Butler, Student Intern)

04:45pm-05:45pm    GENERAL SESSION: Marcela Kepic, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS and Alicia Donovan, MA, LPC-Supervisor, RPT-S™, Self-Care Interventions for Counselors (1 CE)              

05:45pm-06:00pm    Closing Remarks, Members-Only Drawing

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