Southeastern to host mental health conference Jan. 10 & 11
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
SLU CONFERENCE SPEAKER – Nicholas Hayes, director of Clinical Research and Outcomes for the Cumberland Heights Foundation in Nashville, will be the keynote speaker at the second annual Terrell Conference for Mental Health Professionals, hosted by Southeastern Louisiana University in January. The conference honors longtime Southeastern counseling director Tom Terrell.
HAMMOND – The University Counseling Center (UCC) at Southeastern Louisiana University
will sponsor the second annual Terrell Conference for Mental Health Practitioners
Jan. 10 - Jan. 11, in the university’s Student Union.
Annette Baldwin, outreach liaison for the Southeastern UCC, said conference highlights
include a keynote speaker and reception Thursday evening. Friday includes a full day
of continuing education opportunities for counseling and other mental health professionals
in the areas of supervision, ethics and diagnosis, as well as the expo and networking
lunch.
“Participants will have the opportunity for one-on-one conversations with local
mental health practitioners, faculty, staff and counseling students,” Baldwin said.
“The Conference Expo will showcase area mental health partners dedicated to various
aspects of mental health treatment and recovery.”
Keynote speaker Nicholas Hayes will present “Recovery Research Outcomes – Past,
Present and Future.” The presentation will address how current recovery science initiatives
could impact the future of healthcare, how technology can assist with increasing recovery
access throughout communities, and highlight how everyone can support emerging recovery
science initiatives in their communities, said Baldwin.
Director of Clinical Research and Outcomes for the Cumberland Heights Foundation
in Nashville, Hayes is enrolled as a doctoral student in the Couples, Marriage, and
Family Therapy Graduate Program at Texas Tech University. He holds dual licensure
as a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, as well as a Chemical Dependency Counselor.
Registration costs, which include special rates for students, and other details
can be found on the website southeastern.edu/terrellconference.
The conference honors Tom Terrell, former director for the UCC, for his work
with students, faculty and staff at Southeastern, as well as the leadership roles
he played with the Louisiana Professional Counseling Association. Terrell was instrumental
in developing the Louisiana licensure law for mental health professionals and played
a key role in achieving accreditation of the Southeastern UCC with the International
Association of Counseling Services.
“The UCC has worked with our university and mental health community partners
to bring another great conference for professionals, faculty, staff and graduate students,”
said Baldwin. “We listened to feedback from last year’s conference and are providing
more opportunities for networking with added time to our expo and a networking lunch.”
For more information, email Baldwin at recovery@southeastern.edu.
