Congratulations MACD! It is our pleasure to inform you that Maryland Association for Counseling and Development is the recipient of the 2013 ACA Branch Best Innovative Practice Award for the Southern Region! The ACA Branch Awards recognizes those branches that significantly advance and enhance the counseling profession through excellent programs, increased membership, quality communications, and community involvement. MACD’s hard work, innovative ideas, and dedication to the counseling profession and the community has proven deserving of this Award, and MACD will be honored at the ACA National Awards Ceremony held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 6:00 pm at the ACA Annual Conference and Exposition in Cincinnati, Ohio. 1 ISSUE 3 Spring, 2013 VOLUME 3 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & MACD AWARD: BEST INNOVATIVE PRACTICE…………………...1 UPCOMING WORKSHOP AND FAIR ANNOUNCEMENTS..…….......2 Division News & Top 10 Reasons to Join MACD……………………....3 “HALL OF FAME” AND EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS…..……... 4 IAMFC Membership Call.….…………………… 5 MACD APPLICATION .… 6 “Members on the Move” and CREDITS….………….. 7 Compass Points MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT (MACD) A BRANCH OF ACA “SERVING THE COUNSELING, GUIDANCE, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONS” A Message from the President: Have you checked out the new ACA website (www.counseling.org )? With a fresh look and fresh vision, the national organization of MACD is highlighting the need to Support our members and clients, offer Guidance to those in need, and to Illuminate and make transparent information in our field. We embrace this at the state level as well as we too want to make it our vision to Support, Guide, and Illuminate counselors and educators across the state of Maryland. Much of what we do within MACD is to support you in your work via our conferences and workshops. Thus far we have offered an annual conference with a variety of topics around the impact of modern life on mental health and a multicultural workshop around the impact of cultural sensitivity and interventions on mental health. We are looking forward to our next three workshops as well to support your counseling needs around helping clients get unstuck by moving through change (March); navigating Maryland’s workforce, employers, and careers; and poetry and art in counseling (April). MACD also wants to be a source of guidance for you and be responsive to your needs in the field. With the support of ACA, we encourage you to reach out to the executive committee and see what resources we can offer you continuing education, counselor identity, social media, ethics, CACREP, military, and volunteering. Finally, MACD also embraces the concept of illumination in that we want to highlight current events and trends in the counseling field via our newsletters and trainings so we encourage you to be an active member of MACD so you stay informed of both state and national happenings. For example, are you aware of the DSM-V edition being released in May, the most common ethical compliant is around confidentiality, the HITECH regulations from the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” that impacts how we use technology in our counseling work? As the President of MACD, I invite you to contact me ([email protected]) and see how MACD can practice within the vision of Support/Guidance/Illumination so that MACD can better meet your counseling needs across the state of Maryland and with ACA leadership. Thank you! Marsha Boveja Riggio, Ph.D., LPC, NCC MACD President Dr. Marsha B. Riggio & Dr. Frederic Bemak at the “Impact of Cultural Sensitivity and Interventions on Mental Health...Within an Educational Context” Workshop February, 2013 To Register for MACD, or any of our Events, please go to: www.mdcounseling.org Find us on Facebook or Twitter: @md_counseling
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Congratulations MACD! It is our pleasure to inform you that Maryland Association for Counseling and Development is
the recipient of the 2013 ACA Branch Best Innovative Practice Award for the Southern Region!
The ACA Branch Awards recognizes those branches that significantly advance and enhance the counseling
profession through excellent programs, increased membership, quality communications, and community
involvement. MACD’s hard work, innovative ideas, and dedication to the counseling profession and the
community has proven deserving of this Award, and MACD will be honored at the ACA National Awards
Ceremony held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 6:00 pm at the ACA Annual Conference and Exposition
A Message from the President: Have you checked out the new ACA website (www.counseling.org)? With a fresh look and fresh vision, the national organization of MACD is highlighting the need to Support our members and clients, offer Guidance to those in need, and to Illuminate and make transparent information in our field. We embrace this at the state level as well as we too want to make it our vision to Support, Guide, and Illuminate counselors and educators across the state of Maryland. Much of what we do within MACD is to support you in your work via our conferences and workshops. Thus far we have offered an annual conference with a variety of topics around the impact of modern life on mental health and a multicultural workshop around the impact of cultural sensitivity and interventions on mental health.
We are looking forward to our next three workshops as well to support your counseling needs around helping clients get unstuck by moving through change (March); navigating Maryland’s workforce, employers, and careers; and poetry and art in counseling (April). MACD also wants to be a source of guidance for you and be responsive to your needs in the field. With the support of ACA, we encourage you to reach out to the executive committee and see what resources we can offer you continuing education, counselor identity, social media, ethics, CACREP, military, and volunteering. Finally, MACD also embraces the concept of illumination in that we want to highlight current events and trends in the counseling field via our newsletters and trainings so we encourage you to be an active member of MACD so you stay informed of both state and national happenings. For example, are you aware of the DSM-V edition being released in May, the most common ethical compliant is around confidentiality, the HITECH regulations from the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” that impacts how we use technology in our counseling work? As the President of MACD, I invite you to contact me ([email protected]) and see how MACD can practice within the vision of Support/Guidance/Illumination so that MACD can better meet your counseling needs across the state of Maryland and with ACA leadership.
