2026 UMHCA Annual Conference
Bridgeland Applied Technology College, Health Sciences Building
1301 North 600 West, Logan, UT
Tentative Schedule
Thursday
8:00 to 9:00am Conference Check In - “Coffee and Conversation”
9:00 to 10:30 Welcome and Keynote by President (2 hours)
- General Welcome - UMHCA Executive Director: Jim Macedone
- UMHCA President’s Message - President Elect: Adriana Zarate
10:45 to 12:00pm Breakout (1.5 hours)
- Poetry as a Therapeutic Tool - Margaret Bryden (LCMHC)
- Ethical Considerations When Working with Minors in a High Conflict Divorce - Sarah Stroup (LCMHC)
- BIPOC Processing Group - Juan Carlos Sebastian (LMFT)
- Ethical Decision Making in the AI Era - Trent Landon (PhD, CRC, ACMHC)
12:00 to 1:30pm Lunch (ON YOUR OWN)
1:30 to 2:20pm Breakout (1 hour)
- New Insights on Safety Planning to Reduce Persistent Suicidal Ideation, by Rebecca Ray
- Persons with Disabilities Processing Group facilitator Dr. Michael Gerald, LCMHC, and Jakob Newlon, ACMHC Doc Student
- Grad Students & Emerging Professionals Track
- Preventing Sexual Boundary Violations: A Supervisor’s Role by Amy Edwards, Med, CMHC
- Rehabilitation & Disability Track
2:20 to 2:30 Break (10 minutes)
2:30 to 3:20pm Breakout (1 hour)
- "What are the New Laws and Rules You have to Follow Now?" by Jessica Black, CMHC, LPPC Chair
- That’s Me in the Spotlight - Losing My Identity, by Kristal James, PhD, CMHC
- Using Role-Playing Tabletop Games in Therapy by Dwight Hurst
- LGBTQIA+ Processing Group facilitator Kaitlin Bodily, LCSW
- Grad Students & Emerging Professionals Track
- Supervision & Teaching Track
- Rehabilitation & Disability Track
3:20 to 3:30 Break (10 minutes)
3:30 to 4:20pm Breakout (1 hour)
- Neuropsychology of Trauma by Zack Butterfield
- Roots to Resilience: Counseling Latine Clients by Adriana Zarate, LCMHC
- Grad Students & Emerging Professionals Track
- Supervision & Teaching Track
- Rehabilitation & Disability Track
3:20 to 3:30 Break (10 minutes)
4:30 to 5:30pm (1 hour)
- DOPL Updates - Q&A
- Multicultural Couples Reenactment Trauma Gray Otis, LCMHC
- Therapeutic Support for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, by Sarah Burton
5:30-7:00 Self-care social
JED&I Post-Conference Social: 30-minute sound bath followed by a 60-minute collaborative art activity facilitated by Bobbi Deal, ACMHC and Lys Snyder LCSW
Friday
8:30 to 9:00 Coffee and Conversation
8:45 to 10:30 Welcome and Keynote (1.5 hours)
10:30 to 10:45 Break (15 minutes)
10:45 to 12:00pm Breakout (1 hour)
- General & Ethics Track
- Multicultural Track
- Grad Students & Emerging Professionals Track
- Supervision & Teaching Track
- Rehabilitation & Disability Track
12:00 to 1:30 Lunch (On your own)
1:30 to 2:20 Breakout (1 hour)
- Screening and Recovery in Sexual Addiction: From Assessment to Sustainable Change by Kathy Kinghorn, CMHC
- Treating Suicidal Ideation Using IFS Principles, by Alexander
- Multicultural Track
- Grad Students & Emerging Professionals Track
- Supervision & Teaching Track
- Rehabilitation & Disability Track
2.20 to 2:30 Break (10 minutes)
2:30 to 3:20pm Breakout (1 hour)
- Complex Trauma in High Risk Occupations: Clinical Tools for Working with Veterans and First Responders, by Joseph Gleed
- Let’s Talk About Porn Baby! By Mason, CSW
- Multicultural Track
- Grad Students & Emerging Professionals Track
- Supervision & Teaching Track
- Rehabilitation & Disability Track
3:20 to 3:30 Break (10 minutes)
3:30 to 4:30pm Breakout (1 hour)
- Between Sessions: Using Micro-Interventions to Build Emotional Regulation in Kids and Teens by Jon Watkins, ACMHC and supervisor
- Multicultural Track
- Grad Students & Emerging Professionals Track
- Supervision & Teaching Track
- Rehabilitation & Disability Track
3:40 to 5:00pm Conference Wrap Up
Total CEs: up to 13 CEs
Hybrid Available
This conference will be available in a hybrid format: in-person and online. Our online guests may be limited to a selected breakout room. Registration will require you to choose in-person or virtual attendance. Technical support will NOT be offered to help you with your personal online connection. It is recommended that you test your local connection and appropriate bandwidth speeds prior to the conference.
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More info to come.
CEs approved for all licensed Mental Health Therapists under Utah Rule R156-60b&c
