Speaking Engagements & Presentations

We are available for speaking engagements, presentations, and trainings on a variety of topics including gender issues (trans, gender expansiveness), group therapy, and interpersonal communications.  Recent presentations and trainings include:

April 2022: Cultural Humility, Dental Hygiene, and working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Patients, California Dental Hygienists' Association (San Diego Chapter)

January 2022: Cultural Humility, Dental Hygiene, and working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Patients, Santa Clara Valley Dental Hygienists' Association

January 2022: The No Surprises Act and Good Faith Estimates: What You Need to Know, California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors

October 2021: Multi-State Licensure and California LPCCs, California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors Annual Conference

September 2021: Private Practice Panel, California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors

June 2021: Cultural Humility and Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Clients, Bay Area Psychotherapy Institute, Lafayette, California

April 2021: Cultural Humility and Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Clients, Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, San Francisco

April 2021: Cultural Humility, Dental Hygiene, and Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Patients, National Presentation sponsored by San Francisco Dental Hygienists’ Society

February 2021: Cultural Humility, Dental Hygiene, and Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Patients, California Dental Hygienists’ Association

September 2020: Cultural Humility and Working with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients, Los Angeles and San Francisco Dental Hygienists’ Associations

August 2020: Group Facilitation for Psychology and Social Work Trainees, UCSF Alliance Health Project, San Francisco

January 2020: Group Facilitation Skills, Richmond Area Multi-Services, San Francisco

June 2019:  Cultural Humility and Working with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Clients, Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, San Francisco

February 2019:  Creative Use of Metaphor in Psychotherapy, Haight Ashbury Psychological Serivces, San Francisco

April 2018:  Cultural Humility and Working with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Clients, California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, San Francisco

April 2018: Unconditional Positive Regard and Carl Rogers, Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, San Francisco

November 2017:  Transgender Health & Cultural Humility: What Oral Health Care Providers Should Know, San Francisco Dental Hygiene Society, San Francisco

July 2017: Using the Playground Model: Building Supportive Groups and Moving Away from Problem-Solving, California Counseling Association, Los Angeles

March 2016: What Now: Applying for Internships, Interviewing, and Community Mental Health, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

October 2014: Drugs and Creativity: A Support Group for Active Drug Users, California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, San Francisco

July 2014: Guest Lecturer: Psychopathology, Diagnosis, and Social Justice.  Prison University Program, San Quentin State Prison

June 2014: Guest Lecturer: Group Psychotherapy and Counseling. California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

November 2012: Creative Arts with Substance Users, National Harm Reduction Conference, Portland