2026 Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling...

2026 Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference

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6:30am CDT

Sunrise Yoga Trinity 3 & 4Jennifer Stover

7:00am CDT

Friday Registration Check In Trinity LobbyEunae Han

8:00am CDT

Fostering Research Identity Through Mentorship and Modeling: A Novel Mini-Series Approach Trinity 2 Poster 8Emma Tharp Assessing Learning Environments in Counselor Education: Theory-Driven Scale Development and Validati Sabine ASojeong Nam • copresenter 1 • copresenter 2 But I Did the Literature Review!” — Equitable Authorship Practices in Collaborative Research Rio Grande BElizabeth Okoye-Ezeoke • copresenter 1 • copresenter 2 Developing the CSESS: Assessing and Cultivating Self-Efficacy Sources in Counselor Education Sabine BJeongwoon Jeong • copresenter 1 • copresenter 2 Fairness as an Interpretive Responsibility: Implications for Validity in Counseling Research Rio Grande AMissy Moore Outcomes of “Integrated Behavioral Health” Training: A Multi-Year Follow-up Study Willow CreekVaibhavee Agaskar • copresenter 1 • copresenter 2 Research Designs for Community-Engaged Program Evaluations Canyon LakeAzadeh Ahmadi • copresenter 1 • copresenter 2 Development and Preliminary Validation of a 4MAT-Based Diagnostic System for Adult Career Transition Trinity 2 Poster 7JoongHyun Joe Evaluating Intentions to Use the 988 Lifeline Among College Students at Elevated Risk of Suicide Trinity 2 Poster 9Hannah Martinson Explanatory Mixed-Methods Insights on Unethical Supervision, Supervisory Rupture, and Repair Trinity 2 Poster 6Dasol Hwang How Clients Choose Depression Treatments: Perceptions and Preferences Trinity 2 Poster 5Sydney Hutchins Measuring What Matters: Outcome Evaluation in Child-Centered Play Therapy Trinity 2 Poster 4Sinem Akay-Sullivan The Development and Evaluation of the Parent-Child Relationship Quality Scale Trinity 2 Poster 2Abdulkadir Haktanir Understanding Partners’ Mental Health Experiences in Couples Utilizing In-Vitro Fertilization Trinity 2 Poster 1Jessie Guest Where Alliance Meets Outcomes: Client Outcomes and Therapeutic Relationship in Counselor Training Trinity 2 Poster 3Sebastiana Halpin Addressing Misdiagnosis in Diagnostic Assessment Through Clinical, Cultural,& Experiential Training Trinity 2 Table 18Erica Pouncie Anger and Grief in University Honors Students: Assessing and Treating the Phenomenon Trinity 2 Table 11Meredith Rausch Assessing Agentic Identity Pathways in Autism: Implications for Counseling Practice Trinity 2 Table 10Kaiqi Zhou Assoc Btwn Pornography Consumption & Romantic Relationship Outcomes with Exploration of Genre Trinity 2 Table 14Sarah Mendoza Beyond the Paper: Transforming Counselor Education Through Experiential Research Trinity 2 Table 4Aishwarya Joshi Confirming Servant Leadership’s Role in SUD Counselor Burnout and Turnover Prevention Trinity 2 Table 17Amy Ross Does Mental Health Service Use Moderate Risk for Youth Violence Involvement? Trinity 2 Table 12George Richardson Effects of Parental Motivations and Stress in Perceived Outcomes of Child's Play Therapy Treatment Trinity 2 Table 9Mario Sobrino Exploring Wellness and Identity Transition in New Counselor Educators: A Methodological Dialogue Trinity 2 Table 8Mihee Woo Faith-Based REBT May Reduce Posttraumatic and Discrimination Stress in Justice-Involved BIPOC Adults Trinity 2 Table 13Kimberly Pearson From Stories to Concepts: Guiding Grounded Theory Dissertations Trinity 2 Table 6Duc Huy Lam Mapping Peace: A Conceptual Exploration of Embodied Anxiety and Christian Integration in Counseling Trinity 2 Table 5Brittany King Needs Assessment of Older Adults: Implications for Ethical and Evidence-based Practice Trinity 2 Table 3Enobong Inyang Pilot study for the MARS Group: Preliminary findings and practical challenges Trinity 2 Table 16David Johnson Students’ perceptions of School Counselors' Helpfulness and Accessibility: From the Source Trinity 2 Table 1Joe Howell Using Q Methodology to Examine Subjectivity: A Dissertation Study as an Illustrative Example Trinity 2 Table 2Renyi Huang Visualizing Cultural and Identity Transition: Photovoice with Japanese Expatriate Wives Trinity 2 Table 7Yuima Mizutani Who Tells Our Stories when We're Both In and Out? Insider-Outsider Research with Black Women Trinity 2 Table 19Kathy Altidor MECD & CORE Journal Editorial Board Meeting & Breakfast Trinity 3 & 4

