Gallaudet University Department of Counseling

Our summer residency is now over for 2024! What a great time! Here are a few memories, but more will be coming in our fall newsletter!

Dr. Lomas at lunch with alumnus Dr. Nancy Crown. Dr. Crown has a successful private practice in New York City. It’s always nice to visit alumni!

ADARA in Atlanta was wonderful this year. Our own faculty, Drs. Kuehne and Lomas, presented on mental health professionals getting ready for court. The two collaborated with Dr. Farley from Sociology.

Dr. Lomas and former a student, Grace, presented on disrupting the school to prison pipeline at the Education Service Center Region 13 in Austin today.

Our spring 2024 newsletter is posted!

Bison Couch Spring Newsletter 2024.pdf

Thanks to Dr. Guthmann for being our guest speaker tonight! It was great to see you!

There are jobs at Deaf LEAD.

Job Postings Work for DeafLEAD! We are a fully-remote, Deaf-centric workplace. As […]

The best conference for those who work in our field! Check out the program!

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Our fall 2023 newsletter is here. Please note that we need more field supervisors!

COU Spring 2023 Newsletter.pdf

This is a fabulous opportunity! For more information, email DHH.CRC at Gallaudet.edu.

So exited to see the new rule by CMS that will include mental health counselors in Medicare!

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicare-mental-health-professionals-more-options/?fbclid=IwAR0ZJyYFivK5I5yaS4ThUMhd-0b8nXlQfHON2Zpn9ZJUlAmKbjojuLAg-TE_aem_AWTh14z202Vy2apT2lvEGwvxFiFO_WKhTlS61yjFH3xrEN2RscebDwjypw-X390vV0E

Medicare Expands the Roster of Available Mental Health Professionals - KFF Health News Medicare is expanding access to mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists come Jan. 1. But the belief that seniors who suffer from mental health problems should just grin and bear it remains a troubling barrier to care.

Great news!

988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline Adds American Sign Language Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Callers Note to editors and reporters: B-roll video (MP4 | 314 MB) is available for download and use in reporting, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

The COU class of 2026 has completed their residency!

Apparently, there are some controversial laws regarding practice with the LGBTQ population. ACA has recommendations here.

https://www.counseling.org/government-affairs/advocacy-tips-tools/controversial-issues/?fbclid=IwAR2_TXIY-LuxGcyPe8XzjMooNwIRlex6bDud-XI9fwyuQACQQlDWPEW3EFQ #

Controversial Issues Licensed Professional Counselors may consider reaching out to their attorney general for guidance on working with the LGBTQ+ community if they have questions or concerns about legal issues related to their practice. For example, counselors may want to seek guidance on how to comply with state and fe...

Make your voice heard! Please join ACA for the 2023 Virtual Hill Day where you will have an opportunity to advocate for the profession. Hill Day will kick off with a briefing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, and will include comprehensive training that will focus on advocacy in support of the counseling profession.

This year, the ACA Virtual Hill Day will center on state legislation, providing you with the opportunity to advocate for the profession close to home.

https://www.counseling.org/events/virtual-hill-day/

Dr. Lomas and Dr. Kuehne participated in the commencement ceremony. So proud to represent our counseling program at Gallaudet University!

The spring 2023 edition of the newsletter is posted! Check us out!

COU Spring 2023 Newsletter.pdf

This is a great opportunity to learn Parent Child Interaction Therapy from qualified trainers who are fluent in ASL and are experienced in working with deaf children and parents.

Dr. Lomas joined Dr. Deb Guthmann and Grace Lester, Gallaudet Honors student, presented at the APA Symposium on law this week.

Dr. Lomas was recently at the Mayo Clinic to refine his skills in medical simulation, a training tool we hope to bring to Gallaudet.

Wishing students a wonderful spring semester!

This is great news, as it will allow counselors to take Medicare and provide access to Deaf people in that network!

This looks like a wonderful workshop!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Considerations When Adapting Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Deaf and Heard of Hearing Children and Adolescents. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This webinar will discuss the use of evidence-based psychological treatments with deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents. It will provide a brief overview of three treatments that are currently being adapted for use with deaf and hard of hearing children a adolescents. Trauma-focused Cogn...

The American Counseling Association offers free resources designed to help individuals in Colorado Springs, CO and others affected by mass shootings. https://bit.ly/2HXfH7F

This can be streamed live today (Saturday evening).

