Counseling Connection

Counseling Connection University of Cincinnati Counseling Program Spring 2007 Edition Springing into Gradua tion: Wha t you need to know Spring 2007 Commencement will be held June 9th, at 2:30 at the Fifth Third Arena. For all graduates, grade changes must be turned in by June 5th. To march in the ceremony, you must make a reservation by April 30. See the graduation website. For Doctoral graduates, dissertations are due to 110 Van Wormer Hall by May 18th. The Doctoral Hooding Ceremony is June 8th. Graduates may purchase commencement wear including gown, cap, and hood at the University Bookstore. Please make sure to purchase the correct apparel including the correct color and size hood: M.Ed. in School Counseling: Black masters gown and cap, hood outlined in LIGHT BLUE M.A. in Mental Health: Black masters gown and cap, hood outlined in WHITE Ed.D in Counselor Education: Red doctoral gown and cap, hood outlined in LIGHT BLUE. For those that are CSI members as well, you may purchase CSI honor cords ($14.00), stoles ($30.00), or medallions ($12.00) via the CSI website, www.csi-net.org. Editors: Kristy Hardwick & Steven Smith Inside this issue: Virginia Tech Tragedy 2 Campus Safety 2 Reflections on Violence 3-5 Focus on Advocacy As you are aware, an important component of identity as a professional counselor is acting as an advocate for not only our clients, but also for our profession. ACA has listed on the ACA Public Policy web page a Call to Action to contact your elected officials regarding: Passing Hate Crimes Legislation: Broadening defini- by Kristy Hardwick police, and assistance with investigation and prosecution of hate crimes Passing Medicare Coverage of Counselors Asking Congress to Support Loan Forgiveness for Counselors: Encourage the Upcoming Conferences 8 Higher Education Act to include mental health and school counselors in loan forgiveness. Saving the Federal School Counseling Program: Ex- The ACA Call to Action website is user friendly and makes it easy to not only be aware of current issues, but to act on them. See counseling.org/publicpolicy for more information on these and other high priority federal policy issues. You can also become involved in advocacy via our CSI Upsilon Chi Chi chapter. See one of our officers for more information and ways you can become an advocate. Chi Sigma Iota Page 6 Summer 2006-2007 Course Schedule 7 Important dates 8 tion of hate crimes, provision of grants for preventing hate crimes, training of press Your Concern over Bush Budget Cuts Page 2 Counseling Connection In Response to the Vir ginia Tech Tra gedy The following message was provided by the Counseling Center at UC: After a sudden and unexpected tragedy, many people experience heightened emotionality and intrusive thoughts. The increased level of tension is a completely normal response to an unpredicted and shocking situation. It is important to find ways to cope with these thoughts and feelings so as not to be overwhelmed. It is important to take care of one ’s self. People must find a balance between attempting to go about “business as usual” and taking the time to experience painful emotions. Here are some ways of coping: Take it day by day. Stick to the work and relaxation schedules that give structure to your daily life. There is comfort in routines. • Avoid excesses in alcohol and other drugs. • Spend time with people that you care about and do things with them that you enjoy. • Stay in touch with family and friends via phone, email, or letters. Talk about your feelings and ask for support from friends and family. The Counseling Center is open Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Students can always call or walk in to be seen immediately for urgent care. Counselors are also available to faculty and staff who are concerned about a student or who would like recommendations on how to discuss tragic events with students. During times of crisis, the center is also available to employees for limited personal counseling. Counseling Center Location: 316 Dyer Hall Phone: 513-556-0648 UC faculty and staff who are being affected by the tragic events at Virginia Tech can find help through UC's REACH (Responsive Employee Assistance Can Help) program. REACH Location: 7130 One Edwards Center Phone: 513-556-2506 • • Be clear with others who are having the same emotional experience about how much you can comfort each other and when you need not to talk about the events. • Similarly, limit your exposure to news coverage; repeated encounters with the same information can lead to a sense of helplessness. • Seek support and comfort from spiritual leaders and others in your faith community. • If things become overwhelming, see a counselor (social worker, psychologist) for the chance to process your thoughts and feelings. • • • Eat well and get enough rest. Exercise. Campus Security Star ts with Resource Awar eness In light of the recent tragic event on the Virginia Tech Campus, we felt it would be important to remind you of the public safety resources