Spring 2013 Professional Development Institute Integrative Career Counseling: Working with the Whole Client

When
Friday, April 26, 2013
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Mercer University - Atlanta Campus - Nursing School, Room 137

Featuring: Karen James Chopra, LPC, MCC, NCC

Location: Mercer University - Atlanta Campus - Nursing School, Room 137
*NOTE: the location on the Mercer campus is different than where GCDA normally meets. Follow campus directionals to the NURSING SCHOOL!

Date: April 26, 2013

Registration/Breakfast: 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Workshop: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

6 CEUs available

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

About the Workshop:

Clients come to us because they need help with their careers, but we quickly discover that career issues are inextricably linked to other life problems--depression, anxiety, divorce, substance abuse, medical issues. Integrative Career Counseling is a simple but powerful framework for working with everything the client is struggling with, without losing sight of the career goal. ICC supports endless variety and creativity in career counseling because it is a model for thinking about what interventions to use and when to deploy them, not a prescription of what to do. ICC can be adapted to a range of settings, from private practice to workforce development centers and academic counseling environments. This full day workshop will introduce participants to the four levels of Integrative Career Counseling, and provide both suggested interventions for each level as well as guidelines for participants to design their own unique interventions. We will devote time to the all-important intake session, focusing on techniques that engage clients and bring them back for more. Participants will have the opportunity to practice new techniques. If you have ever felt overwhelmed by a client's multiple challenges, or puzzled about how to get at the issue that you know is really interfering with a client's progress, this workshop will give you the tools you need.

About Karen:

Karen James Chopra is a therapist (LPC), Master Career Counselor (MCC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC) with a private practice in Washington, D.C. She is the author of Coaching Career Clients on Salary and Other Workplace Negotiations and numerous other articles on the business and practice of career counseling and the creator of the Integrative Career Counseling (ICC) model. Through her Savvy Career Counselor business, she provides private practice consulting to career counselors and coaches. She received her M.A. in Community Counseling from the George Washington University, and her B.A. from the University of Virginia. She also has a master's degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Prior to becoming a career counselor, Ms. Chopra worked on trade issues for the U.S. Government at the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

For more information about Karen, please visit www.chopracareers.com

DIRECTIONS TO THE EVENT

If you are driving NORTH on I-85, take the Chamblee-Tucker Road exit (Exit 94) and exit to the right off the interstate and then get in your second farthest to the right most lane. As you approach Chamblee-Tucker, at the stop light you will turn right onto Chamblee Tucker Road. Turn right at the light onto Mercer University Drive. Follow the road until you see a second large brick and bronze Mercer University sign on your right. Turn right and then turn left at the stop sign. (See below for rest of directions)

If you are driving SOUTH on I-85, take the Chamblee-Tucker Road exit (Exit 94) and exit to the right off the interstate and then stay in the middle lane of the ramp. At the light, turn left onto Chamblee-Tucker Road and stay in the right lane. After you cross over I-85, turn right at the second light onto Mercer University Drive. Follow the road until you see another large brick and bronze Mercer University sign on your right. Turn right and then turn left again at the stop sign. (See below for rest of directions)

If you are traveling WEST (or north towards Chattanooga) on I-285, take the Chamblee-Tucker Road exit (Exit 34) staying under the directional signs and stay in the left lane. At the intersection with Chamblee-Tucker, turn left and move into your middle lane as you proceed over I-285. Go 7 stop lights to the intersection with Mercer University Drive. Turn left onto Mercer University Drive. Follow the road until you see another large brick and bronze Mercer University sign on your right. Turn right and then turn left again at the stop sign. (See below for rest of directions)

If you are traveling EAST (or south towards Augusta) on I-285, take the Chamblee-Tucker Road exit (Exit 33A) and stay under the Chamblee-Tucker overhead directional signs (it will point the way to I-85 and Chamblee-Tucker Road). I-85 exit will then be the farthest most right lane, but Chamblee-Tucker exit will be the second to the most right lane. Say under the directional signs and then in the right lane. At the intersection with Chamblee-Tucker, turn right and proceed 6 traffic lights to the intersection with Mercer University Drive. Turn left onto Mercer University Drive. Follow the road until you see another large brick and bronze Mercer University sign on your right. Turn right and then turn left again at the stop sign. (See below for rest of directions)

Follow the road which will cross over a walkway/large speed bump, after which you will see a large parking lot on your right. Park in the parking lot on your right as close to the center of the lot as you can. Walk toward the College of Nursing building, which is down a sidewalk that goes through a wooded area.

Contact Betsy Johnson at (678) 773-9227 if you need additional assistance.