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Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association
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| Serving Professional Counselors | Fall 2014 |
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SAVE THE DATES
Networking Breakfast
May 16 - Royal Oak
Mindfulness Workshop
January 16-Auburn Hills
Creativity in Counseling Workshop
March 6
DSM-5 Workshops
April 10-Spring Arbor
May 1 -Mt Pleasant
Grief & Loss Conference
Jan 23-Ypsilanti
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MMHCA is the state chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association.
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Interested in gaining experience in communications and helping MMHCA? Contact Jim Blundo to find out more!
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Welcome to MMHCA
Melissa Athmann
Andra Williams
Carol Grosmark
Shanda Berdan
Earlene Blevins
Stacey Kaminski
Verna Love
Ken Roehling
Heather Samkowiak
Chris Shreve
Dana Venhuizen
Monica Webb
Erika Whitt
Eva Mondor
Nicole DeVol
Lesley Eddington
Frederick Hogan II
Jaclyn Malek
Linda Smith
Mary Spradling
Kurt Stevens
Janis Duwe
Susan Kramer
Cara Kuipers
Ann Marie Shay
Kimber Decker
Kathy Fall
Nicole King
Lynn MacDonald
Susie Mansfield
Rebecca Powers-
Livingston
Heidi Freeman
Paula Herzog
Alma Muxlow
Steve Pendziszewski
Sharon Cipriano Galbreath
Guy Jacobson
Suzanne Hedstrom
Brad Hinman
Agisha Mathew
Mary Jane Schreur
Judith Shredneski
Margaret Lyons
Dawn Blashak
Shari Curran
Jennifer Hurley
Edwina Jarrett
Daren Jones
Chad Marks
Darlene McMathis-West
Katie Padula
John Smith
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David Dillman
Michael Sullivan
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Executive Director Report
Out of My Mind
Those involved in networking know the meaning of an "ask". For those that do not, this will be a meaningful lesson about marketing. I have an ask! Our membership has reached 600. On behalf of the MMHCA Board we sincerely thank you for your membership. Each of you is an ambassador for MMHCA, LLPC/LPC's and allied health professionals. Please invite your peers to join our army of Michigan mental health professionals.
I am asking you to invite one mental health professional to join online.
Numbers = Economic and Political Clout for Mental Health Services!
- To the members who have lapsed or dropped, please consider renewing your membership. We need you to help with our agenda to create a living wage, protect and advance public policy, and to be the voice of mental health in our state. You are needed now more than ever!
- We will be producing a variety of one-day trainings, half-day workshops, networking breakfasts, and evening networking events. These will take place all around the state in 2015.
- Please go to our website www.mmhca.org for the latest information, to read about upcoming events, and to begin to register for workshops and trainings.
Events to watch for in 2015 and 2016.
- Breakfast and Grass Roots Networking in:
Flint, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Novi, Southfield, Traverse City, and your area if are interested in hosting. We do all the work.
Private Practice Essentials, Suicidology and Self-Mutilation, Mindfulness, Integrated Care, Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Supervision Training and advanced Supervision Workshops, Beginning, Intermediate, and advanced Psychometric Training, and Mental Status Exam Training.
The answer to my ask is simple: join, renew, and participate.
Make MMHCA part of your professional life. We deserve to thrive not just survive!
Jim Blundo, LPC, CCMHC, NCC
MMHCA Executive Director
jamesblundo@att.net
 
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2015 UPCOMING EVENTS - save these dates!
Go to www.mmhca.org for details and to register.
January 16: "Being It": An Experiential Mindfulness Workshop (1/2 day), online Registration for this event is available now!
Click here to register for January 16 Workshop.
January 23: Grief and Loss Over a Lifetime Conference co-sponsored with Eastern Michigan University CSI,
online Registration for this event is available now!
Click here to register for January 23 Conference.
March 06: Creativity in Counseling Workshop co-sponsored with Oakland University CSI
April 10: DSM-5 ICD 10 CM Training Workshop Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, Online Registration for this event is available now!
Click here to register for April 10 Event.
May 01: DSM-5 ICD 10 CM Training Workshop, Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant
May 16: Grassroots Networking Breakfast, Jimi's Restaurant Royal Oak
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"Being it" - Experiential Mindfulness Workshop
 Presenter: Linda Oxford, Owner of Awakening Health LLCThe media is full of stories and hype about mindfulness - and you can't really understand it without "being it." This half-day experiential workshop will guide you through cultivating greater awareness, creating a personal practice and using mindfulness in your work with others. You will learn directly how mindfulness improves your ability to stay present in the midst of difficulties, contributes to well-being and personal development, and deepens your capacity for compassion. The workshop introduces both formal and informal mindfulness practices as well as the triad of awareness - body sensation, thought and emotion. You will learn new skills for self-regulation and access your innate powers for healing, connection and happiness.
Friday January 16, 2015
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1500 Opdyke Road, Auburn Hills, MI. 48326
(248) 373-4550
*Registration/Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Workshop: 9:00 am - Noon
Lunch on your own at O'Malley's Restaurant in Crown Plaza Lobby!
3 NBCC Credits
*No refunds after January 12, 2014
1) MMHCA Members: $60.00
2) Non-Members: $100.00 (includes one-year membership)
3) Students: $60.00 (includes one year membership)
Click here to register.
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DSM-5 WORKSHOPS
DSM-5: The Diagnostic Manual for the Future
Plus ICD 10 CM codes (requirement delayed until 10/2015)
MMHCA is pleased to announce upcoming
locations for DSM-5 workshops.
