Loyola’s department of pastoral counseling will celebrate Counseling Awareness Month in April with three clinical workshops geared toward helping those close to graduation or recently graduated as counselors to better establish themselves in the field. The workshops will be held at Loyola’s Columbia Graduate Center, located at 8890 McGaw Road.

The workshops include:

Setting up a Private Practice: The Nuts & Bolts and Dos & Don’ts
Part I - Wednesday, April 15
Part II - Wednesday, April 29
1-2 p.m.
Room 363
The workshop, presented by John McLaughlin, Ph.D., an affiliate pastoral counseling professor at Loyola, will cover insurance liability, establishing partnerships, opening and closing an office, and fee setting and billing.

Seek & Ye Shall Find: Employment Strategies
for the Pastoral Counseling Grad
Wednesday, April 29
6-7 p.m.
Room 361
The workshop, presented by Lakeisha Mathews, assistant director of career services at Loyola, will include information on accessing pastoral counseling employment Web sites, resume review, marketing and promotion, and salary negotiation.

Professional Words of Wisdom: Advice
from Recent Pastoral Counseling Graduates
Thursday, April 30
1-2 p.m.
Room 363
Pastoral counseling graduates will discuss applying for Maryland LGPC and LCPC licensure, securing supervised clinical experience after earning a masters degree, and networking.

To RSVP, contact Suzanne Delaney, IHM, at sdelaney@loyola.edu. For more information on Loyola’s pastoral counseling program, visit www.loyola.edu/pastoralcounseling.

To learn more about counseling, visit the American Counseling Association Web site or the American Association of Pastoral Counselors Web site.