9:00am CDT

A Delphi Study to Identify School Counseling Site Supervision Training Content San AntonioJeremy Oehrtman • copresenter 1 • copresenter 2 Intellectual Humility and Counselor Trainees' Attitude toward Counseling Theories ComalPriyanka Jha • copresenter 1 • copresenter 2

9:05am CDT

Curating the Stories of CES Doctoral Student Identity: A Pilot Dramaturgical Narrative Inquiry Trinity 2 Table 9Laura Rea Assessing Training Climate: Effects on Multicultural Self-Efficacy and Mental Health Stigma Sabine BMelissa Henrey Collaborative Autoethnography in Social Justice Research: A Study Example Sabine AYu Pan Decoding Affect: Automated Sentiment Analysis and Interaction Regimes in Psychotherapy Process Willow CreekPaul Peluso Engagement in Professional Mentoring: Supporting School Counselors' Well-Being ComalEmily Kitching Larger Research Team: Lessons from Structure and Practice Rio Grande BMalvika Behl Teaching and Writing Conceptual Scholarship in the Age of Generative AI Tools Canyon LakeMelissa Fickling The Numbers Don't Lie: Research as Advocacy Rio Grande ABrandee Appling What does it Take to Publish in MECD or CORE? Meet the Editors Trinity 3 & 4Joshua C. Watson & A. Stephen Lenz Which Predictors Matter Most? Using Dominance Analysis to Improve Counseling Research Interpretation San AntonioAzadeh Ahmadi A mixed-method approach to understanding the relationship between cross-cultural body ideals and eat Trinity 2 Poster 2Carley Gimenez Barriers and Facilitators to Crisis Line Use Among Undergraduate Men of Color Format: Poster Trinity 2 Poster 9Afroze Shaikh Breaking the Silence: How Stigma and Cultural Expectations Affect Black Men’s Mental Health Trinity 2 Poster 4Jada Broadnax Creating Conditions for Becoming: How Supervisors Navigate Intersectional Identity in Supervision Trinity 2 Poster 7Babatola Arogundade Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy in Mental Health: A Comparative Study of Human Therapists and AI Trinity 2 Poster 5Ibrahim Bukhari Mixed Methods in Counseling Research: What Counts and What Doesn't Trinity 2 Poster 6Clark Ausloos The Lived Experience of Shared Military Identity in Therapeutic Relationships: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Veteran Therapists Trinity 2 Poster 8Jessica Holm The Role of Search Investigators in Transnational Adoption Search and Reunion: A Scoping Review Trinity 2 Poster 3Susan Branco Using reaction-times to measure depression Trinity 2 Poster 1Oliver Boxell A Relational-Cultural Perspective to Research Identity Trinity 2 Table 1Ericka Cables Anti-Fat Bias and the Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa in Fat Clients Trinity 2 Table 8Cassandra Pilcher Body Art in Higher Education: Tattoos, Piercings, Outcomes Among African American Female Students Trinity 2 Table 5LaVelle Hendricks Bridging Disciplines: Designing and Implementing Interdisciplinary Outcome Research in Counseling Trinity 2 Table 17Kara Schneider Do We Really Know what Burnout is? Examining Conceptual and Methodological Challenges of Burnout Trinity 2 Table 3Shing Yee Bay Exploring the Relationships Between Parental Support & Mental Health of Black College Aged Women Trinity 2 Table 2Jessica Barnes Forgiveness and Political Reconciliation Trinity 2 Table 20Richard Balkin From Couch to Campus: Clinical Counselors Engering School Counseling Through Alternative Licensure Trinity 2 Table 19Leanne Campbell Integrative Sandtray Supervision with CITs: A Single-Case Research Design Trinity 2 Table 13Victoria Siegel International and Cultural Understanding of the Social Determinants of Mental Health Trinity 2 Table 14Parker Short Is Dieting an Evidence-Based Practice? Measuring What Matters Most in Size-Inclusive Counseling." Trinity 2 Table 11Kari Slater Keeping the Humanity in Human Subjects: Prison Research and Ethics Trinity 2 Table 6Leigh Holman Making Coding Work: Practical Strategies for Team-Based Analysis in Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 18Lena Salpietro Relational Approach to Ethical Decision-Making: A Content Analysis of Counseling Literature Trinity 2 Table 12Diane Smedley Student Outcomes and School Counselor Perspectives on the Hope Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study Trinity 2 Table 7Sangeun Lee The Impact of Trauma Work: Counselors’ Lived Experiences of Witnessing, Strain, and Growth Trinity 2 Table 4Lin Chiu Using Rasch Analysis to Strengthen Assessment Tools in Counselor Education Trinity 2 Table 16Sahar Sheikh When Ideas Outrun Evidence: Accelerating Counseling Research Translation Responsibly Trinity 2 Table 15Donna Sheperis

