AOCC 2025 Sessions Agenda

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Wednesday, October 29


Pre‑Conference Workshops
Wednesday, October 29
10:00 AM – 1:15 PM

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
P1 – An Ethics Buffet! Legal & Ethical Guidelines to Address a Smorgasbord of Practical Topics!Workshop – CE Hours 3 (Ethics)
P2 – Clinical Techniques for Managing Suicidal ClientsWorkshop – CE Hours 3
P3 – Counseling Should Be Fun: Why Play Belongs in the PlanWorkshop – CE Hours 3
P4 – Mind-Body Skills to De-Stress Your Students (and Yourself!)Workshop – CE Hours 3


Pre‑Conference Workshops
Wednesday, October 29
2:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
P5 – Enhancing the Cognitive Complexity of the Supervisee - and the Supervisor!Workshop – CE Hours 3 (Supervision)
P6 – Grief and Ethical Responsibility: Diagnosing Complicated Grief and Knowing When to ReferWorkshop – CE Hours 3 (Ethics)
P7 – Introduction to Dialectical Behavioral TherapyWorkshop – CE Hours 3
P8 – Let's Get One Thing Straight: I'm NotWorkshop – CE Hours 3


Breakouts Block A
Wednesday, October 29
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
A1 – Addressing Political and Social Oppression Toward AFAB Queer Clients Through AdvocacySession – CE Hour 1
A2 – Bridges to Belonging: Connecting Families, Schools, and Communities for Lasting ImpactSession – CE Hour 1
A3 – Cultic Trauma: Supporting Clients Who Have Been Members of CultsSession – CE Hour 1
A4 – Let's Talk About Ethics in Counseling Private PracticesSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
A5 – Promoting The Mind-Body Connection With Clients Experiencing Non-Suicidal Self-InjurySession – CE Hour 1
A6 – Promoting, Preparing, and Preserving Spiritual Wellness in Counselor TraineesSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
A7 – Supporting International Students with Adverse Childhood Experiences: Clinical ConsiderationsSession – CE Hour 1
A8 – Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in Counseling SupervisionSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)


Breakouts Block B
Wednesday, October 29
7:15 PM – 8:15 PM

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
B1 – Behavioral Health Navigators: Enhancing Wellness and Support for Counselors in SUD & BH TreatmentSession – CE Hour 1
B2 – Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework for Mental Health Practice and Client WellbeingSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
B3 – Improving Mental Health Through Physical WellnessSession – CE Hour 1
B4 – It’s all About Cattitude: Ways to Develop Well-being Through Integration of Cat Assisted TherapySession – CE Hour 1
B5 – Promoting Supervisee Self-Care and Wellness Through the Transtheoretical Model of SupervisionSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
B6 – Smooth Sailing Ahead: Using ACT to Navigate Stormy Seas & Chart a Course to Counselor WellnessSession – CE Hour 1
B7 – Somatic & Polyvagal Practices for Reducing Counselor Burnout & Compassion FatigueSession – CE Hour 1
B8 – Values Exploration: A Power Tool for Living in Uncertain TimesSession – CE Hour 1

Thursday, October 30


Welcome/OCA Awards
Thursday, October 30
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM

Thursday, October 30, 2025
Welcome/OCA Awards

The Ohio Counseling Association invites you to the 2025 OCA Awards Presentation. This is an opportunity to stand together in recognizing and celebrating your peers and colleagues for their significant achievements and contributions to the counseling profession. Join us in acknowledging their hard work, dedication, and professionalism!


Keynote Address
Thursday, October 30
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Thursday, October 30, 2025
KEYNOTE – Taking Control of Your Daily Life

Tessa Todd Morgan offers simple tools that can help anyone to manage daily stress in minutes, before it turns into prolonged burnout. Are you ready to re‑energize, re‑center, and re‑boot your body, mind, and spirit? Tessa is your guide in light participation, including breathing exercises, simple stretching for the workplace, and action plan coaching to help you focus on proactive behaviors that support your emotional and physical wellness. Learn about ways to fight fatigue, increase concentration, maximize energy, elevate creative thinking, and train your brain to be more resilient in face of daily stresses at work and at home.

