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Pathways of Hope Counseling Conference

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.

Cost to attend the day-long conference is $50 or $35 for Students. 

Registration is now open for the conference. The registration deadline is Friday, July 11, 2025.

Conference Registration

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 
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].

Check out some of the Conference Sessions’ Titles

  • Behind the Walls: Healing Trauma and Addiction in Justice-Involved Clients
  • Bibliotherapy, but with the Bible
  • Creative Strategies To Build Resilience
  • Grieving Without Stages
  • Healing for Church Hurt and Religious Trauma
  • The Hope That Comes From Within: Self-Leadership as a Path Through Despair
  • 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 
  • OCD, Uncertainty and Scrupulosity
  • Partners in Healing: Ethics and Intentionality in Animal-Assisted Therapy
  • The Power and Purpose of a Biblical Christian Theoretical Approach to Counseling
  • Supervision Matters: Selecting a Supervisor for Ethical, Safe, and Effective Care
  • Theraplay: A Path to Connection
  • Those Darn Teenagers: Self Harm Explored
  • True Strength: Career Sustainability with CE-CERT
  • What They Don’t Teach You in Grad School

Check out our Presenters

  • Ashleigh DeLarzelere, Owner of Peace of Mind Practice Management
  • Brandt Ratcliff, LPC-S
  • Chelsea Hinkle, LPC, School Counselor
  • Christy Barlow, LPC Candidate, Ordained Minister
  • Crystal Ortega, Neurofeedback Therapist
  • Felecia Jenkins, LPC
  • Heather Ariyeh, Director of Strategy and Storytelling, Resonant Strategies
  • Heather Murphy, LPC-S
  • Dr. Jessica Colls, Associate Professor & Program Director of OC MFT
  • Dr. Jason Gunter, Licensed Psychologist
  • Kathryn Morris-Scott, LCSW, IMH-E, PMH-C, Clinical Director at the Center for Children and Families 
  • Kayley Saunders, MS, LPC
  • Kris Newlin, LPC, ATR-BC, ATCS
  • Megan Cross, LMFT-S, Intern Coordinator
  • Michelle Strain, LPC-S, Director of the Scraper Counseling Center
  • Nancy Rumley Soliz, MS, LMFT, RPT-S
  • Rachelle Harjo, Clinical Director and Director of Nursing at First Americans and Northwest Center Behavioral Health 
  • Ricky Clark, LPC-S, OKCPS Director of Mental Health
  • Robert Naugle, LMFT-S, CCHP
  • Dr. Robye Kay Jackson
  • Sara Hall, Pastoral Counselor, MFT Graduate Student
  • Suzie Price, LPC-S

Check out the Booths that will be at the Career & Resource Fair

  • Behavioral Health Center 
  • Bel Aire Recovery Center
  • Bethesda Inc.
  • Calm Waters
  • Center for Children and Families
  • Chaos Counseling Kids & Teens
  • Christian Counseling PLLC
  • Evoke Neurodiagnostics
  • First Dawn Recovery
  • Grace In Motion Wellness
  • Grace River Christian Counseling
  • Green Shoe Foundation
  • Guesthouse Therapeutics
  • Kaleidoscope Grief Support
  • Mental Health Association & Children’s Behavioral Health Coalition
  • Mid-America Christian University
  • Moore Youth and Family Services, Inc.
  • NAMI Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma Association of Addiction Professionals
  • Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
  • Oklahoma Mental Health Counselors Association (OKMHCA)
  • Oklahoma Play Therapy Training Institute
  • Oklahoma Religious Trauma Network
  • Pivot, Inc. A Turning Point for Youth
  • Red Rock Behavioral Health Services
  • Restore Behavioral Health
  • Rob’s Ranch
  • Sarah Williams Creative
  • Scraper Counseling Center 
  • TESS Counseling
  • The Virtue Center

We are looking for presenters for our conference. If you present a session, you will receive free registration to our conference.

To present at the conference, please apply here.

Presenter Application

If you have questions about the conference, presenting or setting up a booth, contact Michelle Strain at [email protected] or 405-703-8221.