10:10am CDT

Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale: A Mnemonic Framework for Suicide Risk Assessment TrainingSeth Robinson Beyond Database Searches: Comprehensive Approaches to Article Collection in Systematic Reviews Willow CreekCatherine Griffith Critical Incident Technique and Enhanced Critical Incident Technique: Methodological Applications an Rio Grande BSyreeta Wright Reflexive thematic analysis 101 ComalJanet Kempf Rethinking What Counts as Data: The Case for Social Media in Counseling Research Methodology Sabine BLindsay Lundeen Strategies and Considerations for Teaching Doctoral-Level Research Courses in Counselor Education Rio Grande ASojeong Nam What was studied (and what wasn’t): A scoping review of 390 counseling intervention articles Canyon LakeCasey Barrio Minton ‘What Are We Missing?’: Advancing Spirituality Assessment in Counselor Training San AntonioShalonda Kirk A Lifetime at War Within: EMDR for Complex PTSD Beyond Military-Focused Treatment Trinity 2 Poster 8Jessica Holm Adolescent Perspectives on Therapist Self-Disclosure Trinity 2 Poster 3Leah Eckstrom Exploring the Intersectional Narratives of East Asian American Youth: A Photovoice Study Trinity 2 Poster 7Szu-Yu Chen Hidden Doubt: Predicting Impostor Syndrome in First-Gen Students Through Wellness and Resilience Trinity 2 Poster 2Timothy Eng How to Develop an Observation Tool: A Step-by-Step Guide for Practice and Research Trinity 2 Poster 1Dania Fakhro Listening to the Pipeline: A Thematic Analysis of Student Experiences Trinity 2 Poster 4Jennifer Deaton Preparing Play Therapy Trainees to Work with Suicidal Children: Impact of a Brief Microteach Trinity 2 Poster 6Eric Dafoe Research Advocacy: Counselor and Faith-Based Collaborations Advance Generational Wealth Equity Trinity 2 Poster 5Neffisatu Celestine Dambo A Reckoning with Gender, Race, and Objectification: Immigrant Women’s Body Image in Turbulent Times Trinity 2 Table 10Carley Gimenez Assessing Covert Trauma: Does technology have a role? Trinity 2 Table 2Violet Gill Becoming a Researcher: Doctoral Students’ Journeys in Researcher Identity Development Trinity 2 Table 12Ashley McGee Behind the Walls: Conducting Community Engaged Research in Correctional Settings Trinity 2 Table 7Leigh Holman Capturing Complexity and Centering Equity: Single Case Design for Practice-Based Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 14Olivia Lewis Data Collection with College Students and Emerging Adults: Best Practices and Sampling Strategies Trinity 2 Table 11Matthew Nice Disrupting Objectivity: Positionality-Conscious Activism as Reflexive Praxis in Counselor Education Trinity 2 Table 5Sravya Gummaluri Examining Mothers’ Ability to Recognize Sexual Grooming Behaviors of Child Sexual Abusers Trinity 2 Table 13LaTrivia Mayers From ABD to PhD: Rewriting the Dissertation Journey Through Connection, Culture, and Sisterhood Trinity 2 Table 1Lynell Williams From Value to Practice: Consensus-Based Supervisory Strategies for Cultivating Cultural Humility Trinity 2 Table 3Mashal Bilal Initial Psychometric Evaluation and Applied Utility of the Counselor Self-Discrepancy Inventory Trinity 2 Table 15Donghun Lee Mapping as a Qualitative Research Method: Counseling Implications for Adult Third Culture Kids Trinity 2 Table 8Yuima Mizutani Novel Eye-Movement Intervention: Repeated Measures Analyses of PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety Scores Trinity 2 Table 4Deanna Chrones Policy on Paper, Silence in Practice: Black Student-Mothers in CACREP Doctoral Programs Trinity 2 Table 19Sierah Campbell Research Gaps in Exercise-Based Trauma Interventions for Data-Driven Counseling Trinity 2 Table 6Analysia Holguin Team Research Development: 15 Essential Practices Described and Discussed Trinity 2 Table 16Paula Lazarim Voice, Perception, and Relational Process: Audio-Based Approaches in Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 17Jennifer Kiehl Who Is Most Likely to Report Postpartum Depressive Symptoms? Insights From the PRAMS Trinity 2 Table 18Sheerah Keith

