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Palmetto Counselor Winter 2019

55th Annual SCCA Conference Greetings from your SCCA Awards Co-Chairs! Please congratulate our SCCA 2018-2019

recipients for the SCCA Award this year. These recipients have gone above and beyond their

duties as counselors and adminstrators. We congratulate them all!

Many of you may know counselors and/or administrators who do an outstanding job and

deserve recognition. Please look over the list of categories on our website for nominations

and consider nominating one of your colleagues. Thanks!

Send nominations for the 2019 – 2020 SCCA awards to Dr. Charlotte Hamilton:

[email protected] by Sunday, December 15, 2019. The award nominations

should include: 1. A letter of support, limited to one page, summarizing the recommendation

and supporting documentation. 2. A page listing the essential demographic information of

the nominee, including education level, sponsors, name of person responsible to see that the

nominee is available, and a listing of outstanding contributions relevant to the particular

award; 3. A listing of significant positions held, honors and recognitions, memberships,

publications and/or creations.

Pioneer Award

Selected: Ms. Lynn Ferguson

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Lynn Ferguson has worked in education for 28 years. At Lancaster County School District, she always followed

the District motto-putting children first and continues to do so as an employee of State Department of Education

Office of Assessment by helping a blind student at Buford Elementary obtain a braille keyboard to use and

visiting schools to improve the state testing process. Lynn has volunteered for a vast amount of community

service and outreach programs to benefit youth throughout our county. She has been an advocate for school

counselors and helps them in any way she can. Lynn is a dedicated person who always puts others before

herself.

Outstanding Administrator Award

Selected: Mr. Michael Delaney

Michael Delaney has been the principal of Carolina High School and Academy located in Greenville County

since August of 2011. Prior to that, he has served in other roles at Carolina High School since 2004. He has

served in the role of teacher, Director of Freshmen Academy, Assistant Principal, and as a coach of various

sports. He was named the 2016 School Administrator of the Year for the Greenville County School District. His

motto to live by is Whatever It Takes!

The Mrs. Harriet Gardin Fields and Mrs. Candice Bates Quinn Graduate Student Memorial Award

Selected: Mrs. Megan Kovach

Megan Kovach is a full-time graduate student in Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling

(CMHC) Master of Arts (M.A.) program, where she pursues her dream to serve children and families of physical

and sexual abuse in the Palmetto State. Wife of Trevor Kovach, Megan moved to South Carolina to embark on

this journey while serving as an officer in the Lambda Rho Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, International

Counseling Honor Society and being a member of the South Carolina Counseling Association (SCCA) for the

last three years. Currently, an Early Childhood Special Education teacher and in her last year of graduate school,

Megan is excited to be presenting for the 3rd time at an SCCA Conference!


Humanitarian Award

Selected: Mr. Jamal Stroud

Mr. Stroud is currently the Clinical Coordinator for Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc. (MIRCI), Jamal Stroud

is a graduate of Allen University and Lenoir-Rhyne University, where he served as Vice President of the Lambda

Rho Chi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, International Counseling Honor Society and received the “Outstanding

Clinical” Award. Jamal is the Founder of a 501 C (3) Non-Profit organization called “Big Homie Lil Homie

Mentoring” which serves over one hundred students who are classified as low socioeconomic status within the

Columbia and surrounding areas. Jamal’s work with Big Homie Lil Homie Mentoring has been acknowledged

by the Central Carolina Community Foundation when he was awarded the 2017 Young Professional Award and

by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department when he was asked to collaborate with local law enforcement as a

member of their Youth Services Division.

Distinguished Professional Service Award

Selected: Dr. Aubrey Sejuit

Dr. Aubrey Sejuit has served as an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator or the Clinical Mental Health

(CMHC) counseling program at Lenoir Rhyne University's (LRU) campus in Columbia for the last two and half

years. In that short time, Dr. Sejuit has worked to grow the program, culminating in two consecutive years of

the largest recruited cohorts in the program’s history on the Columbia campus. This work has also brought LRU

to the awareness of community agencies previously unaware of LRU’s presence in Columbia. Dr. Sejuit’s

efforts as a counselor educator to do stop at the classroom door or the campus boundary. Dr. Sejuit is training


her students to be change agents in the counseling room and in the communities they will serve. A tireless

advocate for equality and diversity, Dr. Sejuit models the role of counselor through work on university and

community committees and in filling the breech in services for vulnerable populations on campus. A veteran

herself, Dr. Sejuit brought Green Zone Ally training to LRU. Specialized to meet the unique needs of military

and veterans on campus, Green Zone Allies are a resource for an identified at-risk population and lets military

personnel find safe places and people to talk to about issues that could derail their academic plans.

Outstanding Counselor Award

Selected: Dr. Frederic Mau

Dr. Mau is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and is board certified as a National Certified

Counselor, Telemental Health professional, and Hypnotherapist. He was the Awards Luncheon speaker at the

2016 SCCA conference and currently serves on the SCCA Executive Board. Dr. Mau believes counselors have a

unique and powerful opportunity to help in the face of the opioid crisis – by providing physical relief for clients

suffering physical pain. He developed and trains counselors as well as other mental health and medical

professionals in Relaxation-Based Pain Relief, a workshop that results in certification for successful

participants.

