This webinar will answer these questions and will the cover key topics and latest research in the fascinating frontier of brain neuroscience.

Learn how counseling professionals and their clients are benefiting from a deeper understanding of the brain.

Live, interactive presentation by Allen Ivey and Mary Bradford-Ivey

Allen E. Ivey received his Ed.D. from Harvard. He is Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is currently President of Microtraining Associates, an educational publishing firm. A Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology, Dr. Ivey is a past-president and Fellow of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association and is a life member of American Counseling Association. He is also an elected Fellow of The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues of APA. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Multicultural Competence.

The originator of microcounseling and Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT), Dr. Ivey has won wide recognition and national and international awards including ACA’s Professional Development Award. Author or co-author of over 30 books and 200 articles, his works have been translated into at least 17 languages. He did original work on the multicultural implications of the microskills in 1968-74 and has been increasing his work in multicultural studies ever since. He is co-author of A Theory of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy (with Derald Wing Sue and Paul Pedersen (Brooks/Cole)) and the 5th Edition of Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Multicultural Approach with Michael D’Andrea, Mary Bradford Ivey, and Lynn Simek-Morgan.

Dr. Mary Bradford Ivey, Vice President of Microtraining Associates, has three areas of expertise and experience: writing, independent consulting, and school guidance. Her master’s degree in counseling was earned at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She earned her doctoral degree in organizational development at the University of Massachusetts where she worked closely with Kenneth Blanchard, author of the well-known One-Minute Manager.

Mary Ivey has taught or held appointments at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Keene State College, the University of Hawaii, Manoa, and Flinders University, Australia. She has lectured widely throughout the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. Recently, she has applied the developmental model to the positive treatment of children with special attention to issues of child abuse. She is an NCC counselor and a licensed mental health counselor. One of her specialties is applying consultation skills to school and management environments.

Gerald Corey has spent several decades studying and/or experimenting with a wide variety of counseling theories and now wants to share his deepest insights with you….outside the classroom….and without a textbook.

When it comes to counseling clients, there is no right or wrong theory, in fact, as you will learn, there are golden nuggets within each theory. Learn how to mine the theories for these nuggets and craft an approach that is distinctly yours.

This webinar provides an overview of key concepts and techniques based on several contemporary theoretical approaches to counseling. Both the advantages and disadvantages of an integrative approach to counseling will be addressed.

The focus of this interactive presentation is on how to formulate a counseling style that takes into consideration the thinking, feeling, and behaving aspects of human functioning. This integrative perspective draws primarily from the relationship-oriented therapies and the cognitive-behavioral therapies, but also addresses the psychodynamic and the postmodern approaches.

In this webinar you will learn:

• How to incorporate a variety of counseling techniques and approaches in an integrative manner.
• The roles of cognition, emotion, and behavior in counseling
• The pros and cons of contemporary theories in counseling across cultures
• How to easily identify and clarify your own theoretical basis and how to reimagine it thru an integrative lens

After this webinar, you will be able to confidently formulate your own personal approach to applying theory to support your interventions. This is a crucial first step in ensuring that your clients achieve the maximum benefit from the counseling process.

If you want to gain access to your clients at a deeper level than you ever thought possible and offer them the very best chance for successful outcomes, you need to register today!

A personal note to you from Dr. Corey
Does Theory Even Matter Once You Are Out of School?
Yes! A theory provides a frame of reference for understanding the world of the client, especially when it comes to making an assessment, defining problems, and selecting appropriate techniques in meeting the goals of the client. It is particularly important that you develop a personal theoretical approach toward the practice of counseling that is compatible with your personality and therapeutic style, and is flexible enough to meet the unique needs of your clients. Attempting to make interventions and implement techniques as a counselor without having a clear theoretical rationale is much like trying to build a house without a set of blueprints.

The bottom line: If you are unable to draw on theory to support your interventions, clients may not achieve the maximum benefit.

About the presenter:

Dr. Gerald C. Corey is one of the most renowned individuals in the counseling profession who continues to greatly influence the training of professional counselors around the world. He is professor emeritus of Human Services and Counseling, California State University at Fullerton.

Who should register?

Whether for a fine-tuning or kick-starting your own personal style, this webinar is for you! It is particularly appropriate for counselors who are just entering the profession as well as those who would like to expand or refine their approaches.

When all goes well, we are rewarded by seeing our clients make progress. But sometimes, these very same skills fail to produce the results we are seeking. Sometimes there is a basic cultural disconnect . . . and we don't even know it.

If left unchecked, this may interfere with or even prevent a successful outcome.

Most counseling professionals want to do the "right" thing when it comes to working with clients who come from cultural backgrounds that are different from our own, or from cultures that we don't understand or embrace. But we don't always know how or, even why, culture should matter in the counseling relationship.

This webinar will show you why it matters more than ever in today's complex, multicultural global society.

In this webinar you will learn:

• The basic components of cross cultural competency
• The 5 most common cross cultural counseling faux pas and how to avoid them
• The most important concepts that underlie cross cultural counseling competency
• Why global literacy is the key to cross cultural counseling competency
• What counselor behaviors are indicators of cross cultural counseling competency

Learn how to gain access to your clients at a deeper level than you ever thought possible. You'll see why counseling isn't always "just counseling, regardless."

About the presenter:

Dr. Courtland C. Lee is a professor and director of the Counselor Education Program at the University of Maryland-College Park. A prolific writer and scholar, Dr. Lee, is the author of many books including, Counseling for Social Justice, and Multicultural Issues in Counseling: New Approaches to Diversity. A past-president of ACA, Dr. Lee is a frequent presenter at ACA conferences as well as international conferences.

Enter Sam Gladding, a highly regarded counseling professional and educator who has cracked the code on how to inject creativity into counseling….and not take all day!

Now you can benefit from Sam's many years of refining the process, whittling down the time needed, and achieving an optimal balance of science and art. And you will have the chance to interact directly with Sam.

In this webinar you will learn:

• Daily habits that can make you more creative
• Ways of thinking that can increase your creativity
• Exercises that can help you assist clients in getting out of ruts and dead end thinking
• A formula for creativity
• Essential steps in the creative processes
• Barriers to creative thinking
• The importance of others and environments in expanding your creative capabilities

If you want to avoid burnout, ensure a steady stream of new ideas, and find the right balance of art and science, this webinar is for you!

About the presenter:

Dr. Sam Gladding is a professor and chair of the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University. A past-president of ACA, ACES, ASGW, and Chi Sigma Iota, Sam is truly a legend in his own time. A prolific writer and scholar, Sam is the author of many books including Counseling as an Art: The Creative Arts in Counseling. His passion for creative approaches to counseling is evident in his writing and his presentations.

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