CECP
2003-06 News
Dr. Donna Talbot, associate professor, was recognized as a Diamond Honoree by the American College Personnel Association for sustained and significant contributions to the student affairs profession. Diamond Honorees will be recognized during the national conference in Orlando in April.
Counselor Education Doctoral Students had a very memorable ‘October 2006’ with presentations at the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, October 19 - 21, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri and an article appearing in the October 2006 issue of Counseling Today.
Dr. Alan Hovestadt, counselor education and counseling psychology, was one of 150 invited participants to attend the 22nd Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy Nov. 8-9 in Atlanta's Carter Center. Disaster and mental health experts gathered to discuss the long-term psychological consequences of Hurricane Katrina and ways to improve disaster planning, preparedness and response as they relate to mental health. They developed and prioritized major policy recommendations that will be shared with federal, state, regional, and local governments.
Hovestadt came to WMU in 1985 and was CECP chair for 10 years. He is a fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is serving a two-year term as the organization's president.
CECP Colloquia - Dr. Lonnie Duncan presented, "Evidenced Based Multicultural Competencies: From Conceptualization to Reality" on October 27th.
Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley presented, "Are We Invited? African American Women Faculty/Scholars and the Current Discourse on Gender." on November 10th.
Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley, professor, and Dr. Phillip Johnson, assistant professor, in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, along with doctoral students Glinda Rawls and Darryl Plunkett have published an article in the Journal of School Counseling on "Overrepresentation of African American males in special education programs: Implications and advocacy strategies for school counselors."
The Therapist’s Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy (2006), a two-volume set edited by Karen B. Helmeke, PhD, CECP part-time instructor and Adjunct Associate Professor in WMU’s Family & Consumer Sciences Dept., and Catherine Sori, PhD of Governors State University in University Park, IL has recently been published by Haworth Press. These are part of Haworth Press’ popular Therapist’s Notebook series which offers practical activities, handouts and homework assignments on a variety of topics in counseling and psychotherapy.
Several CECP faculty members and students/graduates authored chapters in these 2 volumes. Faculty member names are bolded below and student/graduate names are italicized.
Volume I:
- Robert R. Powell & Stephen E. Craig: Spirituality and Professional Disclosure
- Joseph J. Horak: I am Not Worthy: Shame and Spirituality
- Lonnie E. Duncan: Using Concepts of NTU Psychotherapy to Encourage the Use of Prayer: Overcoming Stress and Trauma in Christian Clients
Volume II
- Gary H. Bischof & Karen B. Helmeke: Including Religion or Spirituality on the Menu in Solution-Oriented Brief Therapy
- Stephen E. Craig: Exploration of Adolescent and Adult Spirituality through early Memories: An Adlerian Psychological Perspective
- Renee L. Wagenaar: God’s Box of Love
- Michele L. McGrady & Kelly A. McDonnell: Helping Lesbian and Gay Clients Work toward Positive Spiritual Health
- Shawn V. MacDonald: Spiritual Journey Mapping with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients
- Alicia V. Fahr: Autoethnography: A Tool for Coping with Chronic Illness
- Joseph J. Horak: Deconstructing God in Relation to the Reconstruction of Self
- Brian Distelberg & Karen B. Helmeke: Am I a Father? A Husband’s Miscarriage
- Kelly A. McDonnell, Heather A. Cerridwen, & Sharon A. Carney: Using Creative Arts Techniques to Address Spirituality with Caregivers in Group Counseling
Dr. Jerry McLaughlin, assistant professor, had a paper in press entitled 'The pros and cons of viewing formal diagnosis from a formal social constructionist perspective’ which appeared in the fall 2006 issue of the Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development.
Counselor Education Doctoral Students have had a very memorable ‘October 2006’ with presentations at the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, October 19 - 21, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri and an article appearing in the October 2006 issue of Counseling Today.
