Strengthening Counseling Professional Identity in South Carolina

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Strengthening Counseling Professional Identity
in South Carolina

• Who We Are -
• Where We Want to Be -
• Strategies to Get There!

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Counseling Professional Identity in South
CarolinaWho We Are
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A Present and Shared Focus

• The Person of Counselor
• Requires graduate education
• Adherence to ethical standards
• Licensure or certification
• Organizational membership and involvement
• The Practice of Counseling
• Holistic
• Focus on healthy functioning individuals who are
  experiencing life challenges
• Empirically driven and based on sound theoretical
  foundations
• Involves the facilitation of change
  behaviorally, emotionally, cognitively

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Counseling Professional Identity in South
CarolinaWhere We Want to Be
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Counseling is a professional relationship that
empowers diverse individuals, families, and
groups to accomplish mental
health, wellness, education, and
career goals. American Counseling Association
(2010) 20/20 A Vision for the Future of
Counseling Consensus Definition of Counseling
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Moving in Shared Professional Focus to

• A Unified Professional Identity
• Selecting strands not functioning as separate
  professions
• Strengthening educational and credentialed depth
• Aspiring to visions of service empowerment for
  all whom we serve as professionals
• Progressing in leadership and advocacy
• Promoting ownership of identity as Counselor

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A Young Field Pressing Issues on the Horizon

• Recognized and valued through professional
  identity
• Public
• Profession
• Political Structure
• Educated, adept, and productive by integrating
  research and counseling practice to form
  a more exact science
• Authenticated as professionals
• Roles
• Reimbursement as providers

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Counseling Professional Identity in South
CarolinaStrategies to Get There!
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Counseling Association Membership

• Benefits of Membership
• Advocate for the Counseling Cares of Tomorrow
• Expand Professional Development
• Networking Mentoring
• Save on Resources, Services, and Products
• Ethical Guidelines and Support

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Meeting the Developmental and Mental Health Needs
of South Carolinians
South CarolinaCounselingAssociation
Needs You (Awareness)
Needs You (Knowledge)
Needs You (Skills)
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South Carolina Counseling Association

• The mission of SCCA is to be an association of
  responsible professionals which functions to
  enhance human development and
• to advance the counseling and
• human development profession.

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Vision Statement

• To unite persons engaged or interested in any
  phase of counseling and human development in
  South Carolina
• To maintain and improve professional standards
  in the field of counseling and development.
• To encourage the development of counseling
  activities through South Carolina
• To serve as a central clearing agency for the
  information pertinent to present or contemplated
  personnel and programs in South Carolina.
• To disseminate information and to educate the
  public about the human development professional.
• To stimulate creative and experimental activities
  in the counseling and development field.
• To promote research in guidance, counseling, and
  development work and in other related fields.

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Our Success Measures

• Maintains a strong and energized professional
  counseling chapter of the American Counseling
  Association where membership characteristics
  support its mission, vision, and core strategic
  initiatives.  
• Provides financial viability for SCCA. 
• Engages in a visionary leadership development
  plan to support active governance of SCCA.
• Develops and sustains continuing education
  strategies for counseling professionals within
  South Carolina and identified bordering areas.
• Cultivates consistent staging of professional
  counseling presence in social media and
  technology.
• Establishes and maintains the recognition of
  South Carolina Counseling Association as a
  valuable professional counseling organization
  within the State and identified boarding areas of
  South Carolina and as a contributing chapter of
  the Southern Region, and the American Counseling
  Association.
• Provides leadership in establishing partnerships,
  sponsorships, and as an association in government
  relations.

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SCCA Long-Range Strategic Planning

• Cultivate the South Carolina Counseling
  Association Infrastructure and Scope of Services
  through its Membership, Divisions, Chapters,
  Working Groups and the Affiliate Groups 
• Enrich the Financial Capacity as a Means to
  Improve Association Resilience and
  Sustainability 
• Establish and Support a State-Wide Association
  Leadership Development Plan
• Develop Quarterly and Annual Continuing Education
  Strategies for Counseling Professionals
• Optimize a High-Performing Technology
  Communications Presence to Support Membership and
  Counseling Connections
• Promote the Recognition and Services of the
  Counseling Profession
• Leverage New and Sustaining Partnerships and
  Sponsorships for SCCA and the Counseling
  Profession

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Leading the Counseling Profession

• From the Past to Present
• many individuals have emerged as leaders and
  advocated to move us to the present. Their
  purpose to help create a profession dedicated to
  promoting wellness and human dignity through
  counseling services. Leading the charge in
  counselor education, public forums or legislative
  hearings.
• (Sweeney, 2011)

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Who will move us forward?

• We need a emerging group of leaders at all
  levels, international, national, state and local.
• New leaders who understand the complexities and
  challenges facing South Carolina Professional
  Counselors and the communities we serve.
• Exemplary leaders to act upon
• Research and Best Practice
• Supervision
• Advocacy
• Social Justice
• Accountability

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South Carolina Counseling Association50th Annual
Conference

• Upcoming Events!

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South Carolina CounselorsUnified in Profession,
Purpose, and Process

• 50th Annual Conference

February 27 March 1, 2014
Westin Hilton Resort and Spa
Hilton Head, SC 29928
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SCCA Connecting South Carolina Counselors

• Fall 2013
• C3 College and Career Readiness Workshops
• Spring 2014
• Building Excellence in Professionalism in
  Counseling Workshops
• Regional Topics Series
• DSM 5 Addiction Creativity in Counseling
  Ethics and More
• 2014 Webinars and PodcastsStay Tuned

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Membership Conference Registration - Please
Contact

• Dr. Wanda Briggs, SCCA President
• briggsw_at_winthrop.edu
• Linwood Floyd, Executive Secretary
• linwoodfloyd_at_yahoo.com
• Raychelle Lohmann, Chair, Technology
• raychelle.lohmann_at_hotmail.com

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SCCA Publication Opportunities

• The South Carolina Counseling Forum
  (Peer-Reviewed)
• Manuscript Categories
• Counseling Research
• Counseling Practice and Perspectives
• Student Voices
• Contact Dr. Wanda Briggs, SCCA President,
  Editor
• briggsw_at_winthrop.edu
• The South Carolina Counselor (Newsletter)
• Submission Opportunities
• Member Spotlight Division, Committees, and
  Chapter News Legislation and Policy Updates
  Perspectives from the Field Awards and More!!!
• Contact Laura OLoughlin, Editor at
  oloughlinl2_at_mailbox.winthrop.edu

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Questions and Contacts

• Primary Contact

• Panel Presenters

• Dr. Carrie Sanders
• Dr. George Williams
• Dr. Tommy Vaughn
• Dr. John Nance
• Gwendolyn LC Snider
• Raychelle Lohmann
• Doris Nelson
• Toni Wooldridge
• Laura OLoughlin
• Amber Blackwood
• Lisa Canzater
• Jackie Hoagland

• Dr. Wanda Briggs
• briggsw_at_winthrop.edu
• Dr. Anthony Strange
• strangea_at_winthrop.edu
• Dr. Jennifer Jordan
• jordanje_at_winthrop.edu

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