available on Campus. EMERGENCIES Dial 911 Non-emergencies West Campus: 513-556-1111 East Campus: 513-558-1111 Campus Police E-mail: ucpd@uc.edu Three Edwards Center 51 West Corry Boulevard nati, OH 45221-0215 Business Office: 513-5564900 Fax: 513-556-4940 For more information on safety tips, visit the website at www.uc.edu/police/ Nightwalk Sunday--Wednesday 12:30 a.m. CincinThursday--Saturday 2:30 a.m. 8:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. -- Call 558-WALK (9255) Crime Prevention: 556-4927 Shuttle Service: 556-4434 Spring Qtr. 2007 Page 3 For the American Counseling Association’s response to the tragedy, go to www.counseling.org. ACA has identified numerous resources for both the public and professional counselors with dealing with this tragedy. Student Reflections on Violence The following two articles are in response to the following question: Is violence an inherent part of the human experience or is it a learned adaptation? Responses, written prior to the Virginia Tech tragedy, have been provided by two current doctoral students. We hope that these articles will stimulate further discussion of the role of violence plays in our world and lead to deeper understanding and commitment to promoting peace and well-being in our communities. Ecology of Violence and Power By Nzingha Vick Wikipedia defines violence as “any act of aggression and abuse that causes or intends to cause injury to persons (and by some definitions animals or property). The term "violence" also connotes an aggressive tendency to act out destructive behaviors. Violence can also be divided into two forms — random violence, which includes unpremeditated or small-scale violence, and coordinated violence, which includes actions carried out by sanctioned or unsanctioned violent groups —such as war (ie. intersocietal violence), in some cases certain types of revolution, or terrorism.” I do not believe that human beings are designed to cause injury towards others, either unpremeditated or coordinated. I do believe that human beings have a self-preservation instinct and will act out in an effort to defend themselves. However, once the threat no longer exists, with all other factors remaining the same, the self-preservation instinct will subside. Self-preservation may take the form of hunting and killing animals for subsistence, to protect one’s freedom or family, or, in the case of a critical manhood rite, in order to prove one’s self as able to beings’ identity is linked to the existence and nourishment of all life. All human beings innately know this. But, social constructs such as hierarchy, accumulation of wealth, and oppression has resulted in humans becoming alienated from their own humanity, from a sense of themselves in connectedness with all life. Thus, humans’ identity has become distorted, confused, and lost. And, in an effort to make some meaning of their lives, they are motivated by, encouraged, and rewarded when they engage in ways that promote behaviors of status, profit, and exclusiveness of resources for those who share similar beliefs and values. Like addiction, with an absence of natural emotional balance and support from one’s environment, humans begin to develop thinking patterns that support mental defense mechanisms that support and celebrate violence. Therefore, violence is a symptom of the disorder of disconnectedness from one’s own humanity. “I do not believe that human beings are designed to cause injury towards others, either unpremeditated or coordinated.” hold a position as an adult in one’s tribe, which can be considered socially-constructed self-preservation. However, the act of human violence other than self-preservation: for the sake of gaining some sense of power or control over others by inflicting emotional, psychological, or physical injury or to intentionally destroy a person or property in order to gain or maintain power or control is not a intrinsic human quality. It is the absence of humanity. In an ecologically harmonious environment, which is possible, human Page 4 Counseling Connection The Inher ency of Violence By Steven Smith To answer this question, it is necessary to make some distinction between violence and aggression. “Violence” typically refers to the use of physical force to cause injury or abuse. Contained within this concept lies a generally universal belief that violence transgresses the rights of another and is destructive and wrong. “Aggression” may be used similarly to describe forceful action or unprovoked attack. The derivatives of the root, “aggress”, provide a broader understanding of “aggression.” For example, “aggressive” connotes a strong and often obtrusive display of energy or intent and is not as closely associated with violence as is aggression. It is my contention that the distinction between the act of transgressing the rights of another through physical force and forcefully exerting or venting one’s emotion and/or intention is blurred by the multiple connotations of “aggression.” Consequently, the discussion of the inherency of “violent” or “aggressive” tendencies in human beings is complicated by our indiscriminate use of language. If we clearly articulate “violence” as the use of physical force to cause injury or abuse in such a way that transremoved from sight. This inherency of aggressive behavior does not lead, necessarily, to the inherency of violence. Although violence occurs ubiquitously in human societies, care-givers may lead children to choose non-violent aggressive behaviors and strategies for need fulfillment. However, once violence is introduced as a behavioral option and socially sanctioned, retracting it as an option dissolves. My suspicion is that the structure and historicity of current human societies, including more primitive modes of human-like being, precludes nonviolent human development on the large scale, leaving such societies to the province of utopians and fiction-writers. “...once violence is introduced as a behavioral option and socially sanctioned, retracting it as an option dissolves.” gresses the rights of another, and “aggressive” behavior as forcefully exerting or venting one’s emotion and/or intention, then we can clearly explicate the central components of this debate and make the discussion more salient to our work as counselors. Given this working definition of aggressive behavior, any question of its inherency is rendered mute. One has only to observe an infant scream when its desired object is Students Repr esent Counseling Program a t Gradua te Poster Forum Several students from the Counseling Program presented their research at the Graduate Poster Forum this past March. The Forum is part of the Graduate Recruitment Weekend and showcases research conducted by graduate students from all corners of the University. Angela Barbour Child Custody Evaluation: Assessments and Procedures Angela Barbour & Mary Jo Guttman Teen Pregnancy: A Focus on Males Bree Kitchens & Cara Cashour Infusing and Ecological Perspective into the Psychology of Management Henrietta Elms Is There an Issue of Safety on UC's West Campus? Dustin Faulkner Predators, Monsters, and Molesters. Lock Them Up and Throw Away the Key?: An Analysis of Social Justice and the Sex Offenders Page 5 Counseling Connection Professional Identity Please consider joining one or more professional counseling organizations. Here are some popular examples. For more divisions and regional organizations, see ACA’s website, counseling.org. National American Counseling Association (ACA) Student Membership is $85.00 annually Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Student Membership is $25 annually with ACA member ship American Mental Health Counseling Association (AMHCA) Student Membership is $60 annually American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) Student Membership is $27 annually with ACA member ship Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) Student Membership is $20.00 annually with ACA membership Regional/State North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES) Student Membership is $5 annually Local Greater Cincinnati Counseling Association (GCCA) Free with OCA membership Ohio Counseling Association (OCA) Student Membership $20 annually Ohio Mental Health Counseling Association (OMHCA) Student Membership is $12.50 annually Ohio School Counselor Association (OHSCA) Student Membership is $15 annually Kentucky Counselor Association (KCA) Student Membership is $12.50 annually NCACES 2007 — RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS The North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision is funding three research grant awards in the amount of $1000 each to promote increased knowledge and understanding of counseling, counselor training, and supervision. The competition is open to both professional and student members of North Central ACES. Both individual and collaborative efforts may be funded. Individuals may submit only one proposal, whether individually or as part of a research team. Submission must be postmarked on or before June 15, 2007. For more information North Central ACES Website: http:// oz.uc.edu/~yagergg/ncaces/ ncaces.htm Page 6 Counseling Connection Chi Sigma Iota Grant Oppor tunities . CSI is Calling For Proposals for the Excellence in Counseling Research Grants 2007 CSI has identified the 2007 research priorities for funding as research relating to chapter, professional association, and practitioner leadership characteristics and behaviors. Two themes identified are counselor education and intraprofessional relationships. These are grants available to active CSI members. Awards range from $250 to $750. An application can be found at the CSI webpage, csinet.org. Applications can be submitted electronically or via mail. CSI grant awardees will be recognized at the CSI awards ceremony during the 2008 ACA conference where they will also present their research. Applications are due by June 01, 2007. For an application and specific information go to www.csinet.org. CSI Upsilon Chi Chi Chapter By Kristy Hardwick CSI Upsilon Chi Chi has