2026 INCA FALL CONFERENCE 

• AI Use in Counselor Education: Perceptions, Experiences, and Ideas, Rachel Feldwisch & Jama Diener
• Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Relationship: AI Chatbots Impact on Mental Health, Rob Kern & Isabella Neiling
• Compassionate Conversations in Supervision: Using a Six Hats Framework to Develop Confident Counselors, Mandy Kellums Baraka
• Connecting Mental and Physical Health in Perinatal Clients, Lauren Lehman
• Counseling the Exceptional: Understanding and Treating Neurodiverse Clients, Suzanne Shonkwiler
• Counseling with Claude: The Development of AI and LLM's as Evidence-Based Practices in Counseling, Gerrimy Keiffer
• Current Theories in Suicide Cognition that You Should Be Aware Of, Stephen Nichols
• Defending Against Board Complaints and Litigation, Stephanie Burns
• Documenting Ethical Decision Making, Brooke Randolph
• Intersectionality Considerations for Black Women's Body Image, Bria Atkins
• OCD Is a Liar: Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP), Arlene Donnelly
• Practicing Cultural Responsiveness in Sessions: Cultural Values Moderate Psychosocial Impacts of Emotion Suppression, Guolin Zhang
• Preparing Child Counselors to Work with Parents: Activities to Build Competencies, Jenna Taylor
• Shame Is Not a Motivator: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Recovery, Rachel Goodwin
• Stepping Into Your Power: Advocating Outside the Clinic, Dominic Augustin & Spencer Murphy
• The Body Remembers: Using Movement and Self-Trust to Support Trauma Recovery and Resilience, Lita Mae Button
• The Impact of Social Media Wellness Ideals on Emerging Adults, Makayla Grimes
• The Ones Who Never Ask for Help: Reaching Perfectionistic Teen High Performers, Cindi Miller
• The Pain and Payoff of Exploring Bias in Culturally Responsive Counseling Supervision, Rhemma Payne
• Understanding the Scope of Art Therapy for Unique Populations, Megan Flinn, Bailey Strawhorn, & Brooklyn Dearth
• Understanding, Integrating, and Referring Clients to Group, Matthew Halvorson
• What I Wish Counselors Understood About Racial Trauma Beyond Crisis Events, Dr. Angela D Jackson
• When Eating Feels Unsafe: Recognizing When It Is Not Just Picky Eating, Angie Arreola & Emily Ervin
• When Silence Shapes the Session: The Conversations Clients Need Counselors to Initiate, Ron Gardner & Jessica Kueterman
• Words Matter: The Conversations that Shape Us. What we Wish Other Mental Health Counselors Understood, Lisa Wells