04/20/2026
May 7th from 12-1 pm EST:
AI Integration in Counselor Education: Practical Tools, Ethical Tensions, and Teaching Strategies
Presenters:
Macy Williamson, PhD, LPC
Dara Brown, PhD, LPC
Janet Hicks, CSOTP; PhD, LPC, CSC
Steve Berry, He/Him, PhD, LPC
Dr. Williamson is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Lubbock Christian University teaching graduate counseling courses. Publications and conference presentations include topics on stress; counseling across generations; career; cyberbullying; adolescents and leadership; grief; human trafficking; addiction; military; and ethics. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas. Dr. Williamson has a passion for developing strong leaders in the community. She is a member of local, state, and national counseling associations. As a counselor she specializes in working with children, teenagers, college students, teachers, and women. She has worked for a medical clinic, school district, and counseling center. She is passionate about counseling college students (undergraduate and graduate), teachers, and women.
Dr. Brown, PhD, LPC, CSOTP is a professor at Grand Canyon University in their graduate counseling program. She has experience working in many settings, including inpatient civil commitment, jail, prison, halfway house, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, college counseling, inpatient psychiatric, geriatric, and community mental health. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). Her research interests include offending behavior, incarceration, recidivism, intimate partner violence, su***de, trauma, supervision and teaching interventions, and self-care strategies.
Dr. Hicks is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified School counselor who received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. She has researched and written extensively on child and adolescent counseling including such topics as cyber-bullying, social aggression, self-injury, substance use and abuse, and academic achievement in the school setting. Dr. Hicks’s previous experience working in the school system inspires her to conduct research that makes a positive impact on the mental health and academic success of youth while also offering practical programs for school and community counselors. She currently works at Belmont University as a Chair and Professor for the Mental Health Counseling program.
Dr. Berry is an Associate Professor in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program. He has over 35 years’ experience as a school counselor, mental health counselor, special education teacher, counselor supervisor, and counselor educator. His primary research interests are in school crisis management and trauma-informed schools. As a licensed professional counselor and former school counselor, he frequently acts as a consultant to schools experiencing crises and presents nationally on this topic. His other research interests include school bullying, school counselor ethics, and addictions. He currently works at Belmont University as a Professor for the Mental Health Counseling program.
Learning Objectives:
Identify three AI applications relevant to counselor education.
Demonstrate how AI can support teaching creativity with lesson plans, role plays, and case studies.
Apply AI tools to develop syllabi aligned with CACREP standards.
Utilize AI for self-study preparation and program evaluation in accreditation.
Explore using AI to analyze qualitative research data (themes, coding).
Evaluate ethical and professional considerations of using AI in counselor education programs
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hSH3oNwMQQuhv558hb7iHw
