Thomas Carl Terrell Jr. (Dr. Tom)  –

December 20, 1942 – September 15, 2020 

 

 

The Terrell Conference is named in honor of the Leadership in the Mental Health Profession
of Dr. Tom Terrell.  As one of the founding members of the Louisiana Counseling Association
and the #2 Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Louisiana, he set the pace
as a professional with his dedication to legislative efforts, advocacy to the profession
and his clients, that he served, crisis management and his commitment to the Louisiana
Counseling Association. His service to the Southeastern Louisiana University Counseling
Center lives on today. The University Counseling Center carries the International
Accreditation of College Counseling Centers which was first acquired under the leadership
of Dr. Tom Terrell.

 

We admire his years of humble dedication to service and we hope that the example he
gave will
encourage even greater dedication and integrity towards the profession of counseling.
The Terrell Conference Committee is grateful to Tom Terrell and his family for increasing
the significance of our yearly conference by allowing us to create a conference in
his name. 

 

Additionally, the Terrell Conference presents the Terrell award  as a way to recognize
a professional counselor for his or her commitment and service to the counseling service
industry. The spirit of the award is to recognize a professional counselor who has
demonstrated service through keen crisis management, effective leadership, legislative
presence, and commitment to higher education and the Louisiana Counseling Association.
A tradition of the Terrell Conference is to present an honored professional with the
Terrell Award. Terrell Award nominations are usually sought in the spring before the
January Terrell Conference.