Thank you! Marsha Boveja Riggio, Ph.D., LPC, NCC
MACD President
Dr. Marsha B. Riggio & Dr. Frederic Bemak
at the “Impact of Cultural Sensitivity and
Interventions on Mental Health...Within an
Educational Context” Workshop February, 2013
To Register for MACD, or any of our
Events, please go to:
www.mdcounseling.org Find us on Facebook or Twitter:
MASERVIC MACD will present: "A Morning with Mark" on May 4, 2013 Mark Savickas is a nationally and internationally renowned counselor educator and lecturer. A social construction theorist, Mark offers new ways to look at the counseling issues that we all work with. With his intellect and sense of humor Dr. Savickas is able to teach how to handle the difficult existential issues that sometimes confound clients and counselors alike. He is coming from the North Eastern Ohio College of Medicine to work with students and teachers alike at an MACD Conference. You will be able to register for the morning only or for lunch and afternoon sessions that will end at two thirty. Should you stay you will be offered an interactive poetry and counseling workshop, an interactive art and counseling workshop and academic sessions related to spirituality and counseling. Please save the date!!!
(See “SAVE THE DATE” for more information)
Anne Marie “Nancy” Wheeler at
the February Workshop
Dr. Vontress (Opening Speaker
at the February Workshop)
ACA NEWS: What: The American Counseling Association (ACA) is hosting its 2013 Annual Conference & Exposition Where: Cincinnati, Ohio When: March 20-24, 2013
Top Ten Reasons for Joining MACD:
1. Network with other professionals. 8. Support Counseling development.
2. Professional networking. issues/concerns
3. Be informed of current issues in counseling 9. Meet and Hear Professionals that have
4. Earn NBCC continuing education credits. made revolutionary contributions to
5. Attend workshops at a reduced rate. the field of counseling.
6. Contribute to the field of counseling. 10. Learn more about explorations in
7. Be a part of the state chapter of ACA. counseling
Thanks For Coming…. Hope you were able to attend our February 2013 workshop titled, “Impact of Cultural Sensitivity and Interventions on Mental Health...Within an Educational Context.” We had over 80 individuals in attendance who took advantage of hearing from renowned speakers while also learning about ways we can improve our practice within a cultural context. Dr. Clemmont Vontress, Professor Emeritus of Counseling at George Washington University served as the opening speaker and spoke about “My Professional Retrospective” based on his significant research around cross-cultural counseling, existential counseling, and traditional healing. We also had three phenomenal speakers that day. First was the topic of “Evidence-Based Multicultural Clinical Interventions in Counseling” by Dr. Aaron Stills, Chair and Professor of counseling psychology at Howard University, and founding President of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD). Next, we had the topic of “Broaching Behavior in Counseling and Educational Contexts” by Dr. Norma Day-Vines, Professor of Counseling and Human Services at Johns Hopkins University who has numerous publications and presentations on counseling strategies for working more effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse children and adolescents. The last topic was on, “Are YOU Skating on Thin Ice? Exploring Law and Ethics in Counseling Children, Adolescents and Families in a Culturally Sensitive Manner” by Anne Marie "Nancy" Wheeler, JD, American Counseling Association Coordinator of the Risk Management Helpline and national presenter on health care malpractice, risk management, privacy and managed care. Dr. Frederic Bemak served as our closing speaker and he spoke on, “Multicultural Counseling and Social Justice: Successes, Concerns, and Challenges for 2013” based on his work as Professor of Counseling and Development at George Mason University and the Director of the Diversity Research and Action Center. Thank you to those who attended and embraced the lessons on how we can stay mindful of being culturally sensitive in our mental health work, particularly when working within an educational context.
Bradley T. Erford, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, LPC, LP, LSP, graduated from the University of Virginia with a Ph.D. in counselor education. He is the 2012-2013 President of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and a professor in the school counseling program of the Education Specialties Department in the School of Education at Loyola University Maryland. He has authored or edited more than 15 books. His research specialization falls primarily in development and technical analysis of psycho-educational tests and outcomes research and has resulted in the publication of more than 60 refereed journal articles, 100 book chapters, and 15 published tests. He has received numerous awards for his scholarship and service to the counseling profession from ACA and the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC), organizations within which he has held numerous leadership positions.