An international speaker, this fall Dr. Mau will again present this year at conferences in the United Kingdom

and Switzerland, and he has been invited to keynote the Australian Hypnotherapists Association 70th

anniversary World Conference. Dr. Mau is the author of three books, Emotion: The Power of Change; A

Different Reality; and the Relaxation-Based Pain Relief Certification Manual.

The most important work we have as counselors is to meet clients where they are, and help them find a path to

healing. In his practice, Dr. Mau is happy to help clients find that path whatever the challenge – trauma,

conversion issues, anxiety, depression, and phobia.

My best,

Charlotte Redden Hamilton, PhD, LPC/S, LAC, NCC, ACS

SCCA Awards Co-Chair

Hello SCCA Members!

We hope you all enjoyed the Annual Conference! If you missed your chance to stop by the bookstore,

you can still check out the publications on our website at http://sccounselor.org/bookstore/html! If you are an


SCCA member and would like to have your publication featured on our web page, please send us an email at

[email protected].

There’s also still time to take action to support Medicare coverage for Counselors! Legislation has been

introduced to allow counselors to participate in Medicare. You can help get this legislation passed by contacting

your legislators today and asking them to co-sponsor the Mental Health Access Improvement Act (S.

286/H.R. 945). Find more information at NBCC Voter Voice.

Chandler Cox

SCCA Technology, Publicity & Public Relations Chair

Pictures from the 2019 Conference

Norma Colwell & Dr. Tommy Vaughn


Play therapy sessions

Play Therapy presenters


SCCA President

Dr. Tommy Vaughn

Ethics Committee Update:

New Professionals Self Care

Time and time again we are told by our professors about the importance of self-care, but what does that really

mean? As new professionals, we have to follow the code of ethics with our clients; however, there are no ethical

codes when discussing self-care. Practicing self-care will give us the stamina to be able to fully engage with our

clients. It is vital for our physical health, as well as mind and soul. As counselors, we are expected to handle

other individual's problems and always be emotionally available. Over time, this concept creates burnout. By

practicing effective self-care, we can be better, more effective counselors.

Erin Thompson, B.S

Clinical Mental Health Candidate

Lenoir Rhyne University

Congratulations to the 2019 SCCA Annual Conference

Award Winners Geraldine Brantley and Sarette Fender

Awards Co-Chairs

The South Carolina Counseling Association awarded 5 recipients special awards earlier this year at the SCCA conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina on Thursday - Saturday, February 22 – 24, 2019. We are truly thankful for receiving nominations for these recipients to recognize the special work they've done in the field over the years.


2019 SCCA Annual Conference Award winners.

Mr. Michael Delaney Outstanding Administrator

Dr. Aubrey Sejuit

Distinguished Professional Services

Mr. Jamal Stroud Outstanding Humanitarian

Ms. Lynn Ferguson Pioneer

Mrs. Megan Kovach

Graduate Student Memorial Award

New NBCC requirements

Because of new NBCC requirements for Approved Continuing Education Provider status, we are going to be changing the

way we award Continuing Education hours. NBCC now requires us to provide proof that participants are present for the

number of NBCC hours indicated on the certificate of completion, therefore we will be using a new system to check

participants into and out of each session, they attend. We will be using Expo Pass a software designed to keep track of your

sessions, scan you in and out of sessions, generate an online evaluation of sessions, and to calculate your continuing

education hours.

Expo pass will need to be downloaded on your phone prior to entering any of the sessions. You will find Expo Pass in the

App Store or Google Play Store app. The nice thing is that it is offline ready if the internet connections are not working

well at the hotel. We will send more details on how to download the app and register to all the conference registrants.

Expo Pass

AVAILABLE RESOURCES:

You can find a ton of resources on our web page at http://sccounselor.org/links.html. New articles and resources are added weekly from ACA and SCCA members just like

you!

https://support.expopass.com/

http://sccounselor.org/links.html


We've updated our web page to include available supervisors - check them out at http://sccounselor.org/supervisors.html

If you are a supervisor and wish to advertise on our web page, follow the link of the front page to send in your info (www.sccounselor.org).

South Carolina Counseling Association (SCCA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 2041. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. SCCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

CONTACT INFORMATION: SCCA-146A Withers, Rock Hill, SC 29733, 803-323-2456, Email:[email protected];

Website: www.sccounselor.org

South Carolina Counseling Association Leadership 2018-2019

Executive Committee President - Dr. Tommy Vaughn President-Elect - Justin Brewer

Immediate Past-President - Dr. George Williams Treasurer - Jennifer Deaton

Secretary - Amanda Budd Executive Director - Dr. Jennifer Jordan

Parliamentarian - Briana Perkins

Executive Board Norma Colwell

Dr. Frederic Mau Dr. Laurel Shaler Dr. Aubrey Sejuit

Gwendolyn Snider Dr. Nikki Vasilas

Committee Chairs Ethics - Thommi Lawson

Conference - Dr. Jennifer Jordan Membership - Alyson Stiles & Kasey Knight

Nominations & Elections - Dr. George Williams

http://sccounselor.org/supervisors.html

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Newsletter – Erin Thompson Budget / Finance - Jennifer Deaton

Publicity, Technology & Public Relations - Chandler Cox Professional Development - Norma Colwell

Long Range / Strategic Planning - Dr. Tony Strange Awards - Dr. Charlotte Hamilton & Geraldine Brantley

SCOIS - Jimmy Deal Journal - Dr. George Williams & Jerry Dye

Divisions & Interest Groups

Career Development (SCCDA) - Jimmy Deal

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