MAY 2015 ANNUAL SESSION UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT
Volume 1, Issue 3
May 2015
ANNUAL
SESSION
University of
Wisconsin-Stout
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT, BOWMAN HALL
IN THIS ISSUE
CMHC News & Updates
Outstanding Student &
Graduate Faculty Awards – May
2014
In the annual celebration of learning
banquet for the College of Education,
Health, & Human Sciences, the CMHC
program stole the show!
Julie Bates-Maves, Ph.D., LPC, NCC
Outstanding Graduate Faculty of the
Year, 2014, UW-Stout
Outstanding Graduate Teacher of the
Year, 2014, CEHHS
Amber Tepsa, CMHC Alumni
Outstanding Student of the Year, 2014,
CEHHS
Congratulations, Brandee
Farrell & Kelley Mendalski!
Brandee was awarded the 2015-2016
Dr. Amy L. Gillett Graduate Scholarship
through the Stout University
Foundation.
Kelley was awarded the 2015-2016
Patricia Coker Endowed Graduate
Scholarship & the 2015-2016 CEHHS
Potential for Excellence Scholarship.
Congratulations, Brandee and Kelley!
We are so proud of you and your
accomplishments.
The CMHC Program is now on
Facebook!
Visit our page to learn about the
program, upcoming campus events and
opportunities, and special interest pieces
pertaining to mental health.
Find us here:
https://www.facebook.com/CMHCStout
?ref=hl
May 2015
Student Stories
Hear what current CMHC students have to
say about their practicum and internship
experiences, and their overall reflections
about the CMHC program.
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Meet our new Graduate
Assistants for 2015-2016
Undergraduate:
Erin Mabry
Graduate CPL:
McKenzie Erickson
Kaileen McMickle
Kelley Mendalski
CMHC Program Updates
Take a look at page 3, in the Director’s note,
to learn about recent updates to Wisconsin
LPC licensure standards and our own
program revisions.
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Welcome, baby Bates-Maves!
Julie and her husband welcomed their
bouncing bundle of joy, Ben, into their
family on March 6, 2015.
Recent Graduates
Join us in honoring our recent CMHC
graduates, and learn about the program’s
graduation statistics.
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Student Stories
Practicum & Internship
Experiences
Andrea Hess L.E. Phillips Libertas Treatment
Center, Chippewa Falls, WI
The main experience for me is growth. I
have noticed that I have been able to hear
these stories, and not be IN the story either. I
have created a healthy distance for myself,
and am listening in a different way to these
clients. I am now being empathetic and not
sympathetic. I have also grown by watching
other therapists, and their approach to
serving these clients. I feel that I have taken
and meditated on, what I like and don’t like
about each of these therapists.
Jenna Laube UW-Eau Claire Counseling
Center, Eau Claire, WI
One thing I’ve learned through practicum
is the importance of conceptualizing each
client. Conceptualizing the client helps me
model their presenting concern and how it’s
being reinforced through their behaviors,
emotions and thought patterns. Most of my
clients are very receptive to the information
the model provides and I’ve noticed the
awareness the model brings also creates a
sense of peace within the client. Practicum
has also taught me the importance of asking
for help and acknowledging when I need it.
I’ve realized there is a plethora of clinicians
ready to impart knowledge on their personal
experience and are more than willing to help
in any way possible.
Ann Gleason UW-Stout Counseling Center,
Menomonie, WI
This year has been one of new experiences
and personal growth. I've had the
opportunity to participate in many initiatives
on campus, and each experience has taught
me new lessons and skills. My knowledge of
counseling theories and techniques has also
deepened. I have received fantastic
supervision, and have always felt as though I
am a valuable member of the Counseling
Center team. Perhaps most importantly, I've
gained self-awareness and confidence with
each experience, allowing me to feel
prepared and confident to enter the
workforce. My responsibilities on campus are
multi-faceted, and I believe they have
prepared me to work effectively in a variety
of work environments and with diverse client
populations.
Ashley Vogel Chippewa Valley Correctional
Treatment Facility, Chippewa Falls, WI
As a Psychological Services Intern at
Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment
Facility (CVCTF), I provide individual
counseling to clients in the institution on a
voluntary basis. It has allowed me to work
with the incarcerated population whom I am
passionate about. Through this experience I
have had the opportunity to put my
knowledge and skills to work. I now have a
much better idea of what counseling in the
field is truly like, and I love it! I've learned to
be patient with myself as a counselor. Not
every session is going to be great and that's
ok! Everything gets better with time and
practice.
CMHC Program Reflections
Micheal Kurschner
My experience in the program has led to
much self-awareness and personal
growth. My interpersonal skills have become
much better due to this. I have begun to
communicate more effectively in both my
personal relationships and my professional
ones as well. This has made my personal
relationships stronger and more
rewarding. I’m glad to have such quality
education, mentoring and feedback from
peers to help me to through this growth as it
has really helped me to become more
effective when communicating with others. I
feel as though this program has also
prepared me to be become an effective
counselor upon completion. I have already
seen through my experiences this year that
what we learn here is very effective when put
to use with clients.