Session – CE Hour 1


Breakouts Block C
Thursday, October 30
11:00 AM – Noon

Thursday, October 30, 2025
C1 – Expanding Clinical Practice: Applying Functional Mental Health Principles for Deeper Client HealingSession – CE Hour 1
C2 – Exploring the Positive Humanities’ Role in Human ThrivingSession – CE Hour 1
C3 – Fostering Wellness for College Students with ASDSession – CE Hour 1
C4 – Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Ethics and Legal Considerations for CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
C5 – Psych-AI: Screening and Smart Referral for Mental Health CareSession – CE Hour 1
C6 – The Tug of War Between Grace and Gatekeeping: Tools to Settle the Score and Foster WellnessSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
C7 – There’s Strength in Asking: Addressing Help-Seeking Barriers Among CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1
C8 – Utilizing a Queer Feminist Narrative Therapy Model to Engage in Affirming RestoryingSession – CE Hour 1


Breakouts Block D
Thursday, October 30
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Thursday, October 30, 2025
D1 – Counselor, Heal Thyself: The Power of Self-Compassion in Preventing BurnoutSession – CE Hour 1
D2 – Creative Ways To Therapeutically Engage with Kids & TeensSession – CE Hour 1
D3 – Fostering Wellness, Equipping Counselors: Best Practices for Gender Expansive Client CareSession – CE Hour 1
D4 – Gambling Disorder Treatment and ApplicationSession – CE Hour 1
D5 – More Than Lip Service: Building a Private Practice Where Wellness Leads the WaySession – CE Hour 1
D6 – Social Justice Advocacy in Counseling: A Supervision Framework for Developing Advocacy SkillsSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
D7 – Suicide Assessment and Treatment Planning in a Correctional EnvironmentSession – CE Hour 1
D8 – Training Counselors to Become Certified Wellness CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)


Breakouts Block E
Thursday, October 30
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Thursday, October 30, 2025
E1 – A Program That Works: Utilizing The Wellness Wheel As An Informal Assessment For Clinical ServicesSession – CE Hour 1
E2 – Best Practices for Incorporating Trauma-Informed Principles into Clinical SupervisionSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
E3 – Building Belonging & Creating Connection to Support College Student WellnessSession – CE Hour 1
E4 – Decolonizing Counseling Frameworks to Foster Wellness and Equip CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1
E5 – Interactive and Creative Treatment Planning for Clients of All AgesSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
E6 – Self-Care and Wellness Strategies for Eating Disorder CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1
E7 – Tales from the Trails: Hiking, Ecotherapy and Existential Wisdom in Mental Health PracticeSession – CE Hour 1
E8 – Using Solution Focused Brief Therapy to Help Clients Navigate Daily Life ChallengesSession – CE Hour 1


Breakouts Block F
Thursday, October 30
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Thursday, October 30, 2025
F1 – Addressing Work Trauma Among Clinical Mental Health CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1
F2 – Faith in the Balance: Equipping Counselors to Navigate Pastoral Counseling Experiences with Clients”Session – CE Hour 1
F3 – Nurturing Neurodiversity: Supportive and Inclusive Interventions in Counselor SupervisionSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
F4 – Power and Importance of Creative Grief Rituals for Death and Non-death Losses: Equipping CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1
F5 – Staying Ethical, Staying Safe: Managing Counselor Liability with ConfidenceSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
F6 – Supporting the Well-being of Emerging Adults and College PopulationsSession – CE Hour 1
F7 – Supporting Trans* Clients in Clinical Practice Using MicroaffirmationsSession – CE Hour 1
F8 – The Power of Play: Cultivating Self-Care and Wellness Through Creative ExplorationSession – CE Hour 1


Breakouts Block G
Thursday, October 30
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

Thursday, October 30, 2025
G1 – Being With, Not Running From: Using Immediacy to Disrupt Experiential Avoidance in SessionSession – CE Hour 1
G2 – Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honor: Wellness Strategies for School-Based Mental Health CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
G3 – Digital Fortresses: Safeguarding Ethics, Privacy, and Professionalism in the Counseling AgeSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
G4 – Empowering Black Mothers: Prioritizing Mental Health, Resilience, and CareSession – CE Hour 1
G5 – Psychodrama Warm-Ups: Equipping Group Counselors to Build Connection and SafetySession – CE Hour 1
G6 – The Therapy Collaborative - A Private Practice Model to Support the Well-being of TherapistsSession – CE Hour 1
G7 – They Not Like Us: A Gaze into Black Men’s GriefSession – CE Hour 1
G8 – You Belong Here: Creative Tools to Help Supervisees Challenge Imposter SyndromeSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)

Friday, October 31


Featured Presentation
Friday, October 31
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Friday, October 31, 2025
FIND YOUR TRIESSENCE: A Three-Part Personal Growth Plan to Take Control of Your Daily Life

Personal growth, empowerment, and the ability to reach our full potential are aspirations we all share. However, the barriers to achieving these desires are often self‑created, either through conscious decisions or through subconscious patterns we’re not aware of. This program is designed to help you recognize and eliminate both active and passive self‑sabotage, reignite your passion, and identify actionable steps to achieve your life goals using optimism and mindfulness.

