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Committees
Listed below are the NVLPC committees and committee members.
To volunteer for a committee, click the link below:
Volunteer Positions
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Andrea Anderson, MA, LPC (Chair) |
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 Andrea Anderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in McLean providing psychotherapy services focusing on individuals, families, couples, and adolescents. Andrea’s area of expertise include working with sexual addiction, sex therapy counseling, eating disorders, chemical dependency, faith-based/spirituality related issues, cutting/self-injury, sexual abuse and trauma. Previously, she worked as a psychotherapist providing skill-based, educational psychotherapy to individuals and groups in an outpatient and partial hospitalization day treatment program for both high functioning clients and severely mentally ill patients. Besides providing counseling services, she conducts presentations and seminars in her community for various businesses, government agencies, non-profit organizations, faith-based groups and churches, as well as in the school system. You can email Andrea at advertising@nvlpc.org. |
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Jama Thurman, MA, LPC (Chair) |
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 Jama Thurman has been in private practice in Manassas since 2004. She specializes in Christian counseling, and enjoys working with teens and adults who are stressed and depressed and have sleep issues. She received her master’s degree in counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and her bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Illinois. Her technical background as an engineer has also served her well in creating her website (www.lifechanginggrowth.com) and in business development. You can email Jama at membership@nvlpc.org. |
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The chair coordinates workshops, contributes to the NVLPC Newsletter by writing articles on various related issues, attends workshops on multicultural counseling and serves as consultant to colleagues on complicated cases.
Counselor cultural competency is taught in counseling and other related human relations fields and is a part of our code of ethics. It specifies respecting client rights in general, and regarding culturally diverse clients' differences in their world view and cultural orientation. |
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Lamieh Salimi, PhD, LPC (Chair) |
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Lamieh Salimi is a licensed professional counselor and a trained mentor coach. She received her doctorate in counselor education from University of Florida, and has over 25 years of teaching and counseling experience. Her areas of interest include women's issues, multicultural issues, and human relations/rights, and social justice. She lives in Northern Virginia. You can email Lamieh at multicultural@nvlpc.org. |
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The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) is a non-profit organization which promotes excellence in the counseling profession. NBCC maintains a credentialing system for counselors and for organizations which provide continuing education programs and credits to Licensed Professional Counselors. The NVLPC is an accredited provider of continuing education for counselors and as such must maintain documentation required by the NBCC. The NBCC Liaison keeps current with the NBCC requirements, collects the required documentation, and files reports as required by NBCC. |
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Michelle Florimbio, MS (Chair) |
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 Michelle is currently working toward her Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision. She expects to graduate December of 2013. She is also working toward her license as a marriage and family therapist. She is presently serving as the student representative to the VAMFT board and volunteers with NVLPC as the editor for the monthly newsletter.
You can email Michelle at newsletter@nvlpc.org. |
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Dina L. Karam, MEd (Co-Chair) |
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Dina Abou-El-Haj Karam holds a Master’s degree in Counselor Education from Virginia Tech. She currently works as a mental health therapist for Fairfax County and recently started in private practice in Vienna, VA. Dina work primarily with adults on issues of anxiety, depression, grief and loss, self-esteem, relationship issues, and issues related to cultural transition and identity. Dina also speaks Arabic. You can email Dina at prelicensesupport@nvlpc.org. |
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Jane Ashley, MEd, LMFT, LPC (Co-Chair) |
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Jane Ashley’s first career was as a newspaper journalist at four newspapers including USA Today and The Washington Post. She has worked as a counselor since 1991. In 1996, she founded The Center for Well Being, a private practice that now includes five licensed psychotherapists and six resident counselors working toward licensure. Jane’s counseling approach is narrative therapy. Her narrative training at the Evanston (Ill.) Family Therapy Center included intensives with Michael White, the founder of the narrative therapy movement. Jane coordinates a narrative peer supervision group twice a month at her offices in Falls Church City. You can email Jane at prelicensesupport@nvlpc.org. |
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Robin R. Norris, MA, LMFT (Chair) |
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 Robin is a clinician and supervisor at Family Teamwork a homebased counseling agency that services five counties. The populations served are at risk youth and families as well as adults with developmental disabilities. Robin has worked with other individuals within the specialty areas of pet loss, military life, gifted and talented challenges, obesity, autism, and women's interests. She is a PhD student in Counselor Education and Supervision through Capella University and is always interested in supervising blossoming interns and counselors. You can email Robin at studentdevelopment@nvlpc.org. |
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Andrea Anderson, MA, LPC (University Liaison: Marymount University) |