- April 10, 2015 at Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Click here to register for April 10, 2014 workshop
- May 1, 2015 at Central Michigan University in Mt Pleasant
We hope you will take advantage of this amazing opportunity. Our workshops are fairly valued. We have contracted each location to handle 250 attendees. We are less costly than most DSM-5 workshops being presented in Michigan.
You will be able to purchase the DSM-5 Manual and other related materials. We are aware that you could choose other venues and webinars. Please check us out first.
Here are really important reasons for choosing MMHCA workshops.
- We are honored to have Jack Klott MSSA, LISW, LMSW, CACIII as our presenter. He is well known in the world of training. He is an expert on all things DSM. In addition, Jack is renowned
author and a wonderful presenter.
- These workshops are a great opportunity to network with fellow counselors.
- The last workshop attendance was 90% LLPC/LPC's
and the reviews were superb.
- The interactive process of face to face is always a better way to learn. Each attendee will receive the power point presentation in hard copy or electronically.
- Six NBCC credits are granted.
- Our workshops are Michigan based. Presenters and organizations from other states are not aware of Michigan licensing laws, rules, and requirements.
- Becoming a member of MMHCA will allow you to be part of professional organization that will enhance your career long term.
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Counseling Helps Deal With A Host of Issues
Counseling can be an effective way to deal with life's many problems and challenges according to a recent HealthDay News article. Are they stating the obvious? No doubt. But this was the lead sentence for a government health news email feed I recently received where I work. Part of our role as professional counselors is to educate. We not only educate the clients we serve, but we can also educate the Physicians that are treating others who may benefit from counseling. If you are approaching health professionals to initiate a conversation about providing counseling services incident to their licenses, then you may want to peruse this article. ( www.healthfinder.gov/news) It went on to impart that the American Academy of Family Physicians says counseling may help pe ople cope with these issues: Depression, grief or loss.
Intimacy, relationships, fertility, infidelity or divorce.
Anxiety, stress, anger, compulsion or addiction.
Problems with family, career or phobias.
Eating disorder, illness or chronic pain.
Domestic violence.
As a MMHCA member you can find information on the incident to billing concept in an article on the Members Only page.
Newsletter by
Cindy S. Goldman, MEd, LPC, NCC
Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association www.mmhca.org
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As a MMHCA Member You Can Be Listed on the Find a Counselor Page of the MMHCA Website
 In order to add you to the Find a Counselor Page on www.MMHCA.ORG we need some information from you. Please Click here to print the Website Information Update Form and email or mail it to Colleen Tavor of the MMHCA Membership Committee. Any questions? Don't hesitate to ask Colleen at cmtcounseling@gmail.com |
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Attention all LLPC's!
This document from Lansing on Mental Health Professional Clarification corrects the problem of excluding LLPC's. It was sent to all CMH Directors in Michigan by the State of Michigan Board of Community Health. This is Great news for LLPC's in Michigan. Another reason to celebrate and join MMHCA. Click here to read the Memo.
Watch for more news from CMH soon!
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MMHCA's CORE VALUES
1. Integrity 2. Developing the Profession 3. Empowerment
4. Inclusiveness 5. Diversity 6. Altruism 7. Building Partnerships
MMHCA is an independent and volunteer division of the Michigan Counseling Association. The Mission of the Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association is to develop and empower the mental health counseling profession and promote mental health for the community. |
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Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association (MMHCA)
and EMU Chi Sigma Iota, Pi Omega Chapter (CSI)
This co-sponsored conference is designed to inform and enhance skills for Mental Health Professionals and Graduate Students in:
Grief and Loss Over a Lifetime
Friday, January 23, 2015
Eastern Michigan University - Student Center Rooms 300, 301 & 352
900 Oakwood St. Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Keynote Speaker: Devika Dibya Choudhuri, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CMHC, ACS
Professor at Department of  Counseling & Applied Behavioral Studies at the University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT
Dr. Choudhuri has taught graduate level courses in grief, trauma, and loss at the University of Saint Joseph and Eastern Michigan University. In addition to her experience in grief and loss counseling, Dr. Choudhuri is also knowledgeable about multicultural issues in counseling. Those who know Dr. Choudhuri admire her for her passion, dedication, and ability to reach people on a meaningful level.
- Attend keynote and breakout sessions about a variety of topics relating to grief and loss.
- Gain information about working with specific populations.
- Network with other mental health professionals.
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 to 8:30 AM
Conference: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Informal networking 3:30 PM
Lunch on your own
5 NBCC CEU Credits 5 CEUs for Social Workers 5 SCECHs
Information/Registration online: http://www.mmhca.org/ Click on news/events page.
Registration Fees: (check one; no refunds after January 19, 2015)
___MMHCA Professional Members $75 ___ Non-Members $100 (no MMHCA membership)
___Professional Non-Members $125 (includes one year membership in MMHCA)
___CSI Graduate Students $40 (includes one year membership in MMHCA)
___Graduate Students $50 (no MMHCA membership)
___Graduate Students $60 (includes one year membership in MMHCA)
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Mail to: MMMHCA, PO BOx 80036, Rochester, MI 48308
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Avoiding Liability - Revisiting Some Basics
Article by Richard S Leslie, J.D. for CPH and Associates' website which is devoted to providing mental health practitioners with important and interesting information related to their practices. It is their hope and desire that with increased usage of this section of their website, practitioners will be a better able to avoid getting into legal or ethical difficulties by being more likely to spot the legal issue facing them. Once the practitioner realizes that a legal or ethical issue exists, he or she is hopefully resourceful enough to get a timely and reliable answer. Practitioners can, among other things, consult with their professional association. Click here for entire article on Avoiding Liability - Revisiting Some Basics.
See our website www.mmhca.org for a link to CPH and Associates website.
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