11:05am CDT

Beyond total scores using item-level symptom patterns to improve college mental health assessment Trinity 2 Poster 3Cheolwoo Park Anger and Grief in University Honors Students: Assessing and Treating the Phenomenon Trinity 2 Table 2Meredith Rausch Are Participants Using AI? Implications for Qualitative Research Practice Trinity 2 Table 12Yun-Ru Huang At the top of the evidence hierarchy: Advancing randomized controlled trials in counseling Trinity 2 Table 10Yixin Xu Conjoint relationship interventions' spillover effects on co-parenting: A Systematic Review. Trinity 2 Table 11Carrie Hunt Designing and Refining Culturally Responsive Scales: Applications of IRT and Measurement Invariance Trinity 2 Table 18Ching-Chen Chen Dismantling Barriers to ADHD Assessment:Is Intensive Training of Pre-licensed Clinicians the Answer? Trinity 2 Table 15Kari Hays Enhancing Counselor Trainee Crisis and Trauma Competency Through Artificial Intelligence Simulations Trinity 2 Table 1Aishwarya Joshi From Imposter to Practitioner: Measuring Counselor Confidence Across Training Stages Trinity 2 Table 3Sinem Akay-Sullivan How Do We Measure Group Skills? Rethinking Assessment in Counselor Training Trinity 2 Table 14Lisa Hedden Increasing Well-Being Among Veterans Using Psychoeducation and Mindfulness: Preliminary Data Trinity 2 Table 20Meredith Rasch Pain and Pressure: the need for bidirectional assessments for chronic pain clients Trinity 2 Table 4Alexis Croffie Providing Tools to Protect Children from Internet Dangers (Education Session) Trinity 2 Table 6Kimberly King Qualitative Findings of a School Counselor-Led Mindfulness Intervention with Middle School Teachers Trinity 2 Table 19Nancy Chae Relational Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Counseling Research and Practice Trinity 2 Table 13Violet Hodge Research Self-Efficacy Beyond Skills: Interpersonal and Systemic Influences in Doctoral Training Trinity 2 Table 9Zahide Sunal Teaching Research & Assessment: Creative approaches to making the material relatable and relevant. Trinity 2 Table 5Michelle Hollenbaugh The Integration of Popular Culture into Counselor Education Andragogy: A Phenomenological Inquiry Trinity 2 Table 17Shelby Gonzales Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to Examine Trauma Teaching in Counselor Education Trinity 2 Table 7Yoon Suh Moh Using Machine Learning to Analyze Data: Trauma and Social Determinants to Predict Mental Health Trinity 2 Table 16Eunae Han • Alex Gantt-Howrey