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 Andrea Anderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in McLean providing psychotherapy services focusing on individuals, families, couples, and adolescents. Andrea’s area of expertise include working with sexual addiction, sex therapy counseling, eating disorders, chemical dependency, faith-based/spirituality related issues, cutting/self-injury, sexual abuse and trauma. Previously, she worked as a psychotherapist providing skill-based, educational psychotherapy to individuals and groups in an outpatient and partial hospitalization day treatment program for both high functioning clients and severely mentally ill patients. Besides providing counseling services, she conducts presentations and seminars in her community for various businesses, government agencies, non-profit organizations, faith-based groups and churches, as well as in the school system. You can email Andrea at studentdevelopment@nvlpc.org. |
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The Supervision Committee maintains the Supervision related information on the NVLPC website; notifies supervisors and supervisees via the website and the newsletter of any new or pending State regulations governing supervision; receives and processes new applications for inclusion on the supervision list, including checking that the applicant holds a current license, has current liability insurance, and has met the State requirements for becoming a supervisor, then adds that applicant's name to the supervision list; provides follow up with current supervisors regarding the expiration of their license or liability insurance when necessary to maintain their name on the supervision list; responds to telephone and email inquiries regarding supervision. |
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Loretta A. Schulz, MS, LPC (Chair) |
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 Loretta has a private practice in Fairfax and has been a member of the NVLPC Board since 1997, when she joined NVLPC. She started the Student Development Committee, helping to increase membership from about 75 members to roughly 130 members by visiting local universities and speaking to counseling graduate students about the next step in their careers after graduation and offering a workshop on how to study for the Virginia LPC examination. She also started the Multicultural Committee to bring awareness about NVLPC to Licensed Professional Counselors of different cultures, as well as to bring awareness to the community of the existence of these counselors. Most recently she started the Supervision Coordinator position, maintaining a list of NVLPC members who want to provide supervision to supervisees working toward licensure. During her 13 years on the Board, she has served one term as the NVLPC Chairperson, one term as the Secretary, and one term as the Virginia Association Clinical Counselors Representative. Loretta encourages you to email her with your questions, comments, and suggestions regarding Supervision. You can email Loretta at supervision@nvlpc.org. |
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Donna C. Fortney, MA, LPC (Chair) |
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 Donna Fortney practices in Centreville, and has been a member of the NVLPC Board since 2005, assisting, then chairing the Sterling Luncheons until 2009. She helped increase participation by introducing various expert, mental health speakers. She introduced the marketing table to help members network more effectively. Since 2007 she has been the Chair of the Website Committee, spearheading our online presence for NVLPC. She is also President Elect for 2011-2012. You can email Donna at websitechair@nvlpc.org. |
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Jama Thurman, MA, LPC (Member) |
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 Jama Thurman has been in private practice in Manassas since 2004. She specializes in Christian counseling, and enjoys working with teens and adults who are stressed and depressed and have sleep issues. She received her master’s degree in counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and her bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Illinois. Her technical background as an engineer has also served her well in creating her website (www.lifechanginggrowth.com) and in business development. You can email Jama at website@nvlpc.org. |
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Beth B. Cujé, EdD , MA, LMFT, LPC (Yahoo Group Administrator) |
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 Dr. Beth Cuje' LPC, LMFT Since 1984 she has been in private practice in Arlington, Virginia. In addition, she was a trainer/consultant for various government agencies and taught graduate courses in Counseling and Human Development at The George Washington University for eleven years. Dr. Cuje' is the award nominated and highly reviewed author of the book, Become the Person You Were Meant to Be - The Choice-Cube Method. She developed this fresh approach to self-help from her years of experience as a counselor. The Choice-Cube Method, used by clients and therapists alike, is noted in the well-known Seligman, LPC, Reichenberg LPC textbook "Selecting Effective Treatments: A Comprehensive, Systematic Guide to Treating Mental Disorders, 4th Edition" Dr. Cuje's blog on mental health and self-help is regularly referenced by self-improvement websites.
Beth joined the NVLPC Board in 2012 to help start the Yahoo Group List which helps members share information about referrals, professional subjects, available groups, trainings and workshops to help with personal business marketing and more.
Website: http://www.choicecube.com/
Blog: http://bethcuje.wordpress.com
YouTube: http://www.bit.ly/j8lCSs
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/kijPV7
You can email Beth at yahoogroups@nvlpc.org. |
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Tracy G. Bushkoff, EdD , LPC (Chair) |
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 Tracy maintains a private practice in Arlington, Virginia where she works with adolescents and adults and provides EAP counseling and management consultations to employers making new hires. In practice for 18 years, Dr. Bushkoff has focused much of her work toward people with disabilities, women’s’ identity issues and interpersonal relationship counseling. Additionally, Dr. Bushkoff continues academic affiliation with Marymount University as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Psychology. You can email Tracy at workshop@nvlpc.org. |
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