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Engaging Professional Members in CSI Chapter Activities and
Beyond: Growing a Counselor Community
Dr. Barbara Mahaffey, Dr. Jill Duba Sauerheber, Jared S. Rose, Bob Gross, Robin DuFresne,
and Tanisha Sapp
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NOTE: Materials will be on line within 72 hours
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3. Click on the icon to the left of the certification to view or print your certificate; click on the name to view the webinar description
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Engaging Professional Members in CSI Chapter Activities and
Beyond: Growing a Counselor Community
Dr. Barbara Mahaffey, Dr. Jill Duba Sauerheber, Jared S. Rose, Bob Gross, Robin DuFresne,
and Tanisha Sapp
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Rationale • Chapters that reach out to alumni and
professional members enrich activities! ◦ Approximately half of CSI’s active members
are professional counselors. ◦ If alumni are not invited to remain active, they
may regard CSI as a “student organization.” ◦ Collaboration between professional members
and current students can benefit both groups. ◦ Alumni provide networking opportunities and
leadership mentors.
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Rationale • What do professional members say? ◦ “I would like to be updated on the chapter
activities and to be invited to the events they hold.”
◦ “I am not currently active in my chapter. I have no communication, involvement, or knowledge of their activities. It might be helpful if they had a committee to keep professional members informed.”
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Professional Members Survey
• Twenty-seven chapters attended the Showcase of Chapters at CSI Days in Orlando.
• 12 Chapters completed our professional development survey that day and 2 responded via email. Emails were sent to all chapters in attendance to attempt to obtain further information.
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Survey - Alumni Involvement
• 7 – workshops • 5 – networking opportunities • 3 – Have not been successful at involving
professional members. • 2 – Mentorship programs • 1 – Involvement in Initiation Ceremony • (Total is more than 14 due to some
responses having more than 1 answer.)
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Survey Results – Advertising
• 8 – email • 4 – Maintain a listserv • 2 – Social Media • 1 – Campus Newspaper • 1 – Have internship students make contact
with professionals • 2 – Have not contacted professional
members
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Where to Begin • One option is to establish a chapter
Professional Member Committee. ◦ CSI committees can be led by Co-Chairs. ◦ Ideally, one Co-Chair will be a professional
member who maintains active membership in CSI.
◦ Another Co-Chair can be a student who attends Executive Committee meetings and who communicates and plans activities focusing on professional counselors.
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Where to Begin • Surveying professional members can help
you assess their needs. The Professional Counselors committee has a ready-made survey.
• You can create a small survey for free and send it by email: ◦ SurveyMonkey.com and Zoomerang.com
allow up to 100 responses for free. ◦ Google Forms (drive.google.com) surveys
allow unlimited responses if you create them.
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Best Practices
• Sigma Delta University of San Diego
◦ A professional member serves as a Liaison to work with chapter alumni.
◦ Counselors are surveyed about mentoring, workshops, and other ways to be involved.
◦ Alumni receive monthly updates and a newsletter to inform them about upcoming events.
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Ways to Engage Professional Counselors/Alumni
• Chapter leaders can encourage alumni involvement in several ways: ◦ Workshops and Retreats
◦ Social Networking Websites ◦ Networking and Mentoring Programs ◦ Publications and Presentations
◦ Awards
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Workshops and Retreats
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Workshops & Retreats
• Professional members need CEUs to earn and maintain licensure. ◦ Chapters can offer workshops for alumni who
remain active members of CSI. ◦ If few alumni are close to campus, they may
prefer a day-long event (2-3 sessions and lunch).
◦ Chapters may wish to partner with a regional counseling organization for financial support.
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Workshops & Retreats
• Frequently requested topics include: ◦ Ethical and Legal Issues ◦ Supervision Theories and Practices
◦ Starting a Private Practice ◦ Using the DSM-5 ◦ Suicidal Ideation and Interventions
◦ Self-injurious Behavior Therapy
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Workshops & Retreats
• Additional possibilities include: ◦ Grief Counseling ◦ Multicultural Counseling
◦ Using Creativity and Humor in Counseling ◦ Substance Abuse ◦ Technology and Social Media
◦ Self-Care / Preventing Burnout
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Workshops & Retreats
• Other professionals may request an experiential workshop or a retreat. ◦ These counselors would appreciate activities
that help maintain wellness, such as art therapy, meditation, or yoga.
“I need something that will help me as a person
– and which therefore helps me as a professional.”
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Chapter Survey Results
• How many chapters offered CEUs for workshops when advertising with professional members?
• 9 – yes • 5 – no
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• Our campus had licensed counselors as far away as Orlando, FL come to Royal Palm Beach, FL to be a part of the workshop on How to Clinically Treat the Twin Population. Jacqueline Hatch, a licensed Social Worker, was willing to come down to Florida from Greensboro, NC to do her kickoff workshop for her new agency called Twin Resource Center.
• There were at 15-20 in attendance, most were counselors in the field mixed with our graduate students.
• Tamara McKlVeen was the acting President of Sigma Upsilon Psi Chapter of our Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society. She did a wonderful job coordinating this event.
