Mental Health Workshops

Offerings

• Speaking engagements such as keynote and panel

• Workshops

• Presentations

These workshops weave in both professional, evidence based knowledge and skills, as well as my own stories.

I also invite participants to consider how their own stories have shaped them in how they make sense and navigate their relationships, work, and home.

My goal is for participants to have a better understanding of themselves, others, and ultimately so they can live with more authenticity and freedom at work, home, and in the world.

Topics I Speak About

For Corporations/Agencies

• Trauma 101 (What is Trauma?)

  • Learn the causes, signs and symptoms and risk factors of trauma, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder, managing one’s own trauma, preventing companion fatigue, strategies to promote positive mental health.

  • Learn practical ways to support individuals who may have experienced or are experiencing trauma, skills for emotions, stress management, support systems and resilience.

• Vicarious & Secondary Trauma & Burn Out

  • Learn the causes, signs, and symptoms, and risk factors for vicarious and secondary trauma.

  • Explore self-care techniques as well as strategies you can use to help ensure balance and self-care for those that you supervise or manage.

• Mindfulness

  • Learn how mindfulness can be one tool/skill to manage stress

  • Learn about the myths and realities of mindfulness

  • Learn how to use mindfulness personally and professionally toward health and wellness

For Therapy Group Practices

• Core Effective Skills for Therapy

  • Learn about the common factors and how they can be used no matter what modality you employ (CBT, DBT, ACT)

  • Learn 1-2 practical skills to build and sustain a strong therapeutic alliance to reduce client drop out and attrition

  • Help clients right at the beginning of therapy

• Working With Insecure Attachment

  • Learn about secure and insecure attachment styles

  • Learn how attachment styles show up in therapy and impacts treatment negatively (“resistance”, difficulty asking for help, difficulty relating, high levels of anxiety, people pleasing, withdrawing, shutting down)

  • Learn 1-2 practical skills to use with clients with insecure attachment strategies

  • Learn 1-2 practical skills to self manage/supervise your own insecure attachment strategies

Past clients include

• University of California

• University of Washington

• University of San Francisco

• Highline College

• Asian Mental Health Project

• Seattle University