Speakers

David Eidt was your typical counselor with big dreams of helping others and no real clue how to make it happen. Frustrated with the number of preventable problems that showed up in his counseling office, he decided to create a simple “how-to” course and blog on the internet as a way to give back. Suddenly, his phone started ringing with a very different type of client. Clients called that were willing to pay cash AND drive great distances to see him because of what they learned through the blog and eCourse. Other calls came for speaking engagements. Requests were made for other courses, and the original course was converted to an ebook that sells on auto-pilot at Amazon.com. In less than a year, he became a recognized “expert” that could get full-fee private-pay clients without any marketing. Furthermore, he had created a passive stream of income that pays him money while he sleeps.

Jessica Hestand has been the Executive Director for the Arkansas Prevention Certification Board for 5 years, is a Certified Prevention Consultant, and has a BS in Marketing Management from Arkansas State University. Ms. Hestand is responsible for overseeing the professional certification for prevention in the state of Arkansas. She is a board member of the Arkansas Prevention Network, MidSOUTH Prevention Institute Advisory Board, and MidSOUTH Summer School Planning Committee. She serves on the Arkansas Legislative Task Force for Substance Abuse Prevention. Ms. Hestand is chair of the Compliance Review Committee, responsible for the Election of Officers, and coordinates marketing of the Prevention Specialist credential for the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium, IC&RC. She has served as a Subject Matter Expert for the IC&RC Prevention Specialist credential.

Susan Rumph has been Coordinator of the Region 11 Prevention Resource Center for 17 years, is a past English and Peer Leadership teacher at El Dorado High School, and has volunteered and worked with student drug-free groups including PRIDE, the Governor’s Youth Conference, REACH, and others for 25+ years. She is currently housed by AHECSA/UAMS in El Dorado, and is president of the Arkansas Prevention Certification Board for the second term. Ms. Rumph is a past board member of the MidSouth Prevention Institute, past chair of the UAPB Addiction Studies Advisory board, and served as a representative for the Governor to the Advisory Committee for the Arkansas Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant. She has been appointed by Gov. Beebe to the Arkansas Legislative Prevention Task Force and the Arkansas Board of Examiners of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. She is a Certified Prevention Consultant, a Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor, has a Masters in Addiction Studies from UAPB, and works as a volunteer counselor at Cross Life Church for the past 8 years.

William (Bill) D. Keesling, M.Ed., LPC. Program Director for Inspirations, a geriatric outpatient counseling center located at North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Former Chaplain Coordinator for Arkansas Hospice, Inc. Former adjunct professor in the psychology department of Philander Smith College. Bill has nearly 20 years’ experience working with the geriatric population when hospice and Inspirations years are combined. He is a lecturer for Hospice Volunteer training and Hospice and Nursing Home staff in-service training dealing with emotional boundaries, grief, and complicated grief associated with caring for the terminally ill. He conducts workshops on the topic of Caring for the Caregiver. He has spoken on the Arkansas Mental Health Counselor Association Workshop, Arkansas Counselor Association Workshop, the Arkansas Hospice and Palliative Care workshop, and various Christian University lectureships. Bill and his wife Susie, a LMSW, working through The C.A.L.L. (Children of Arkansas Loved for a Lifetime) are foster parents of infants needing special care and love who have been removed from their homes.

Bonnie Osmon Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, State of Arkansas. Approved Specialization: Supervision Licensed Professional Counselor, State of Arkansas. Approved specializations: Supervision, Assessment/Appraisal National Certified Counselor

Dr. Barry Wingfield has degrees in Bible & Religion, Counseling, and Marriage & Family Therapy (BA, MS, PHD). He has counseled and pastored in Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, & Arkansas. He has worked in out-patient and in-patient settings, provided pastoral counseling, consulted with churches and taught graduate school for 4 different universities. Currently, Dr Wingfield is a Teaching Pastor at Cornerstone Bible Fellowship in Sherwood, AR, and adjunct faculty in the graduate counseling department of John Brown University, and an adjunct professor in the Marriage & Family Therapy Certificate Program in the MSW School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Dr. Steffie Turner is an innovative and knowledgeable Licensed Psychologist with a thorough understanding of behavioral disorders, as well as treating severe conduct disorders. She also has a wealth of experience working with crisis management that includes suicidal and homicidal patients that are also dealing with Psychotic, Mood and Anxiety disorders. Dr. Steffie Turner is currently the Clinical Director of Arkansas Juvenile & Assessment Center-G4S. She holds 4 college degrees. Dr. Turner received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff (UAPB). She received her first Master’s Degree in School Guidance & Counseling from Chicago State University. Dr. Turner went on to obtain a second Master’s Degree and a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from The Illinois School of Professional Psychology located in Schaumburg Illinois. She completed a Doctoral internship at Arkansas State Hospital and where she focused her training in Forensics. Dr. Turner also has an interest in Developmental psychology issues and has worked as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Arkansas located in Monticello, Arkansas (UAM) where she taught Developmental Psychology. Dr. Turner later landed a job on the East Coast as a Clinical Psychologist for Washington, D.C. Department of Mental Health. While in Washington D.C., she worked as a Licensed Psychologist in a Juvenile Detention Center and later provided therapy and Psychological Evaluation for one of Washington, D.C., inner city schools for Emotionally Disturbed children and adolescences. Dr. Turner also worked in an Emergency Room that served both Maryland and Washington D.C., Metropolitan areas, where she provided evaluations and assessments of patients that required urgent stabilization of acute symptoms of mental illness and emotional distress.

