The 2024 Northeast Nebraska Behavioral Health Conference will be held at Wayne State College on Friday, March 22, in the Wayne State Student Center. The event is co-hosted by Wayne State, the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The conference is free and focuses on integrative healthcare and rural behavioral health needs. It is open to all helping professionals, including educators, students, counselors, social workers, psychologists, clergy, healthcare providers and administrative staff.
Register at https://www.wsc.edu/bhconference. Register by March 10 to be eligible for the free luncheon.
Schedule of Events:
8-8:30 a.m. – Registration Check-in (Frey Conference Suite)
8:30-9 a.m. – Welcome (Frey Conference Suite)
9-10:30 a.m. – First Session (Breakout Rooms in Student Center):
- Changing Landscapes: Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Updates; Presented by Marley Doyle, M.D.; Erin Schneider, Ed.D.; Tina Chasek, Ph.D.; Kati Cordts, Ph.D.
- Feminist Approach to Public Health Ethics (^Ethics CEU; Presented by Eva Olson, M.A.
- Keeping School Mental Health Accessible for Rural Nebraska; Presented by Beth Doll, Ph.D., LP, NCSP.
- Using Evidence Based Practices in Co-Occurring Treatment; Presented by Lisa Anibal; Tiffany Gormley, LIMHP, LMHP, LADC; Sandy Stevenson, LIMHP, LMHP, LADC.
- Using Tobacco Cessation to Improve Behavioral Health Outcomes; Presented by Kyla Scott, B.S., Tobacco Cessation Educator.
10:30 a.m.-Noon – Second Session (Breakout Rooms in Student Center):
- 99 Problems, But I’m Not One: Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders; Presented by Soshia Bohn, PLMHP, LADC.
- The Business of Helping Others: Building a Clinical Private Practice; Presented by Jeff Peterson, Ph.D., LIMHP, NCC, and Sharon Lotz, PLMHP.
- Enhancing School Counselor Professionalism: Navigating Challenges and Advocating for Standards; Presented by Katie Hecht-Weber, Ph.D. candidate, PLMHP .
- High-Performing Students: A High-Risk Population; Presented by Molly Woodman.
-How to Help Adults Cope with Grief; Presented by Kay Glidden, M.S., and Beth Reynolds Lewis, B.S.
- The Importance of Integrated School-Based Therapy Services; Presented by Michelle Claussen, LIMHP, LADC, CPC, and Amy Specht, PLMHP.
11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. – Poster Session (Frey Conference Suite):
- Advancing Care for Postpartum Depression: Spreading Education & Awareness to Increase Identification and Treatment; Presented by Caitlyn Haines, UNO Graduate Student (CMHC).
- Counseling Considerations: Native American/American Indian; Valerie Blase, WSC graduate student (CMHC).
- Does a Person’s Sex Matter? A Deeper Look into Moments that a Person’s Sex Impacted the Care They Received; Presented by Kevin Bollinger, WSC graduate student (CMHC).
- Asexuality: The Invisible Orientation; Presented by Aryn Halsey, WSC graduate student (CMHC).
- Ozempic: The “Miracle Drug”; Presented by Aryn Halsey, WSC graduate student (CMHC).
- Person Centered Counseling: My Personal Journey to Becoming a Counselor; Presented by Mitch Bierbower, WSC graduate student (CMHC).
- Treatment of TRD: Emerging Trends in the Treatment of TRD in an Urban Private Practice Clinic; Presented by MJ Hanigan, M.D.; Robert Lundholm, APRN; Steve Elzey, LPN.
Noon-1:30 p.m. – Luncheon and Welcome by Wayne State President Dr. Marysz Rames (Frey Conference Suite):
12:30-2 p.m. – Keynote Address by Dr. Leslie Koenig, MD (Frey Conference Suite)
2-3:30 p.m. – Third Session (Breakout Rooms in Student Center):
- Hope on the Horizon: Growing Comprehensive School Mental Health Services in Middle America; Presented by Jennifer Pollock, Ed.S., NCSP.
- The Impact of Brain Injury within High-Risk Populations; Presented by Presented by Anna Cole and Gina Simanek, M.A., LMHP.
- Multicultural Counseling Ethics (Ethics CEU); Presented by Jeff Peterson, Ph.D., LPC, LIMHP, NCC.
- School Counselor Supervision Training: Next Steps and Beyond (Supervision CEU); Presented by Suzanne Scott, Ph.D., LMHP, LPC (WY), NCC.
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral Health; Presented by Sandra Jones, M.S.
3:30-5 p.m. – Fourth Session (Breakout Rooms in Student Center):
- ADHD: A Closer Look; Presented by Paul Davies, LIMHP, CPC, ADHD-CCSP, ASDCS.
- Identifying Special Topics in Trauma Counseling: A Round Table Discussion; Presented by Alison Boughn, Ph.D., ACS, ATR-BC, LIMHP (NE), LMHC (IA), LPC-MH (SD), NCC, QMHP, TF-CBT.
- Gender and Transgender Experience: Implications for Counseling; Presented by Aryn Halsey and Kevin Bollinger.
- Language Matters: Incorporating the Use of Expressive Writing to Explore Stages of Change; Presented by Soshia Bohn, PLMHP, LADC.
- Strategies for Enhancing the Supervision Experience; Presented by Lindsey Ondrak, LIMHP, LPC, IMH-E, and Carrie L Gottschalk, LIMHP, LPC.
- Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Through the Human Rights Framework; Presented by Eva Olson, M.A.
Keynote Presentation:
- The Next Evolution of Mental Health: How Ketamine is Leading the Charge and What's to Come; Presented by Dr. Leslie Koenig, M.D.
About the Presentation:
What we thought we knew about how the brain works is changing. Old battlefield medicines have new purpose, and stigmatized recreational drugs have been found to have profound benefits. Advances in neuroscience are leading to a collaboration between mental health providers and physicians in a whole new way, with new breakthroughs for not just science, but real people with life changing results. Seeing the person as a whole with an integrative approach, Dr. Koenig will walk you through this rapidly changing field with practical applications for today.
About the Presenter:
Leslie Koenig, M.D. is a board-certified emergency physician, Afghanistan combat veteran and founder of Waybridge Clinic, an IV Ketamine clinic in Omaha. She received her BS in microbiology from University of Iowa and medical doctorate from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in 2008.
Following this, she entered active-duty service with the United States Navy and completed her emergency residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Deploying with the USMC in 2013, she treated casualties as part of a Shock Trauma Platoon and was the EMS director for Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province. Upon entering civilian life, she wrote and published the "Stress Relief Survival Guide" and created a companion video course available free on YouTube.
Currently, she is a fellow at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, pursuing a board certification in this field. In 2023, she opened her first ketamine clinic, becoming an entrepreneur with goals of bringing her varied skills to her patients.
She is an executive contributor to Brainz Magazine and is active in her local Chamber of Commerce and Marine Corps League.
Wayne State Student Center is Building #36 on the map:
https://www.wsc.edu/map
Parking: Parking is available in Lot #10 on the map, southeast of the Wayne State Student Center. Curbside parking is also available throughout the campus.