In this program, Tessa shares the tools and techniques she has gathered throughout her journey in finding true joy and fulfillment, overcoming self‑sabotage, and pursuing personal and professional growth. Through personal anecdotes and professional research, Tessa addresses all three areas of critical attention with light‑hearted grace.

You will learn specific, mindful tactics to:

  • Recognize and eliminate instances of self‑sabotage
  • Identify relationships, behaviors, or beliefs that are not serving you
  • Make new decisions to live out the greatness you were born to embody

You will discover that you have the capability to achieve amazing things, yet you may also unintentionally limit your own successes. Tessa will help you recognize areas of your life that have the potential for growth and provide you with the tools to achieve results quickly.

Session – CE Hour 1


Breakouts Block H
Friday, October 31
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Friday, October 31, 2025
H1 – A Flowchart Model for Addressing Youth Behavioral Challenges: Practical StrategiesSession – CE Hour 1
H2 – Awareness to Action: Using New HB 322 to Equip Elementary Counselors in Grooming PreventionSession – CE Hour 1
H3 – Best Practices in Client Termination: Equipping Counselors from a Grief PerspectiveSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
H4 – Fostering Autistic WellnessSession – CE Hour 1
H5 – Holistic Mental Health Assessment: Emerging Tools for a Changing EnvironmentSession – CE Hour 1
H6 – Professional Play: Why Fun Matters in CounselingSession – CE Hour 1
H7 – The Well Counselor: How Embracing Imperfection Fuels Wellness & Authentic PracticeSession – CE Hour 1
H8 – Wellness Begins Within: Supervision Through the Lens of Self-ReflectionSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)


Breakouts Block I
Friday, October 31
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Friday, October 31, 2025
I1 – Burnout & Boundaries for Socially Conscious Clinicians: Staying Well While Doing the WorkSession – CE Hour 1
I2 – Ditch the Diet, Fuel for Life: Eating Intuitively for Men’s WellbeingSession – CE Hour 1
I3 – Embracing a Holistic Path to Wellness Through the Biblical-Wellness (B-Well) ModelSession – CE Hour 1
I4 – Enhancing Perinatal Mental Health Support for Expecting and New ParentsSession – CE Hour 1
I5 – Explore How Client Tears Reflect Therapeutic Needs, Attachment Styles, and Personality DynamicsSession – CE Hour 1
I6 – The Mindful Student: Building Balance Amid College ChaosSession – CE Hour 1
I7 – Vitality and Supervision: Cultivating Supervisees’ Well-Being and Professional SustainabilitySession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
I8 – Whole Self Over Perfect Self: Creative and Holistic Interventions for Perfectionism in Young AdultsSession – CE Hour 1


Breakouts Block J
Friday, October 31
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Friday, October 31, 2025
J1 – All Apologies: Implications of Internalized Sexism for Women-Identified CounselorsSession – CE Hour 1
J2 – Building a Community Wellness InitiativeSession – CE Hour 1
J3 – Fostering Healing and Resilience: Empowering Clients and Clinicians Through Suicide PostventionSession – CE Hour 1
J4 – Handling Ethical Issues: Strength-Based Support and Remediation Strategies for SupervisorSession – CE Hour 1 (Supervision)
J5 – Liberating Wellness: Embodied and Expressive Pathways to Decolonized PracticeSession – CE Hour 1
J6 – Neurodivergence and Counseling Practice: Inclusive and Affirming Approaches Across the Life SpanSession – CE Hour 1
J7 – Promotion of Wellness Within Counselor Education Programs: Counselor Educators as Role ModelsSession – CE Hour 1 (Ethics)
J8 – Women’s Inclusive Mentoring Framework: Promoting Strong Women Leaders in the Counseling ProfessionSession – CE Hour 1