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• 2025 NCA Lobby Day

  • When
    03/20/2025
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    8:45 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    1445 K Street, Lincoln NE 68508
  • Registered
    10 registrants

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  Please join us for Lobby Day 2025! We are so excited to bring everyone together to advocate for behavioral health in Nebraska. 

  Lobby Day will officially begin at 8:45am at the Capitol Rotunda. At 9am, we will all visit the upper level of the legislature together, to be recognized by the Legislature. Then a short training will be provided, and packets of information will be handed out. 

  Please wear green or purple, as these colors are associated with mental health and substance use recovery. Pins featuring the NCA logo and "mental health matters" will be handed out to participants. 

  Please allow 15-20 minutes to find parking and get inside the capitol. 

  Visits with Senators will end by noon. 

  
  

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• March 2025 Free CEU for Members

  • When
    03/31/2025
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    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  Jen Spencer, LIMHP, LADC, CCTP, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist Presents: Utilizing the Four S's to Build Therapeutic Rapport

  (Pre-Recorded, Available All Month Long!)

  
  

  Therapeutic Rapport in a counseling relationship is identified as one of the most important factors in a positive outcome for clients, this, only second to a client’s own motivation to change. We are taught phrases like unconditional positive regard, active listening, communication skills, and validation. We talk about being trauma informed when creating an environment that allows people to feel safe and heard and opens the door for them to change. This training will dive into Dr. Siegel’s four S’s, Safe, Seen, Soothe which leads to Secure attachment. He talks about the importance of the four S’s for children so they can develop into healthy and confident adults. We will look at how to integrate the power of the four S’s in sessions to create a therapeutic rapport and bond that allows the client, child or adult, the space and a healthy therapeutic relationship so they can work on healing and move toward earned secure attachment.

  This is a pre-recorded presentation, which you will receive access to once you have registered. Information will be sent via your registration email, including the video link, quiz link, and handouts. Please complete the quiz included in your registration email by no later than 5pm on March 31st, 2025 to receive your CE certificate. CE certificates will be sent automatically when you complete and pass the quiz (8/10 correct). You may take the quiz as many times is necessary to pass. 

  Interested in presenting? Contact us at necounseling@gmail.com or complete this form: https://forms.gle/dWXMYAdQJHZaV3Y68

  
  

  Photo courtesy of Nichole L. Shaver from Nicole's Imaging

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• 2025 Nebraska Counseling Association Spring Conference: Trust Your Joy, Follow Your Resilience

  • When
    04/25/2025
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    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Bellevue University, Bellevue NE

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  Join us for the 2025 NCA Spring Conference: Trust Your Joy, Follow Your Resilience!

  We will be at Bellevue University, and we are pleased to announce we will have a keynote by Dr. S. Kent Butler, former ACA President and current professor at the University of Central Florida. Click here for more information on Dr. S. Kent Butler. 

  If you are interested in applying to be one of our 17 breakout session speakers, please apply HERE by February 15th. 

  If you are interested in being a student volunteer, apply HERE. 

  If you are interested in being a sponsor, that registration will open shortly HERE.  

  In the afternoon, we will be offering breakouts focused on positive psychology, joy, and building resilience. The conference planning committee is current planning for up to 19 CE's to be available.

  A light breakfast and snacks are included in registration.

  All in person conference attendees can receive a conference shirt by registering by April 1st and completing the t shirt order form.

  Hotel block information will be shared soon.

  Full schedule with speaker details, parking information, etc, will be sent out at a later date.

  8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Conference check in, light breakfast, sponsor tables, and Book Fair
  9:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Introductions/Awards/Scholarships
  9:15 AM - 12:00 PM: Keynote Speaker (2.5 hours CE, two 10 minute breaks)
  12:00 - 1:30 PM: Lunch on your Own/Sponsor Tables
  1:30 - 3 PM: Breakout Session 1 (1.5 hours)
  Joy Brings Light will be doing a sound bath in the auditorium at this time (no CE's), plus 5 breakout sessions
  3 - 3:30 PM: Break/Afternoon Snacks/Sponsor Tables
  3:30 - 5 PM: Breakout Session 2 (1.5 hours, 6 breakouts available)
  Conference Adjournment 5pm

  CE certificates will be provided by the NCA following your successful completion of a quiz (8/10 correct). If you have not received your live CE by April 26th at 5pm, and it is not in your spam folder, please email us at necounseling@gmail.com. Registrants are responsible for maintaining their record of their CE's.

  Recordings of the conference will be available beginning May 3rd, and will close June 30th at 5pm. All CE quizzes are due at that time. Please note, the sound bath session will not be recorded, & no CE will be provided for it.

  ***UPDATED CANCELLATION POLICY: All registration cancellations and refund requests must be made by April 16, 2025. You will receive a refund minus a $75 cancellation fee ($50 for Student/New Professional/Retired categories). No refunds will be granted after April 16, 2025 for any reason. Refunds will not be issued for no-shows. Please note, you may register and choose the pay later option.

  ***Payments are due for online attendees by April 16th, 2025. Checks MUST be received at 6911 Van Dorn Street, Suite 2, Lincoln NE 68506 by that date. Any registrations for online attendees that have not been paid by that date will be canceled. In-person attendees may pay at check-in if needed.

  ***Student ID is no longer required at check in. All student members are required to provide proof of their student status within 10 days of registering as a member OR by March 15th, 2025. If you have not provided proof of being a student, your student registration will be canceled. Please check your email or contact us for more details.

  ***To take advantage of MEMBER PRICING, you must be logged in to your NCA account prior to registering. 

  ***To take advantage of STUDENT PRICING, you must be an NCA Student Member, and logged in to the NCA website prior to registering. 

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• SPONSORSHIP Registration for 2025 Spring Conference

  • When
    04/25/2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Bellevue University, Bellevue NE
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Become a sponsor today for the Nebraska Counseling Association 2025 Spring Conference!

  Join us for the NCA's 2025 Spring Conference, at the beautiful Bellevue University campus, located in Bellevue! We will be hosting Dr. S. Kent Butler, Former American Counseling Association President in the morning as a keynote, as well as 12 breakout options in the afternoon. We are planning for up to 150 in person attendees. 
  

  **If you would like to register for CE's please do so HERE. This registration is for sponsorship ONLY. 

  Important Deadlines: 

  March 10th: Early Bird rates for members end

  April 1st: Gold Sponsorships close. We need all logos for Gold Sponsorships by no later than 5pm on April 1st to get them on the shirts. 

  April 15th: Silver and Bronze Sponsorships close. We need all logos and needed info from all sponsor by no later than 5pm on April 15th so that we can create the Conference Booklet and get ready for the conference. 

  Conference Info:

  Tentative Schedule (subject to change, all times are Central): 

  7am: Sponsors may start setting up

  8-9am: Conference Registration/Light Breakfast/Book Fair/Sponsor Tables

  9am-12pm: Dr. S. Kent Butler-Keynote

  12pm-1:30pm: Lunch on your own, visit sponsor tables 

  12 noon: Sponsor Lunchtime Facebook Live

  1:30pm-3pm: Breakout Session 1

  3pm-3:30pm: Break/Snack/Sponsor Tables

  5pm: Conference Close

  5:30pm: Please have your area cleaned up

  
  

  Each sponsor will be provided one 6" table and two chairs. At this time we do not plan to provide table cloths

  
  

  We are planning for 150 in-person registrants

  Please contact us at necounseling@gmail.com with any other questions. 

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