Tonight at the Trauma Research Foundation Film Festival! Don’t miss the impactful panel following the screening with Being Michelle team members Mae Thornton Mehra & Dr. Gabriel Lomas ! Also joining us are guest panelists Dr. Makoto Ikegami and Noel King! Rorri Burton of Pro Bono ASL & Suzanne Lightbourn will provide ASL Interpretation!


[Image description: The image is a colorful square slide for the Trauma Research Foundation (with a logo of 6 abstract figures in grey, blue, and orange dancing in a circle) 3rd Annual Film Festival showcasing on November 19th, 2022 from 7:00 - 8:30pm EDT with a Live Q&A from 8:40 - 9:10pm. Being Michelle Panelists are listed with small square bio photos and their titles: Mae Thornton Mehra - Documentary Filmmaker & Producer of Being Michelle (white woman with long brown hair and an orange shirt), Dr. Gabriel Lomas - Professor of Counseling & Advisor to Being Michelle (Latino man smiling with greyish hair and a blue blazer), Dr. Makoto Ikegami - Licensed Clinician & Social Worker (Asian man with short black hair, wearing a blue blazer and standing in front of trees and flowers), Noel King - Mental Health Clinician & Art Therapist (Asian woman with dark rimmed glasses and a short dark asymmetrical haircut with a blonde streak and red lipstick resting her hand on her face) and 2 ASL Interpreters Rorri Burton (Black woman smiling, wearing white oversized floral-print glasses, a nose ring and a green top) and Suzanne Lightbourn (Mexican-American person with short black hair, smiling, wearing earrings and a black collared shirt).

On the right side, is the Being Michelle poster with the image of a white woman with short red hair and red-rimmed glasses holding up a painted self-portrait in front of her face. She is wearing a purple shirt in both images. In the background is a police car with flashing lights driving down a rural country road. The top of the poster is lined with film festival laurels. The title, in hand-painted teal letters ,states "being michelle", followed by three phrases: "Voices unseen. Justice silenced. Love abounds."

For Tickets go to: www.traumaresearchfoundation.org (in orange)

There is a vertical purple film reel coming down the right side of the slide.]

Dr. Lomas recently presented on simulations for counselors and nurses. We hope to bring this technology to our students at Gallaudet soon!

Dr. Lomas has been working as a consultant on this film. It tells the story of a Deaf woman who was abused as a child and, instead of receiving treatment, went through the justice system, only to experience discrimination and injustice.

Message from the BeingMichelle team leading up to @BendFilmFestival!! Here's a message from the team leading up to !! Sign up for the newsletter and join the movement to demand the basic human ...

Here’s an important reminder for when you’re struggling and in need of help. ***dePreventionMonth

Image description: Blue and white flyer for family recruitment for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child Resilience Center.

Top of flyer shows three photos of multicultural families interacting with their deaf and hard of hearing children. Underneath the pictures is a white banner with Gallaudet University’s dark blue logo on the left, and the heading Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child Resilience Center in black letters on the right.

Body of the flyer is blue background with white text which reads: The DHHCRC was established in 2021 by a grant awarded to Dr. Lori Day. The grant is to support the development of evidence-based treatments for DHH children and training of clinicians in working with DHH children. Resources for families with DHH children are being developed to fill gaps in mental health care for DHH youth. DHHCRC will be making videos to show families using different therapy techniques to create resources for families with DHH members.

Who? We are looking for 4 families in the DMV with children from 2 to 8 years old. We would like families of DHH children and/or DHH parents with all kinds of communication preferences to be represented.

Where? When? Filming will happen on Gallaudet campus mid-August and will take a couple of hours. Families will be compensated for their time.

Bottom of the flyer is a footer with dark blue text which reads: contact [email protected] if you are interested.

Our own Dr. Lomas has been working with colleagues to address the injustices faced by deaf people in our Justice system. Dr. Deb Guthmann is pictured below at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association.

Being Michelle Advisor Deb Guthmann-Ternus presented at the American Psychological Association Conference yesterday in Minneapolis. People in the audience were very responsive to the topic indicating feelings of anger and wanting to do something about the inequities they saw. Keep up the powerful work Deb Guthmann-Ternus Gabriel Lomas Damara Paris!!