11:15am CDT

Assessing Community Readiness to Inform Mental Health Strategies in Asian American Communities ComalSang Qin Assessing Reflexive Social Justice Advocacy: A Feedback Loop for Counselors and Counselor Educators1 Sabine BC. Peeper McDonald Cultivating Collaborative Scholarship in Integrated Care Workforce Development Canyon LakeMalvika Behl Listening to the Pipeline: A Thematic Analysis of Student Experiences Rio Grande BJennifer Deaton Navigating AI in Counselor Education: Expert Perspectives on Pedagogy, Ethics, and Practice Sabine AYiying Xiong Navigating Ethics, Manipulation, and Vulnerable Participants: Experimental Analogue Design Willow CreekCassandra Pilcher STRIVE to Save Lives: Scaling a School‑Based Suicide Prevention Training and Outcome‑Tracking Model San AntonioMelissa Mariani We Rise Together: Building Collaborative Frameworks for Supporting Marginalized Clients and Students Rio Grande AJ'haria Dallas A 10-Year Topic Modeling Analysis of Counseling Research in the Journal of Counseling & Development Trinity 2 Poster 7Hayoung Jung A longitudinal qualitative analysis of early counselor trainee professional identity development Trinity 2 Poster 1Sebastiana Halpin Cross-cultural Validation of the 21-item Cultural Humility and Enactment Scale in South Korea Trinity 2 Poster 2Dasom Han Examining the CES-D Scale Using Multidimensional Rasch Rating Scale and Partial Credit Models Trinity 2 Poster 6Zhi Jie Lee Future Oriented Stress amongst International Emerging Adults in U.S. amidst Visa Policy Changes Trinity 2 Poster 5Nainika Hira Strengthening Self-Belief in Higher Education: A Systematic Review Trinity 2 Poster 4Jazmine Hasty Virtual Reality in Counselor Education: Experiential Learning and Multicultural Competence Trinity 2 Poster 8Chukwuebuka Onyia

12:15pm CDT

Professional Networking Luncheon Trinity 3 & 4

12:45pm CDT

Keynote: The Importance of Data-Driven Legislative Advocacy: A Curated Conversation with Dr. Octavio Martinez, Executive Director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Trinity 3 & 4Ms. Patsy Cunningham • L.C.P.C. • Director of Legislative Engagement and Strategy at the American Counseling Association & former Behavioral Health Adviso • Keynote: Octavio N. Martinez • Jr. M.D. • M.P.H. • M. B.A. • F.A.P.A. • Executive Director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health

1:45pm CDT

Association for Assessment & Research in Counseling Annual Member Business Meeting Trinity 3 & 4Dr. Amanda Rumsey • President-Elect • Dr. Ryan Cook • President AARC