Doctoral student and faculty presenters and topics at the NCACES conference included Darryl Plunkett and Darryl Steele "Dissed and Dismissed: Training Professional Counselors to Advocate for African American Boys"; Janee Steele "Collaborative Strategies for Achieving Social Justice for Students who are Homeless"; Nikita Murry "Leadership in Lifespan Issues"; Glinda Rawls and LaSonda Wells on "Advocacy for African American College Students"; Ericka Newton, Bob Powell, Daniel Romero, Chris Stuive and faculty member Suzanne Hedstrom "The Informed Consent Practices of Counselors-Past Present"; Darryl Plunkett, Patrick Kamu, Glinda Rawls with faculty members Carla Adkison-Bradley and Philip Johnson "Preparing African American Counselor Education Doctoral Students for the Academy: A Focus on Publishing"; Adam Wall, Jeff Badger, and faculty member Stephen Craig "Self-Disclosure Skills for Counseling Students with Blindness or Low-Vision"; LaSonda Wells, Jeffrey Badger, Stephen Darling, Janet Glaes on "Doctoral Level Counselor Identity"; Ericka Newton and faculty member Suzanne Hedstrom "Comprehensive Exams in Doctoral Counselor Education Programs: Examining Current Practices" and faculty member Sheila Witherspoon on "First-Year School Counselors: Investigating their Career Decisions, School Experiences, and Overall Job Satisfaction: Implications for School Counselor Educators".
Second year Counselor Education Doctoral Students Janee Steele, Nikita Murray, Darryl Steele, Daniel Romero, Patrick Kamau, Adam Wall and Darryl Plunkett, describe their learning experiences together as a doctoral cohort in “Learning and Growing Together” published in the October 2006 issue of Counseling Today.
ACA members may read their article online.
Dr. Shelia Witherspoon, assistant professor, recently had a paper published in The Counseling Interviewer titled "Counseling Gifted African American Females". Dr. Witherspoon also has a case study in Case Studies in School Counseling just published by Merrill Prentice Hall and an article in press on School Counselor Professional Identity for the journal Guidance and Counseling.
Dr. Witherspoon presented on “The Cycle of Educational Dismissal of African American Males: Implications for School Counselor Advocacy” in the CECP Department Colloquium Series Friday, September 22nd.
Dr. Eric Sauer, associate professor and director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services in Grand Rapids, was appointed to the Editorial Board of The Counseling Psychologist. The Counseling Psychologist is the official journal of The Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17 of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Sauer also recently had three articles appear as part of a special issue on the scientist-practitioner model in the international journal Counselling Psychology Quarterly. His articles included: "Counselling psychologists as scientist-practitioners: Finding unity in diversity", "Defining characteristic or unrealistic ideal: Historical and contemporary perspectives on scientist-practitioner training in counseling psychology'; and "Living the scientist-practitioner model in a psychology training clinic."
Patrick H. Munley, professor and interim chair of the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, was presented with the 2006 "W. James Cossé Distinguished Service Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Professional Practice of Counseling Psychology" by the American Academy of Counseling Psychology (AACoP). AACoP membership consists of counseling psychologists Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology. The award was presented in New Orleans on August 11, 2006 during AACoP’s annual meeting.
Dr. James Croteau, professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, has been named a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues. Croteau already was a fellow of APA's Society for Counseling Psychology. Croteau, a faculty member since 1990, received the new designation in August at the APA's annual conference for his outstanding contributions to LGB issues in psychology.
Counselor Education doctoral students Darryl Plunkett, Janee Steele and Darryl Steele placed second in the Second Annual American Counseling Association Ethic’s Competition. Students across the country from 18 doctoral programs and 45 masters programs participated in the competition. Each team presented their response to a case study developed by the ACA Ethics Committee in a 15-page paper. Each team had to use appropriate scholarly literature relevant to solving the ethical dilemma and present what action(s) they believed were most ethical to take and justifications for their proposed actions. Three awards were given in the doctoral division and three in the masters. The doctoral division winners were:
First Place: University of Virginia
Second Place: Western Michigan University
Honorable Mention: University of Minnesota
Each member of the Western Michigan University Team will receive an award and a link to their case study will be published in Counseling Today and on several counseling listservs.
Darryl Plunkett, doctoral student in counselor education, was appointed to the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) National Executive Board as their graduate student representative. ACES is the flagship organization for professors and supervisors in the field of counselor education. The graduate student representative position is a coveted position among doctoral students (and faculty) because the position is responsible for programming and activities for doctoral students across the country involved in ACES. This two-year appointment includes being a voting member of the executive board in the second year. Darryl was offered the appointment by Dr. Harriot Glosoff, Director, doctoral program in counselor education at The University of Virginia, and president-elect of ACES. Darryl’s dissertation committee consists of Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley (chair), Dr. Phillip Johnson and Dr. Brooks Applegate.
Dr. Jerry McLaughlin, assistant professor, authored an article in press in the Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development on The pros and cons of viewing formal diagnosis from a social constructionist perspective.
The Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology (CECP) held an awards reception and presented endowed scholarships, student awards and the outstanding alumni award on April 11.
