1. Membership in Professional Counseling Organizations
b. Chi Sigma Iota
This artifact shows membership to the American Counseling Organization since 2019.
2. Evidence of Counselor Licensure or progress toward licensure
The Bahamas does not have a licensure system. However, I am preparing to take the NCE to have some sort of certification for counselling.
3. Involvement with Legislative or Social Justice Advocacy
a. Teen talk on Mental Health (Central Zion Baptist)
b. You Matter (Mental Health Seminar)
4. Attendance at two or more conferences
Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to attend conferences in the United States. However, there were three local conferences that I attended that contributed to my professional development on the island.
a. January 14th, 2020 – Return to Happiness Training
(After our island experienced the worst hurricane in the history of The Bahamas, a non-profit organization called Israid visited and hosted a 2-day training designed to provide short stress therapeutic assistance ).
b. November 2nd & 3rd, 2023 – Hope Conference
c. Critical Incident Training
5. Manuscript submitted for publication
The manuscript “Supporting International Doctoral Students in CES Programs” was submitted to two different journals.
a. International Journal of Counseling
6. Scholarly Presentation Submitted to a state, regional, national or international counselling conference.
SACES Proposal accepted – email sent to the Lead Author of acceptance of the proposal