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A Chapter Experience submitted by Dr. Denny Cecil Van Den Huevel
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Social Networking Sites
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Social Networking
• Social networking websites can facilitate contact with alumni.
◦ Many professional members already have accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, ResearchGate or other sites.
◦ Joining a social networking group is easy. ◦ Members use these sites regularly, so they
are likely to see updates from the chapter.
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Social Networking • A chapter group on Facebook can: ◦ Encourage networking among chapter
members, who can message each other via the site.
◦ Provide chapter news and photos to professional members.
◦ Advertise chapter events and allow members to RSVP.
◦ Introduce current chapter leaders to alumni. ◦ Be linked to the CSI facebook page!
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Social Networking • LinkedIn is a social networking site
designed for professionals: ◦ Members’ profiles include a resume. ◦ The “Jobs” tab allows chapters to post
detailed information about employment opportunities.
◦ Job postings expire after 14 days, but can be re-posted. Links can be also be shared, but not files or photos.
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Social Networking
• Visit csi-net.org/?Chapters to design or report a site: ◦ Go to the section on “Chapter Internet
Presence and Social Networking.” ◦ Review the appropriate rubric (e.g. facebook,
LinkedIn) and use the online form to submit it. ◦ If you have questions, contact Stephen
Kennedy at [email protected]
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Networking and Mentoring Programs
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Networking & Mentoring
• Networking meetings can be structured around specific goals: (meet and greet)
◦ Connecting students and recent graduates with licensed clinical supervisors.
◦ Linking clinicians and students who need access to research subjects from the opposite setting.
◦ Allowing job-seeking members to meet potential employers.
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Networking & Mentoring
• A professional mentor can support a student as she or he enters the counseling profession. ◦ The committee can provide a mentoring
application and match alumni with second-year master’s students.
◦ Ideally, students should be paired with a professional in the same track (e.g. school)
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Best Practices • Ann Odom, chapter president, Epsilon Chi Chapter,
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania listed ways: • Listing alumni and counselors located in the
phone and insurance provider books • Personal Contact with Graduates to
encourage them to continue membership • Including Alumni as Speakers at CSI
Induction and Community Educational Events.
• Participate with Professional Members During Depression Week Screenings.
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Chapter Survey Results
• Were Students Able to Network with Professional Members at the Chapter level?
• 10 – yes • 1 – occasionally • 3 – no
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Publications and Presentations
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Publications • The chapter newsletter can include articles
by professional members. • Chapters can award alumni with research
and recognize them as part of induction ceremonies.
• Recent graduates can publish a “job-hunting guide” for students. ◦ Professional members can discuss hiring
policies and questions that employers will ask. ◦ Alumni offer insights on current job markets.
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Best Practices
• Beta Alpha Northern Arizona University
◦ Professional members can contribute to an annual Counseling and Wellness journal.
◦ In addition to submitting articles, alumni are also invited to serve on the editorial board.
◦ The department and chapter listservs were used to recruit professional members.
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Presentations • Professional members can present with
students at conferences. ◦ New students will be able to work with an
experienced presenter.
• Alumni can be invited to participate in workshops, classes, and panels. ◦ Presentations can focus on job-related issues.
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Best Practices
• Chi Chi - Columbus State University ◦ A listserv was used to contact counselors. ◦ Alumni presented about the LPCA licensure
process and the practicum/internship experience.
◦ During each workshop, the chapter included discussions so that students and alumni could network.
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Best Practices
• Upsilon Rho Iota University of Rochester ◦ Data was collected at a breakfast for alumni. ◦ Alumni led workshops that addressed exams
for licensure and finding employment as a school counselor or clinical mental health counselor.
◦ Upsilon Rho Iota collaborated with the SUNY-Brockport chapter to encourage attendance.
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Awards
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Awards
• Chapters can give an “Outstanding Practitioner Award” each year. ◦ This award recognizes “an outstanding
counselor whose time is spent primarily in direct clinical counseling services.”
◦ Accomplishments from the last two years should be considered.
◦ Visit csi-net.org/?Chapters to learn more.
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Awards
• Chapters can also offer “Outstanding Practitioner Supervisor Awards.” ◦ The award recognizes “an outstanding
counselor whose primary professional commitment is the direct supervision of persons involved in clinical counseling services.”
◦ Nominees should spend at least 10% of their time directly supervising other counselors.
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Best Practices
• Nu - State Univ. of New York – Brockport ◦ Professional members chair the committee
that selects recipients of the Joseph R. Kandor Award of Excellence.
◦ A master’s student who demonstrates exceptional potential receives this scholarship.
◦ Alumni help to provide a meaningful award.
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Member Benefits • Disseminate our Brochure! • Active professional members continue to
receive the same benefits: ◦ Voting in CSI International elections ◦ CSI publications (Exemplar, JCLA) ◦ Eligibility for awards, grants, fellowships &
internships, and leadership positions. ◦ Free CEU contact hours for CSI webinars. ◦ Access to members-only csi-net.org pages.
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For More Information…
• If you have questions about developing resources for professional members, contact:
◦ CSI Professional Member Committee information or requests for the brochure:
◦ Barbara A. Mahaffey, chair at [email protected] or [email protected]
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