had a very productive and exciting academic year. President Sarah Lanman has done an excellent job of leading our CSI chapter. Our monthly meetings with pizza have shown a significant increase in attendance, leading to more collaboration between officers and members. And, Steve Smith, treasurer, created a chapter website to help facilitate our CSI success. We have also had several well attended workshops this year: a doctoral portfolio workshop by doctoral candidate, Kristy Hardwick, and a school portfolio workshop with Dr. Mei Tang in the winter, as well as a very important workshop on licensure for professional counselors in the state of Ohio by the OSWCM board executive, Jim Rough. In the spring, “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Landing a Counseling Job” with UC alum Chris Tuell was also a success. CSI has focused on advocacy this year and has held fundraisers including a collection drive in the fall and a bake sale on February 14 with money going to the Ohio Political Action Committee. CSI president, Sarah Lanman, and Steve Smith, CSI treasurer also presented a poster outlining chapter advocacy efforts at the annual ACA conference in Detroit. (The poster is displayed on the fifth floor bulletin board in Dyer Hall.) We are now looking forward to our annual CSI Upsilon Chi Chi Spring Symposium, on May 2, to end the 2006-2007 academic year and begin the 2007-2008 school year. New officers have been appointed and we anticipate another great CSI year! Please consider joining our new officers and current members! Former 2006-2007 CSI Officers Sarah Lanman, President Melissa Lubrecht, Vice President Dustin Faulkner, President Elect Kristy Hardwick, Jen McCarty, Secretary Steve Smith, Treasurer New 2007-2008 CSI Officers Dustin Faulkner, President Susannah Coaston, Vice President Steve Smith, President Elect Jen McCarty, Secretary Becca Swartzendruber, Treasurer Chi Sigma Iota, Upsilon Chi Chi Chapter — Annual Spring Symposium Wednesday, May 2nd, 3:00 PM — 7:00 PM Tangeman University Center, Rooms 427, 415A, & 415B Spring Qtr. 2007 Page 7 Schedule of Summer Classes 2006-2007 Course # Section Credits Call Number Course Title Day Time Pre/Co-Requisite Instructor Location BoKCode --Quarter Term-- (June 18-August 30) 18 CNSL 871 (1-6G) INDIV STUDY Perm of advisor 401 18 CNSL 888 301948 (3-12G) TBA MSTRS COUNS INTRN Tang 401 402 18 CNSL 889 301949 301958 (1-9G) M M 5:30-7:40 5:30-7:40 Cook Tang 18CNSL888 ADV MSTR INTRNSHIP 401 18 CNSL 901 301950 (1-12G) M 5:30-7:40 Cook Doctoral stud ADV CNS INTRNSHP 401 18 CNSL 973 301995 (1-15G) M 5:30-7:40 Cook Perm of department IND DISSER GUIDANCE 401 301952 TBA Tang --1st Half Qtr-- (June 18-July 24) 18 CNSL 787 (3G) GRP THRY & PROCESS Perm of instructor 501 18 CNSL 809 501 18 CNSL 852 301941 (3G) 301942 (3G) TH ABN HUM BEHAV MW 3:00-5:20 Wilson Perm of instructor 3:00-5:20 Wilson Perm of instructor COUNSELING IN SCH 501 18 CNSL 884 301943 (3G) MW COUN PREPRACT 3:00-5:20 Tang Perm of instructor 501 18 CNSL 961 301947 (1-6G) TH 3:00-5:20 Yager 18-213-887 SUPERV OF COUNSELOR 501 301951 MW 3:00-5:20 Yager --2nd Half Qtr-- (July 25-August 30) 18 CNSL 784 (3G) COUNSELING THEOR 601 18 CNSL 855 301940 (3G) TH 3:00-5:20 Watson 18CNSL781 Perm of instructor COM COUN/MENTAL HS 601 18 CNSL 981 302526 (3G) MW 3:00-5:20 Watson Masters and Doctoral ETH-PROF-LGL ISSUE 601 301953 MW 3:00-5:20 Cook Page 8 Counseling Connection University of Cincinnati Counseling Program Spring 2007 Edition 526 Teachers College PO Box 210002 Phone: (513) 556-3335 Fax: (513) 556-3898 http://www.uc.edu/counselingprogram/ ACA 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition Honolulu, Hawaii March 26-30, 2008 Register now as a Student Member for only $165.00!!! Call for Programs Deadlines for Proposals is June 4, 2007, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time www.counseling.org for more information ACES 2007 CONFERENCE Columbus, Ohio October 10-14, 2007 Access Information at http://www.aces2007.net Student registration by September 1 is $200 ACES 2007 WOMEN’S RETREAT Columbus, Ohio, October 09-10, 2007 For more information, see Dr. Ellen Cook Impor tant Da tes April 25 April 27 May 02 May 12 May 28 June 04 June 05 June 06 Secretary’s Day Chi Sigma Iota Meeting, 3:00 p.m., 525 TC Deadline to submit essay for ACA graduate student essay contest Chi Sigma Iota Annual Spring Symposium, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., TUC Comprehensive Exam Memorial Day, No Classes Last day to submit a program proposal for ACA Annual Conference 2008 — Hawaii CECH Outstanding Student Award Ceremony, Myers Alumni Center Chi Sigma Iota Meeting, 3:00 p.m., 525 TC June 18 June 09 Spring Graduation, Fifth Third Arena End of Spring Quarter Summer Classes Begin Last day to apply for Summer Graduation New Master’s Student Orientation June 23-26 ASCA Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado July 26-28 AMHCA Annual Conference, New Orleans Aug 30 Sept 19 Summer Classes End Fall Classes Begin Oct 10-14 ACES Annual Conference, Columbus, OH