Recipients included: Katherine DeKoning, Outstanding Master’s Student in CECP; Melissa Lidderdale, Robert & Diane Betz Award for Doctoral Studies in Counseling Psychology; Charmeka Whitehead, CECP Alumni Doctoral Scholarship; Judith Snow, Outstanding Alumni Award; Stephanie Bierlein, The Paul & Phyllis Griffeth Outstanding Master’s Student in Student Affairs; Darryl Plunkett, Robert & Diane Betz Award for Doctoral Studies in Counselor Education; Glinda Rawls, Outstanding Doctoral Student in Counselor Education; Donald Knight, Kenneth Bullmer Scholarship for Doctoral Studies in Counseling Psychology; Chris Richmond, Outstanding Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology; Jill Ann Tatum, CECP Alumni Master’s Scholarship. Jean Arteaga, The Arthur & Margaret Manske Outstanding Master’s Student in School Counseling.
Dr. Kelly McDonnell, assistant professor, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, the official journal of the Association for Specialists in Group Work, a Division of the American Counseling Association.
Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology faculty members Dr. Joseph Morris and Dr. Kelly McDonnell presented papers at the American Counseling Association conference, March 30 to April 3 in Montréal, Quebec Canada. Dr. Morris presented on "Real Scenarios: A Classroom Training Approach to Increase Multicultural Competency" and Dr. McDonnell presented on "Counselor Education Students' Perspectives on Multicultural and Diversity Training."
Dr. Gary Bischof, associate professor, and Karen Helmeke, part-time faculty member, both in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, co-authored an article on the integration of religion and spirituality with couple therapy. This article was accepted as part of a special issue on the state of the art of couple therapy for the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy.
Dr. Norman Kiracofe, professor, and Lasonda Wells, doctoral student, both in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, co-authored a paper in-press in the Journal of Counseling and Development on "Mandated Disciplinary Counseling on Campus: Problems and Possibilities".
Dr. Phillip Johnson, assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, authored "Counseling African American Men: A Contextualized Humanistic Perspective" which appeared in the April 2006 issue of Counseling and Values. (Photo: Johnson)
Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley was selected by Kent State University as the 2006 recipient of the Counseling and Human Development Services Dr. Dwight L. Arnold Outstanding Alumnus Award. The award is being given in recognition of Dr. Adkison-Bradley’s work as a counselor educator. The award was presented at the Kent State University Reception during the American Counseling Association Conference in Montréal on Sunday, April 2.
The MuBeta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota inducted 37 new members at an official induction ceremony on Thursday, January 19. Chi Sigma Iota is an international honor society for professional counselors. The mission of Chi Sigma Iota is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership and excellence in counseling. The primary criteria for membership into Chi Sigma Iota is academic excellence in counselor education. Currently, there are 80 members. The faculty advisor for Chi Sigma Iota is Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley. The officers are as follows: Past President Jennifer Mills (2004-2006), President Glinda Rawls, Secretary/Treasurer Darryl Plunkett, and Past Secretary/Treasurer Christina Crans-Stuive (2004-2005)
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: Thursday, January 19 - Dr. Beverly Vandiver, Associate Professor of Education in School Psychology and Director of the Africana Research Center at Penn State University presented "From Civil Rights to Social Justice: What's in a name?" Also, Dr. Vandiver presented to graduate students on "Conducting Cross-Cultural Research" on Thursday January 19.
Recent Faculty Presentations: Dr. Jennifer Wiebold and several RCT students recently presented at the Michigan Rehabilitation Conference and the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association Professional Development Symposium. These presentations included:
Rehabilitation Immersion Experience: A Journey Into Living And Learning About Blindness. Wiebold, J., Lindsey, M., & Shull, J., Michigan Rehabilitation Association Conference - Grand Rapids, MI
Services for Persons with Blindness or Low Vision in Kenya. Ngali, P., Michigan Rehabilitation Association Conference - Grand Rapids, M
101 No Cost/Low Cost Assistive Technology Software Solutions , Angerman, P. & Lee, H., Michigan Rehabilitation Association Conference - Grand Rapids, MI.
Helping Professionals: Identifying and Coping with Stress, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue. Wiebold, J. & Willmering, P., Michigan Rehabilitation Association Conference - Grand Rapids, MI.
Resources For Combined Agency Rehabilitation Counselors Working with Consumers with Blindness or Low Vision. Wiebold, J. & Crudden, A., National Rehabilitation Counseling Association Professional Development Symposium – Memphis, TN.