2:35pm CDT

Four Functions of Counseling Scholarship: Applying Boyer’s Framework to a Maturing Discipline Sabine AMelissa Fickling From Epoché to Essence: Rigorous Analytic Practice in Transcendental Phenomenology Rio Grande AVaquisha Black From Practice to Publication: Helping Clinicians Publish on Counseling and Sexual Wellness ComalNiko Wilson Integrating Practice Based and Participatory Action Research to Bridge Research and Practice Rio Grande BAmanda Rumsey International Panel Willow CreekAmanda Giordano Making the Invisible Visible: Transparency and Rigor in IPA Analysis Sabine BPaige Scoma Measurement of Neurocognitive Processes in Mental Health Counseling San AntonioOliver Boxell Strengthening Research Mentorship to Build Collaborative Scholars in Counseling Canyon LakeElizabeth Prosek Detecting Aberrant Response Patterns on the CES-D Scale: A Graded Response Model Approach Trinity 2 Poster 7Zhi Jie Lee Hope as a Dyadic Mediator Between Conflict and Satisfaction in Couples Trinity 2 Poster 3Daewon Kim Latent Class Analysis of Large-Scale Data in Counseling Research: Mental Health Disparities Example Trinity 2 Poster 6Jungeun Lee Latent Classes of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Differences in Life Satisfaction and Development Trinity 2 Poster 1Matthew Nice Loneliness and belonging among undergraduate students: A dual continuum approach Trinity 2 Poster 2Hayoung Jung Measuring Mentorship: A Psychometric Meta-Analysis of the Mentoring Competency Assessment-21 Trinity 2 Poster 8Stephen Lenz Preparing Counselors in Training (CIT)for Work With Marginalized Clients in SUD Treatment Trinity 2 Poster 4Rachel King Translating Advanced Assessment Technologies into Culturally Responsive Forensic Practice Trinity 2 Poster 5Abraham Leal A Two-Phase Qualitative Design for Mapping ChatGPT Adoption Trajectories Trinity 2 Table 3Fan Fan An Exploration of Wellness Meaning‑Making Among International Counselor Trainees Trinity 2 Table 11Dania Fakhro Between Conviction and Practice: Religion, Counselors, and LGBTQ+ Clients Trinity 2 Table 15Laura Dawson-Fend Centering Haitian Women’s Voices: A Phenomenological Study of Racial Trauma Trinity 2 Table 7Claire Martin Evaluating ASCEND: Data-Driven Prep for School Counselors Serving Students with Disabilities Trinity 2 Table 13David Duany From Classroom to Change: Research as Advocacy in Non-Research-Focused Counseling Programs. Trinity 2 Table 16Monica Coleman Increasing Well-Being Among Veterans Using Psychoeducation and Mindfulness: Preliminary Data Trinity 2 Table 10Meredith Rasch Mentorship in Counseling Research: What Mentees Need and How Mentors Can Respond Trinity 2 Table 18Qu Chen No Policy Background? No Problem, Bestie! An Introduction to Policy Analysis for Counseling Research Trinity 2 Table 6Shyrun Karandikar Priming a Neurocognitive Memory Mechanism to Augment Traditional Mental Health Counseling Trinity 2 Table 8Oliver Boxell Reconnecting Under Constraint: Can Family Therapy Repair Attachment in Juvenile Justice Settings? Trinity 2 Table 20 Self-Esteem & Body Dysmorphia: Exploring the Role of Social Media Trinity 2 Table 2Regin Dean Self-Report vs. Simulation-Based Assessment of Suicide Gatekeeping Competence among Youths Trinity 2 Table 5Isak Kim Starting Where You Are: Using Backcasting to Build a Research Agenda from a Local Practice Idea Trinity 2 Table 9Erin Mason The Post-Dissertation Pivot: Establishing Your Research Agenda as New Faculty Trinity 2 Table 1Lara Strate The Stories Behind the Stats: Using Mixed Methods to Holistically View Student-Athlete Mental Health Trinity 2 Table 19 Transforming Trauma Assessment: Unifying the Clinical and Creative Lens in IPV Work with Families Trinity 2 Table 4Syreeta Wright Using Anonymous Questionnaires to Collect Sensitive Information: A CQR Case Study Trinity 2 Table 12Kelly Emelianchik-Key Using Data to Support Professional Counseling Programs and Rationalize Access to Resources Trinity 2 Table 14Rui Ding When Is It Participatory? Navigating the Tensions of Participatory Action Research Trinity 2 Table 17Jamian Coleman