Dr. Dana Thomason received his Ph.D. in religious and theological Studies from the University of Denver, Master of Theology from southern Methodist University, and a master of Science in Counseling from the university of Central Arkansas. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certifed Counselor, and a Certified Clinical Mental health Counselor. He is a Psychology Instructor at the University of Arkansas Community College in Morrilton and is in Private Practice as a contract therapist for Daily Bread Counseling.

Larry P Henderson, DMin, LPC, LMFT, CCDP-D serves as Psychotherapist at Arkansas Counseling Associates in Conway. He is also a supervisor for LAC and LAMFT. He serves part time as Chaplain to the Central Baptist College where he also teaches in the PACE program. He is a retired US Army Chaplain (31 years). Dr. Henderson has led conferences from Hawaii to Maine, from the Arctic Circle to the Virgin Islands, and in Europe and West Africa. He and his wife Karon live in a log home on 38 acres near Mayflower, AR, where they are developing a retreat and conference center

Michael Jones, Ed.S, LPC, NCC is a psychotherapist specializing in adults and adolescents. He maintains a private practice, Renewed Vision Counseling Services, in Searcy, AR. In his 10 years as a therapist he has worked in the following settings: community mental health, psychiatric hospital, adoption preservation, school based mental health, church based pastoral counseling, and counselor educator. He is currently a Ph. D. student at Regent University in their Counselor Education and Supervision program.

Ms. Karan Burnette has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. She has 25 years experience working with children with disabilities in educational and residential settings, specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorders and behavioral intervention. Ms. Burnette is trained in numerous intervention models utilized with individuals with ASD including TEACCH, Judevine, ABA/Discrete Trial Training, Floortime as well as sensory-based interventions such as the Wilbarger Protocol. Ms. Burnette was certified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a Clinical Reviewer for the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Projects funded to collect national prevalence data on autism. She has extensive experience as a consultant and conference speaker and is currently employed by Partners for Inclusive Communities, Arkansas’ University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities, a Department of UAMS, as the Director of the Arkansas Autism Partnership.

Paul Castillo is a first generation American of naturalized Mexican parent born in Los Angeles California. He received a BA in Psychology and MA in Rehabilitation Counseling from the California State University at San Bernardino. He came to Arkansas to study in the doctoral program at the U of A in Fayetteville in 1995 but decided to work directly in counseling. Since then he has become one of the few bi-lingual counselors in the state. He has made presentations over the last 10 years to help clinicians and other professionals become more familiar with the needs of the Latino client. The presentation is based upon research and information provided in Latino Families in Therapy: A Guide to Multicultural Practice by Celia Jaes Falicov and Counseling Latinos and la familia: A Practical Guide by Patricia Arrendondo. The presentation is a combines theoretical frameworks as well as anecdotal events from family and counseling experiences. Paul is open to answering specific questions during the presentation that can be e-mailed to him at pcastillo@nbbhs.org prior to the day of the presentation.

Judy Wilkins –Smith is an accredited dynamics specialist and trainer in organizational, personal and family dynamics in the United States. She is an organizational, systemic- constellations coach, a consultant to Fortune 50 executives and senior team leaders and a trusted advisor to executive coaches globally. As a pattern recognition expert, she is frequently invited to explore product introduction issues, company direction, leadership team challenges and executive coaching. Together she and her clients are able to create a three dimensional expression of their issue. They work with her to illuminate and resolve many kinds of challenges. She reveals the limiting dynamic, its mechanism and a dimensional reframe for its potential strength at the same time. This approach equips clients with a fresh perspective on issues they are facing as well as a new non-confrontational language with which to discuss challenging and previously hidden issues. She is the President of Beyond The Box, a division of Innovative and Visionary Leadership in America Inc. This company is dedicated to building a forward thinking culture, where winning strategies join forces with a generation of participants who are eager to learn and shape legendary destinies to become priceless assets to their companies. These conferences challenge everyone to uncover their own genius and collaborate to redesign the American dream and create jobs in America.

A frequent guest on radio and television she discusses the effects of our daily systemic language, how low-hum can be a powerful ally, the ‘inheritance’ of unresolved cycles in organizations and families, why vision is freedom, and how to wear your eyeglasses well. She has taught at community colleges, Case Western Reserve University, has been interviewed for a systemic perspective on the mind of a community after the serial killings in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, developed content and intellectual property for the Feliciano Financial Group, created An Introduction to Organizational Systemics and is the co-author of the crisis-counseling manual for children. Her workshops and trainings are CEU accredited through UT Austin.