MACD provided an opportunity for me to grow as a professional servant and leader. Much of what I know about leadership today, I learned from those early experiences in MACD. I am a past president of the Maryland Association for Counseling and Development (MACD) and three divisions: Maryland Association for Measurement and Evaluation (MAME); Maryland Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (MACES); and Maryland Association for Mental Health Counselors (MAMHC). These leadership development opportunities helped me to expand my service mission at the national level as chair of the ACA – Southern Region, national division president of AACE, and as the chair of many ACA committees and task forces, before being elected to the ACA Governing Council, and eventually President of ACA.
Courtney E. Gasser, Ph.D., is a counseling psychologist licensed in the state of Maryland as well as a nationally certified counselor. She received her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in counseling psychology from Iowa State University, and now enjoys teaching and mentoring graduate counseling students and undergraduate psychology students as
a faculty member at the University of Baltimore. Dr. Gasser's research focus is in vocational psychology, which involves examining constructs such as personality, career interests, and self-efficacy. Recently, her work has focused on helping adult students in career transition. In addition, Dr. Gasser has provided career counseling and assessment to a variety of populations, from high school students to adults. Organizations like MACD help facilitate the work of career counseling professionals by providing support and training as well as disseminating knowledge for best practices.
Ralph L. Piedmont received his Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from Boston
University in 1989. He then did a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the National
Institute on Aging which focused on the Five-Factor Model of Personality and its
application in a number of clinical and applied contexts. This work serves as an
organizing paradigm for his research on spirituality and its assessment. Currently,
Ralph is Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University Maryland and serves as the department’s Director of the Doctoral Program. Ralph is involved in
training counselor educators in assessment, research methodology, and statistics.
He has developed a motivational measure of spirituality, the Assessment of
Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) which has been shown to be a
significant predictor of a wide range of psychosocial outcomes across a variety of
cultures and faith orientations. Ralph is the Founding Editor of Psychology of
Religion and Spirituality which is published by the American Psychological Association. Ralph is also the co-editor of
the annual serial publication, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, which is published by Brill, as well as being on the editorial board of several journals, including Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and
Development. Ralph also is the conference director for the annual Mid-Year Conference on Religion and Spirituality.
This event, held at Loyola University Maryland’s Columbia campus, is a professional conference addressing research
and clinical issues associated with religious and spiritual issues in the social sciences. Ralph also served as president
of the Maryland Association for Measurement and Evaluation (MAME). MAME serves an essential role in keeping
counselors current on trends and findings in the areas assessment, clinical assessment techniques, and quantitative
evaluation methods. Ralph joined MACD back in the early 1990s when he first arrived at Loyola. It was, and is, a very helpful way to become part of the local counseling world. It is a great place for making professional connections
and in both advancing and advocating for the field on the state level. Ralph has published over 100 professional
research articles, book chapters, and books in the areas of personality assessment and spirituality and has presented
nationally and internationally on these topics. For more information about Ralph and his work visit his web-site at:
Stevie Puckett Web Consultant [email protected] Dr. Brian S. Canfield International Director Family Counseling Associates of Louisiana [email protected]
ACA Conference Cincinnati, OH Featured Speaker: Dr. Samuel Gladding
Luncheon Presentation: Ethical Guidelines in Couple, Marital, and Family Counseling: Ways of Avoiding Regret and Litigation
Dr. Samuel Gladding will be giving the keynote luncheon address at the IAMFC Luncheon at the ACA Conference in Cincinnati. Dr Gladding's presentation is titled “Ethical Guidelines in Couple, Marital, and Family Counseling: Ways of Avoiding Regret and Litigation.” The cost of the luncheon ticket is $45.00, which includes lunch and up to 3 CEU credits. When registering for the ACA Conference, please locate the Division Meal Function section and purchase your IAMFC luncheon ticket.
Dr. Gladding is a prolific writer and an exceptional speaker. A brief biographical sketch of Dr. Gladding’s achievements is listed below.
Samuel T. Gladding, Ph.D., is chair of and a professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is a fellow in the American Counseling Association and its former president (2004-2005). He has also served as president of the American Association of State Counseling Boards (AASCB), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW), and Chi Sigma Iota (CSI). He is the past chair of the American Counseling Association Foundation and the former editor of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work.
Dr. Gladding has authored numerous professional publications, including 36 books. He has published a number of articles in The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families and in 2010 was presented with the IAMFC Research Award. In 1999, he was cited as being in the top 1% of contributors to the Journal of Counseling and Development. A National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), and a Licensed Professional Counselor (North Carolina), he is a member of the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors. Dr. Gladding received his degrees from Wake Forest University (B.A., M.A.), Yale (M.A.), and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Ph.D.).
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors www.iamfconline.org
Dr. Marilyn Maze (current MACD Treasurer) has been elected NCDA Treasurer! Her term starts October 1, 2013. Congratulations, Dr. Maze! Unfortunately, Dr. Maze must step
