Friday, July 25, 2025
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mid-America Christian University
3500 SW 119th
Oklahoma City, OK 73170
Please join us at the inaugural summer counseling conference at MACU. We are excited to host sessions for counselors, counseling students, and those who are interested in working in the counseling profession.
Last minute tickets are still available for the conference for only $65.
Register today so you can secure your spot at the conference.
Dr. Robye Kay Jackson will be our special presenter, and she will talk about hope theory. Following her presentation, we will have 4 different breakout session times in the late morning and early afternoon. Each time slot will hold at least 5 breakout sessions. Each session will be 45 minutes long. Here is the schedule for the event:
8-8:30 a.m. – Registration & Breakfast
8:30-9:45 a.m. – Opening
10-10:45 a.m. – Breakout Sessions 1
11-11:45 a.m. – Breakout Sessions 2
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Career and Resource Fair in the Student Center
12-1:30 p.m. – Lunch Provided
1:30-2:15 p.m. – Breakout Sessions 3
2:30-3:15 p.m. – Breakout Sessions 4
3:30-4 p.m. – Closing
We will provide three specific tracks for attendees:
- Licensed Counselors and Counselor Candidates Track
- Counseling Graduate Students Track
- Undergraduate Students and Others Interested in the Counseling Profession Track
If you have any questions about the conference, feel free to contact the Scraper Counseling Center at 405-692-3151 or [email protected].
Conference Sessions
- A Day in the Life: Counselors Cultivate Hope and Resilience
- Adolescent Self Harm Explored
- Authentic Networking
- Behind the Walls: Healing Trauma and Addiction in Justice-Involved Clients
- Bibliotherapy, but with the Bible
- Creative Strategies To Build Resilience
- Grieving Without Stages
- Harnessing Figurative Language in Trauma Processing
- Healing for Church Hurt and Religious Trauma
- Hope in Action: Moving Forward with Personal Goals
- How Counselors Can Play a Role in Population-Level Prevention of Depression and Anxiety
- How to Utilize Professional Counseling Skills to be an Effective School Counselor
- Infant Mental Health is in your Grasp- Finding Hope in Prevention
- Joy Rising: How regulating the brain leads to a better life
- Navigating the Insurance World
- Next Stop: Grad School – What’s Ahead on Your Journey
- OCD, Uncertainty and Scrupulosity
- Open Q & A Panel Discussion about Outpatient Mental Health
- Partners in Healing: Ethics and Intentionality in Animal-Assisted Therapy
- Research Presentation: How Early Childhood Hope Lessons Impact Students and Teachers
- Shall We Play a Game?
- Supervision Matters: Selecting a Supervisor for Ethical, Safe, and Effective Care
- The Hope That Comes From Within: Self-Leadership as a Path Through Despair
- The Mechanics of Care: Examining the schematics of stigma and optimizing systemic care for helping professionals
- The Power and Purpose of a Biblical Christian Theoretical Approach to Counseling
- Theraplay: A Path to Connection
- To Play or Not To Play?: A play therapy/neurodivergent affirming inoculation shot for private, clinical, and school counseling professionals
- Treating PTSD Using Prolonged Exposure
- True Strength: Career Sustainability with CE-CERT
- Understanding the Hijack: The Family Impact of Mood and Personality Disorders
- What They Don’t Teach You in Grad School
- What’s Wrong With Me? Am I Damaged?: Exploring Trauma and the Brain
- Work Smarter, Connect Deeper: Exploring AI as a Creative Partner
Presenters
- Ashleigh DeLarzelere
- Bailes Chaples
- Billie Ferguson
- Brandt Ratcliff
- Brianne Barnett
- Charly Moreau
- Chelsea Hinkle
- Christy Barlow
- Crystal Ortega
- Felecia Jenkins
- Heather Ariyeh
- Dr. Jason Gunter
- Jenny Penny
- Jessica Colls
- Kailee Marshall
- Kathryn Morris-Scott
- Kathy Hoppe
- Kayley Saunders
- Kelly Lashar
- Kendra Lauderdale
- Kris Newlin
- Megan Cross
- Melissa Winterscheid
- Michelle Taylor
- Nancy Rumley Soliz
- NanDee Walker
- Nina Dorrough
- Parker Brown
- Rachelle Harjo
- Raylee Rushing
- Ricky Clark
- Robert Naugle
- Dr. Robye Kay Jackson
- Sara Hall
- Shay Espinosa
- Suzie Price
- Tiara Delonia
Career & Resource Fair Booths
- Arista Recovery
- Behavioral Health Center
- Bel Aire Recovery Center
- Bethesda Inc.
- Calm Waters
- Cedar Ridge Behavioral Hospital
- Center for Children and Families
- Chaos Counseling Kids & Teens
- Children’s Behavioral Health Coalition
- Christian Counseling PLLC
- Comprehensive Treatment Centers
- Creative Ways, LLC
- Evoke Neurodiagnostics
- Grace In Motion Wellness
- Grace River Christian Counseling Center
- Green Shoe Foundation
- Guesthouse Therapeutics LLC
- Harmonious Healing Counseling, LLC
- Hope Community Services
- Improving Lives Counseling Services
- Integrated Therapy Solutions of Oklahoma
- Kaleidoscope Grief Support
- Lotus Mind Therapy
- Lumos Training Collective
- MACU
- Mental Health Association
- Mid Del Youth and Family Services
- Monster Soup Society
- Moore Youth and Family Services, Inc.
- NAMI Oklahoma
- New Vision Counseling and Consulting
- Oakwood Springs Behavioral Health Hospital
- OKC Indian Clinic
- Okie Helpers Collective
- Oklahoma Association of Addiction Professionals
- Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Oklahoma Mental Health Counselors Association
- Oklahoma Play Therapy Training Institute
- Oklahoma Religious Trauma Network
- OKRespond Institute of Wellness and Learning
- Parents Helping Parents
- Pathways To Haven
- Pivot, Inc. A Turning Point for Youth
- Red Rock Behavioral Health Services
- Resonant Strategies
- Restore Behavioral Health
- Revive Family Chiropractic
- Rob’s Ranch
- Rogers State University Master of Science Community Counseling Program
- Sarah William’s Creative
- Scraper Counseling Center at MACU
- Self-Leadership Center of Oklahoma
- Simply Gray
- Slate Recovery
- Sorella Sorella Collective
- Stages of Recovery
- Stonegate Center & AMP Resources
- TESS Counseling
- The Virtue center
- Therapeutic Life Choices LLC
- TruClarity Counseling
If you have questions about the conference, contact Michelle Strain at [email protected] or 405-703-8221.