CECP presentations at ACES: Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley, Dr. Phillip Johnson, Dr. Suzanne Hedstrom and Dr. Sheila Witherspoon attended the ACES Conference in Pittsburgh in October 2005. Thirteen doctoral students also attended and presented at the conference. Dr. Carla Adkison-Bradley, Dr. Phillip Johnson and doctoral students Donald Knight and Elizabeth Bradshaw presented a paper on Preparing African American Counselor Education Doctoral Students for the Professorate. Dr. Johnson presented on Utilizing a Contextualized Humanistic Theoretical Approach: Implications for Teaching Counseling Theory. Dr. Witherspoon presented a paper on Cultural Advocacy of Counselor Education: Facilitating class discussions on race. Shawn Bultsma and Dr. Hedstrom presented on Supervision of school counselors using a comprehensive guidance framework and Ericka Newton, Dr. Hedstrom, B. Page and A. Kindsvatter presented on The development of researchers: Using research teams in counselor education.
CECP presentation at AAMFT national annual conference: Dr. Alan Hovestadt and doctoral student Tony Tatman co-presented a paper titled Work and Family Conflict: An Overlooked Relationship? at the AAMFT National Annual Conference held in Kansas City from October 20-October 23.
MCA conference: Dr. Stephen Craig and Dr. Suzanne Hedstrom attended the Michigan Counseling Association Conference, Traverse City, Michigan in October 2005 and both gave presentations. Dr. Hedstrom, Ericka Newton, Chris Stuive, Robert Powell, and Adriana Fox presented on Overcoming barriers to counselor self-care. Also during the MCA Conference a successful open house reception was held with 75-100 students, faculty, alumni and others attending.
MACES Outstanding Service Award: Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Hedstrom who received the Outstanding Service Award from the Michigan Association for Counselor Education and Supervision for Outstanding Service.
Research grant award from MACES: Shawn Bultsma, Suzanne Hedstrom, and Diane Parfitt (Oakland University) were awarded a Collaboration Grant from MACES. Topic: Supervision of Professional School Counseling Interns: A Modified Use of the Integrated Developmental Model. $500
Research grant award from NCACES: Suzanne Hedstrom, Ericka Newton, Chris Stuive, and Bob Powell were awarded a Research Grant from NCACES. Topic: Informed Consent Practices of Counselors. $500
Dr. Eric Sauer, assistant professor in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, will be the guest editor for a special issue of Counseling Psychology Quarterly on counseling psychology and the scientist--practitioner model.
Dr. Shelia Witherspoon published the paper titled Transitions: A Peer Mentoring Program for African American Males in The Counseling Interviewer: Special Issue - Counseling African American Adolescents.
Dr. Mary Anderson with doctoral students Melissa Lidderdale and Sharon Carney presented a paper at the Dennis H. May Conference on Diversity Issues and the Role of Counseling Centers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign entitled: Now I'm "Out", Now I'm Not: A Multidimensional and Contextual Approach to Sexual Identity Management for LGB College Students.
Dr. Alan Hovestadt recently coauthored a chapter in the Handbook of Mental Health Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families on Rural Mental Health Services.
Dr. Courtland Lee, Scholar in Residence: The Mu Beta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, the international honor society
for counselors, hosted Dr. Courtland Lee as Scholar in Residence in
March, 2005. Dr. Lee is currently Professor and
Coordinator of School Counseling at the University of Maryland, College
Park. He is a former President of the American Counseling Association
(ACA) and Chi Sigma Iota, and is President-Elect of the International
Counseling Division of ACA. Dr. Lee has published extensively on
matters related to counselor training and multicultural concerns. During
his time on campus, Dr. Lee made two presentations and worked with the
Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology's faculty on issues involved with working in a multicultural department.
Bischof to lead therapy group: Dr. Gary Bischof, faculty member and coordinator of the department's marriage and family therapy masters program, has been named president-elect of the Michigan Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. After serving as president-elect, he will begin a two-year term as MAMFT’s president. MAMFT is a division of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the primary professional organization for the field.
Dr. James Croteau received the American Psychological Association (APA) CLGBC 2003 Outstanding Achievement Award
Geisler and CACREP: 20 Years: Dr. John Geisler celebrates 20 years of service to the department as CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) Liaison and Director of Training for the doctoral program in Counselor Education. He was the key Counselor Education faculty person responsible for the department's initial accreditation in 1983. CACREP accreditation contributes to the unity of the counseling profession by bringing together practitioners, teachers, and students in the vital activity of setting standards for the preparation and education of entry-level professionals and of continually improving professional preparation, educational research and scholarship, and practice.