2025 LCA CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROGRAMS
LCA’s Annual Conference is Sunday, October 5, 2025 through Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge , Louisiana
On behalf of the Louisiana Counseling Association, President Dr. Krystal Vaughn (7/1/2025-6/30/2026) invites you to submit a presentation proposal for the 2025 LCA Conference in Baton Rouge. Deadline for proposals: March 1, 2025.
The conference is a unique opportunity for counseling professionals from across the state to come together, exchange ideas, and learn from each other's experiences. By presenting at the conference, you will have the chance to:
1. Showcase Your Expertise: This is your chance to demonstrate your expertise and contribute to the growth of the counseling community.
2. Expand Your Network: Connect with like-minded professionals, build new relationships, and engage in meaningful discussions.
3. Enhance Your Professional Development: Engage in thought-provoking sessions, attend workshops, and gain new perspectives that will enrich your counseling practice.
4. Gain Recognition: Presenting at a state-level conference is a prestigious accomplishment that can enhance your professional reputation.
5. Contribute to the Field: By sharing your knowledge and experiences, you are contributing to the growth and advancement of the counseling profession. Your insights can inspire and empower fellow professionals, ultimately benefiting the clients and communities we serve.
6. Earn CEU’s: You get credit for an original presentation at a rate of 5 clock hours per one hour presentation toward renewal of the licensed professional counselor license.
Please submit your proposal by March 1, 2025 through our online submission portal, below.
Together, let's inspire, learn, and shape the future of counseling in Louisiana.
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE CALL FOR PROGRAMS FOR THE LCA CONFERENCE
Please read the information below before completing the online application. By submitting the application you are agreeing that you have read the material and agree to abide by the information contained.
All applications must be submitted online. The links to submit are below.
Presentation Format
Content Session: A 1.5 hour presentation (Presenters may request a 3.0 hour presentation; this will be granted depending on the space available. Pease be prepared to be requested to reduce your session to 1.5 CE hours)
Roundtable Session: 1.5 CE clock hour opportunity. Roundtables are oral presentations with discussion with attendees seated around a table. Roundtable presenters should bring targeted questions to pose to others at the table to learn from and with those attending. Roundtables are an ideal format for networking and in-depth discussion on a particular topic. Information about Roundtables may be found here. The Roundtable Application is the same application as the Content Session. Be sure to mark RoundTable as the platform. Please also indicate if your application can be sceduled as a Poster Session if necessary.
Poster Session: A fifteen-minute session to share research. This is a session presented only by Graduate Students (master’s and doctoral levels who have an active membership in LCA. Information about the Poster Sessions may be found here. Posters will be evaluated by a panel of counseling professional judges and prizes will be given to the first, second, and third place winners for both master’s and doctoral levels independent of each other. There will also be an opportunity for the conference participants to vote on the “People’s Choice. Please access this form to view what information you will need to complete the Poster Session application. Deadline for Poster Session Application is April1.
Presentation Level
Sessions should be classified as Introductory, Intermediate, or Advanced. LCA leadership is requesting that presentations be either intermediate or advanced. Introductory Sessions would be aimed at students or PLPCs.
Program Proposal Guidelines
Proposal Selection Process
Preparing your proposal
The Professional Development Committee has provided a proposal outline that details everything that needs to be submitted. They suggest that you create a document with this information for yourself prior to entering it in the form so that you already have everything thought through and prepared. Please note the deadline of March 1, 2025.
CE Clock hours for Presenters
The LPC Board recognizes the work that a presenter puts into the preparation of a session. For that reason, presenters seeking credit from the LPC board may get credit for the original presentation at a rate of 5 clock hours per one hour presentation for renewal of the licensed professional counselor license. (For a session for which 1.0 CE clock hours are awarded, the presenter will receive 5.0 CE clock hours.) The LCA Exective Board voted 2/21/2025 to offer Lead Presenters of Content Sessions and Roundtable Sessions a 15% discount on the full conference registration.
Presenters should register for conference. Presenters must check in and receive their badge upon their arrival at conference.
If you want to submit a proposal for a content session or a Roundtable, please click on the statement below:
Content Session and Roundtable Proposal Application
Applications for Content sessions and Roundtabes is closed.
If you are submitting a proposal for a Poster Session, please click on the statement below:
Poster Session Application Deadline for Poster Session Application has been extended until July 31.
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