3:25pm CDT

Snack Break Trinity 3 & 4 Foyer

3:40pm CDT

AI-III Workshop: A Scalable Model for Integrating Generative AI in Counselor Training Canyon LakeLindai Xie Developing Multi-tiered Research Teams for Student and Faculty Success at R1 Institutions Rio Grande BDalena Dillman Taylor Evaluation of a Diagnostic Decision Making Model and Curriculum for Counseling Professionals Sabine AAlexander Fields I made an Instrument, Now What? Testing Four Methods to Determine Scoring Procedures and Thresholds Sabine BNatalie Ricciutti International Panel Willow CreekAmanda Giordano Keeping the Counselor in the Loop: AI-Enhanced Assessment in Clinical Care ComalCarlos Casteneda Mapping the Narratives: Introduction to Semantic Network Analysis Rio Grande AZhaopu (Ken) Xu Using Concept Mapping to Identify Crisis Competencies in Community Mental Health Counselor Training San AntonioErica McSwain Collecting and Analyzing Data during Grant Projects: Strategies to Amplify Participants' Voices Trinity 2 Poster 3Dodie Limberg From classroom to living room: Training school counselors for Play and Systemic Intervention Trinity 2 Poster 8Jessie Guest Getting Regression Right from the Start: Assessing and Addressing Model Assumptions Trinity 2 Poster 1Stephen Lenz International Counseling Trainees in U.S. Programs: A Scoping Review of Supervision Research. Trinity 2 Poster 6Zilin Chang Pocket Therapy? A Meta-Analysis of Mental Health Apps for Anxiety and Stress Trinity 2 Poster 4Ye (Agnes) Luo School-Based Interventions to Reduce School Absenteeism: A Meta-Analysis Trinity 2 Poster 2Dan Li Who Benefits and Who Drops Out from University Counseling Services? （Poster Presentation） Trinity 2 Poster 7Jiayi fu AI in Assessment: Ethical, Clinical, and Educational Applications Trinity 2 Table 15Laura A. Bailey Smith All the single cases, all the single cases. Now [students] put your hands up! Trinity 2 Table 13Cian Brown An Exploration of Wellness Meaning‑Making Among International Counselor Trainees Trinity 2 Table 1Mihee Woo Between Conviction and Practice: Religion, Counselors, and LGBTQ+ Clients Trinity 2 Table 5Kaylee Van Gent Closing the Competency Gap: The TRACA for Transracial Adoption Counseling Trinity 2 Table 14Lisa Ali Content and Connotation: An Analysis Protocol to Center Student Participant Perspectives Trinity 2 Table 18Alexandra Frank Demystifying Institutional Review Boards (IRB) Through an Equity Lens Trinity 2 Table 11Catharina Chang Evaluating ASCEND: Data-Driven Prep for School Counselors Serving Students with Disabilities Trinity 2 Table 3Tyreeka Williams Examining a Polyvagal Trauma Intervention: A Single-Case Study of the Safe and Sound Protocol Trinity 2 Table 16Rebecca Nelson From Classroom to Change: Research as Advocacy in Non-Research-Focused Counseling Programs. Trinity 2 Table 6Ada Uzondu Mentorship in Counseling Research: What Mentees Need and How Mentors Can Respond Trinity 2 Table 8Lara Strate Reconnecting Under Constraint: Can Family Therapy Repair Attachment in Juvenile Justice Settings? Trinity 2 Table 10Deanna Alcala Research as Advocacy: Mentoring Counselors-in-Training From Competent Consumer to Competent Research Trinity 2 Table 17Jessica Gerthe The Personal is Empirical: A Co-Autoethnographic Exploration of Research Identity Development in WOC Trinity 2 Table 12Patrice Bryan The Stories Behind the Stats: Using Mixed Methods to Holistically View Student-Athlete Mental Health Trinity 2 Table 9Tiffany Spisak Using Anonymous Questionnaires to Collect Sensitive Information: A CQR Case Study Trinity 2 Table 2Afroze Shaikh Using Data to Support Professional Counseling Programs and Rationalize Access to Resources Trinity 2 Table 4Julia Whisenhunt When Is It Participatory? Navigating the Tensions of Participatory Action Research Trinity 2 Table 7Sarah Streitmatter

4:30pm CDT

Welcome Reception Trinity 3 & 4

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