Ashley Miller
The thing I like most about the CMHC
program is the faculty. They are always ready
and willing to have a discussion with you
regarding the program, personal life or
whatever else may come up. They have a
genuine interest in the success of everyone in
the program. I love that they take time to get
to know you on a personal level, even before
having been accepted to the program. They
promote growth on a daily basis. I have
noticed huge changes in myself and my ways
of thinking about and interacting with people
in the short time I have been in the program.
Honestly, I believe that I am a nicer person as
a result of the way the faculty teach and
relate to me. The CMHC program is more
than a graduate program, because of the
faculty; it really feels like some sort of
extended family. They encourage us to get to
know ourselves, them and the rest of our
classmates while pumping us full of
wonderful information.
Kaileen McMickle
When I first started the program last fall, I
had some preconceived ideas about how I
needed to be the perfect counselor, student,
and person in general. Going through
Counseling Process Lab and being
challenged by the program's professors to
think surprisingly deep and insightful in the
moment (which additionally trickled to my
outside life), broke down some of my
perfectionistic ideas and allowed me to
become much more unconditional not only
to others, but to myself as well. As a selfactualizer, this dynamic was life-changing
and is something I think will continue to
follow me through the entire program.
MAY 2015 ANNUAL SESSION UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT
Volume 1, Issue 3
A Note from the Program Director
Hi All,
Recently we were informed of some significant changes to state of Wisconsin’s License
st
Professional Counseling (LPC) requirements which will go into effect on September 1 of 2018.
The changes are significant as they now require the completion 54 specific credits (17 different
courses). Furthermore, students are required to complete both a 3 credit practicum experience
and a 6 credit internship experience as well as course work in trauma, treatment planning, and
addictions.
Practicum
3 credits
Internship
6 credits
Counseling Theories
3 credits
Human growth and development
3 credits
Social and cultural foundations
3 credits
Helping relationship
3 credits
Group dynamics processing and counseling
3 credits
Lifestyle and career development
3 credits
Assessment and testing
3 credits
Research and evaluation
3 credits
Professional counseling orientation
3 credits
Foundations of clinical mental health counseling
3 credits
Clinical mental health counseling diagnosis and treatment
3 credits
Crisis and trauma counseling
3 credits
Abnormal behavior and psychopathology
3 credits
Addictions counseling
3 credits
Family, partnership, and couples counseling
3 credits
TOTAL
54 semester
credits
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dr. John Kelm, Director
231B Vocational Rehabilitation Building
715/232-1303
klemj@uwstout.edu
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From my understanding if you earned your training license before September 1 of 2018 you will be grandfathered into your LPC, but
after that date you will have to fully match the 54 credits listed above to earn you training license. Julie and I just finished another
program revision where we aligned the current program to the new requirements and will soon submit the program to the state for
preapproval. We expect to be fully approved by the Professional Counseling section in 2015-2016 academic year. On a side note, I was
informed by the LPC section that this process trumps CACREP accreditation, so even CACREP programs will be required to match the
course listed above.
As a program we embrace the changes as it will create a much more comprehensive set of requirements for the LPC which should over
time strengthen the standing of our program and the LPC as a license.
If you have any questions about the new changes or any feedback about the program please send me an email as I am always happy to
hear from past graduates or currents students,
Be well,
John
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Congratulations Recent CMHC
Graduates!
FAST FACTS
93%
Of the 15 individuals who completed the program
between December 2013 and August 2014, we
observed a 93% employment placement rate within
the first 3 month of graduation.
50-75%
UW-Stout allows up to seven years for a student to
complete their coursework. In general about 50-75%
of students finish the program in two years.
May 2014
December 2014
Emily Beer
Alexandria Delosier
Katie Hauge
Courtney Henrichs
Claudia Interiano
Jenny Klucarich
Meghan Kroening
Tracy Meyer
Crystal Okerglicki
Roberta Sosof Esquina
Samantha Stubbe
Stephanie Franklin
Kaitlin Holmes
Rosanna Hurt
Emily Klingenberg
Nathaniel McKeefry
Mitchell Nelsen
Kimberly Olson
Cecily Rentz
Elizabeth Seelow
Denise Treankler
Garrett Wilk
Amber Williams
Amy Wurzer
May 2015
ANNUAL
SESSION
University of
WisconsinStout
250 Vocational
Rehabilitation Building
221 10th Avenue E.
Menomonie, WI 54751
Authors (from left to right): Ann Gleason, Micheal Kurschner, & Jenna Laube
2014-2015 Graduate Assistants for the CMHC program