Checklist of Professional Identity Competencies

1. Membership in Professional Counseling organizations:
   • The American Counseling Association (ACA) Divisions:
     • Active Member of ACA
     • Active Member of ACES
     • Active Member of SACES
     • Active Member of SAIGE
   • The Virginia Counselors Association (VCA) Divisions:
     • Active Member of VCA
     • Active Member of VACES
     • Active Member of VA-ALGBTIC
     • Active Member of VACSJ
   • The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
     • National Certified Counselor (NCC - #1731204)
2. Professional Licensure
   • Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor (#0701007716)
     • Approved Supervisor with the Virginia Board of Counseling
   • DC Licensed Professional Counselor (#PRC200002261)
3. Involvement with legislative or social justice advocacy
   • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention volunteer
      
   • Letters to Legislators
     • Medicare Coverate Expansion to LPCs
     • Counseling Compact
     • Equal Health Care for All Act
     • 988 Lifeline
     • Moms Matter Act
     • Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act
4. Attendance at two or more State or National Counseling Conferences
   • ACC 2024
   • SACES 2024
   • ACA 2025
5. Proficiency in electronic course management system and computer technology skills.
   • Teaching assistant for COUC 692
   • Supervisor for COUC 505
   • Class presentation on AI in Counselor Education for COUC 747
6. Manuscript submitted for publication in peer reviewed counseling journal.
   • Submission to Counselor Education & Supervision
     • Counseling Conference Presentations: From Concept to Proposal
   • In Progress
     • Culture, Shame, and Counseling: Understanding Social Perspectives on Mental Health
     • Shame, Faith, and Mental Health: How Religiosity and Religious Identity Shape Psychological Well-Being
     • Emergency Medical Technicians: The Battle for Mental Health PRISMA
7. Scholarly presentation submitted to state, regional, national, or international counseling conference
   • Taylor, N., & Ford, K. (2025, October 7-12); Proposal Submitted). Navigating crises of faith in supervision: Burnout, ethical dilemmas, and religious trauma. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2025 Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
      

   • Daggy, J., & Taylor, N. (2025, April 25; Invited Presenter). Giving a face to your action [Presentation]. World Creativity and Innovation Day Celebration, Virtual.
      

   • Daggy, J., & Taylor, N. (2025, March 27-29). Emergency medical technicians: The battle for mental health [Roundtable]. American Counseling Association 2025 Conference, Orlando, FL.
      

   • Taylor, N., & Daggy, J. (2025, March 27-29). Religious trauma and counselor burnout: A component-based approach to supervision [Roundtable]. American Counseling Association 2025 Conference, Orlando, FL.
      

   • Daggy, J., & Taylor, N. (2024, November 14-15). Giving a face to your action [Presentation]. Association of Creativity in Counseling, Virtual.
      

   • Taylor, N. (2024, November 14-15). Revitalizing the spirit: Enhancing supervision through religious exploration in the sand [Presentation]. Association of Creativity in Counseling, Virtual.
      

   • Taylor, N. (2024, October 4). Let's unpack this: Supervising religious counselors working with religious trauma [Presentation]. Central Virginia Counselor Development Symposium, Virtual.
      

   • Taylor, N. (2024, October 4-5). Supervising cases of religious trauma in the LGBTGEQIAP+ community: A component-based approach to supervision [Pre-Conference Presentation]. Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) 2024 Conference: Elevating Advocacy, Golden, CO., Virtual.
      

   • Taylor, N. (2024, September 13, Proposal Submitted). Religious trauma and counselor burnout: A component-based approach to supervision. American Counseling Association Professional Practice Summit, Virtual.
      

   • Taylor, N. (2024-2025, Proposal Submitted). Supervising cases of religious trauma in the LGBTGEQIAP+ community: A component-based approach to supervision. American Counseling Association Continuing Education Series, Virtual.
      

   • Smith, M., Parker, D., & Taylor, N. (2024, April 27). Immersive healing: Reshaping the contours of therapeutic training [Presentation]. Chi Sigma Iota Pennsylvania Statewide Conference, Slippery Rock, PA.
      

   • Taylor, N. (2024, April 15). Let's unpack this: Supervising religious counselors working with religious trauma [Presentation]. Liberty University Research Week, Lynchburg, VA.

8. Department or outside department research/scholarship involvement: Participation in collaborative research/scholarship with mentoring others.
   • Medical Research Coding
     • DID in Appalachia
     • Equine study in collaboration with LUCOM
   • Collaborative Research
     • EMT Mental Health with Dr. Bohecker
     • Peer Mentorship with Dr. Ford
     • Religious Trauma with Dr. Ford
     • Shame and Mental Health with Dr. Volk
9. Assist program faculty teaching a graduate course in counselor education or present in a graduate level counselor education class.
   • Teaching assistant for COUC 692 for Dr. Lilley
   • Presenter/Guest Lecturer for COUC 512 with Dr. Warden