Dr. Deborah Duenyas, professor of Counselor Education, presented on “Finding my Rhythm in Counselor Education: Integrating Music-based Activities into Teaching and Supervision,” at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) conference in Philadelphia, on Oct. 9.

Her work prepares counselor educators and supervisors to understand the pedagogical benefits of music-based activities — including managing academic stress, building self-awareness and creative expression, strengthening cultural competency, and developing professional identity — and to identify strategies for integrating them into teaching and supervisory practices.

Duenyas also presented “The Bucket’s Overflowing: Managing Advocacy-Related Stress in Counselor Education and Supervision.” This work supports curriculum and programing by offering strategies and techniques for integrating mindfulness-based activities into counselor education to manage advocacy-related stressors and strengthen graduate counseling students’ advocacy efficacy.