Professional Trainings

My education, training, supervision, teaching, and clinical experiences have fostered my enthusiasm and commitment to bringing high-quality, dynamic psychoeducational trainings to students, employers and employees, and anyone in the helping professions. 

Check out my self-paced online courses and current training topics. Or send me a request (below) to create a personalized presentation for your team!

Self-Paced Online Courses

Applying a Trauma-Informed Lens to Your Therapeutic Approach 

​This ​​is an introductory​​ training ​best suited for mental health professionals, practitioners, licensed and pre-licensed therapists, and graduate students in training who ​are just entering the realm of working from a trauma-informed perspective, and who ​would like to learn the basics about working with clients who present with post-traumatic stress​. Participants will learn and apply trauma-informed ​care ​concepts, tenets, and principles to enhance their clinical work. You will learn about the threat response and the impact of trauma on the brain and body​,​ ​and about prevalence and ​common ​types of traumatic events. ​Steps for creating a trauma-informed therapeutic environment will be covered, and you will walk away with ​several ​fundamental therapeutic interventions that correspond with the stages of trauma recovery to immediately start applying to your clientele. Most importantly, you will reflect on ways to integrate a trauma-informed lens into your current therapeutic approach and theoretical framework. Also available by request.

Preventing Burnout with Self-Compassion:
Practical Strategies for Helping Professionals

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We’re living and working through incredibly stressful times and need to find sustainable ways to help us address feelings of burnout - or prevent it from happening in the first place. This interactive and experiential training includes both psychoeducational information and self-reflective practice for anyone in the helping profession who might be facing burnout/compassion fatigue. You will learn the definitions and warning signs of burnout, identify the core concepts of self-compassion, and assess your current levels of burnout and self-compassion. This training is infused with mindfulness, meditation, and self-compassion exercises, so you can feel the benefits in the moment and take with you to begin incorporating into your daily life! New content added July 2023. Also available by request.

Available Upon Request

Becoming Trauma-Informed: How to Respond to Others in Distress

This training is for schools, businesses, universities, and other industry professionals who wish to learn and apply the central tenets of a trauma-informed approach to their professional roles. Being trauma-informed is essential to establishing strong working relationships with supervisees, colleagues, and leaders, and promoting a healthy workplace. In this interactive session tailored to your team, you will learn about trauma and how its consequences might manifest in the work environment, identify healthy leadership qualities, and learn ways to respond effectively and empathically. Learn how to prevent burnout by implementing boundaries and self-care, and improve your confidence as a trauma-informed supervisor and/or employee.

Trauma and Its Aftermath: Brain and Body Reactions in the Wake of Trauma 

Most trained mental health professionals know the signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress, and how to address it in therapy. This presentation dives deeper on the neuroscience of trauma – what happens in and to the brain during and after a traumatic event. You will be able to define trauma and the various types of traumatic experiences, understand the nervous system and threat response, learn the major areas of the brain that are affected by trauma in the short and long-term, and even learn about the effects of traumatic experiences on memory. Healing, recovery, and post-traumatic growth will also be covered.

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