Ethics Presenter

Alison Mohr Boleware

“Advocacy 101 and Telling Your Story”

Breakout Session 1

Speaker 1

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Danyelle Davis, M.Ed., LPC, NCC, BC-TMH

Garner Counseling Group, LLC

“Holding Steady: Supporting Clients Thru Dissociation”

Speaker 2

Jenny Jenson

“Advance Care Planning”

Breakout Session 2

Speaker 1

Andrea Cortez, MM, MT-BC

Mind Body Music Center

“Harmonizing Care: The Evidence for Music Therapy in Nephrology Settings”

Speaker 2

Melissa Bentley, LPC, PMH-C & Beth Thomas, LCSW

“Perinatal Mental Health and Resources”

Past Speakers

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Erika Guillory

Licensed Health Insurance Broker

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Health Insurance & One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA): What You Need to Know”

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Kelsey Blahnik, LCSW-S

Founder at The AND Way

Ethics Speaker presenting on “Mental Health in a Politically Divided World: The AND Way”

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Sandra Moreland

Founder of Finding Balance Yoga Studio

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Finding Balance: The Mind Body Connection”

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Joan Asseff, LCSW-S

Assistant Dean for Master’s Programs, Clinical Associate Professor, GRACE Program Co-Director at UT Austin's School of Social Work

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Mental Health in Later Life: Diagnoses, Risk Factors, & Special Considerations for Older Adults”

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Joel T Adler, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Who Waits, Who Receives: Inequities in Transplant Access”

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Elanderia Rowe, LCSW, LSSYB, PCBHI-C, FNKF, NSW-C

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Ethical Considerations in Dialysis Centers”

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Justin Estep, Attorney

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Immigration Updates”

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Kristin Malaer, LCSW-S, CCTSW-MCSl 

Ethics Speaker presenting on “Ethical Decision Making Models & Considerations for Social Workers”

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Dede Sparks, LMSW 

Breakout Speaker presenting on “End of Life Care for Older Adults”

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Reagan Baiza,  LCSW, CCM

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Depression and Chronic Pain”

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Will Francis

LMSW Executive Director of NASW Texas

Ethics Speaker

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Alexis Edwards, LCSW

Birth 360

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Trauma Informed Care”

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Sharita Ambrose, DHEd, MPH, CHES, CHWI (Co-Presenter)

Allure Alliance

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Sexual Health Across Lifespans”

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La’Toya Swan BS, CHES, CHW-1 (Co-Presenter)

Allure Alliance

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Sexual Health Across Lifespans”

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Valerie Rosen, M.D., Penny Pine Dove, LCSW, & Stephanie Simpson, LCSW

Restore IOP at Ascension Seton Behavioral Health

Breakout Speaker presenting on “Through the Lens of Trauma-Tools for Effective Clinical Engagement”