Public Speaking

I would love to create a custom presentation for your organization! I am regularly invited for speaking engagements covering a variety of topics on mental health and wellness in the form of professional trainings, informative presentations, and keynote addresses. I have presented on many topics at local events, academic settings, and national conferences.

Please see a sample list of presentations below. This is not an exhaustive list of available topics. Please enquire if your desired topic is not listed. Audiences include professionals, organizations, and the general public.

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Sample Topics:

For the public:

  • Self-care

  • Self-compassion for wellness

  • Five senses and mindfulness

For organizations:

  • Keynote address

  • Panel presentation

  • Self-care, wellness, etc.

    Guided meditation and relaxation

For therapists:

  • Social media use for private practice

  • Recognizing and reporting child maltreatment

  • Tips for testifying in court

For other professionals (attorneys, physicians, etc.):

  • Understanding psychological assessment reports

  • Challenges in co-parenting therapy

  • Recognizing and reporting child maltreatment

Recent presentations include:

  • Caught between worlds: Improving treatment outcomes for adult children of immigrants. American Counseling Association

  • Unlocking expertise: Reflection as a tool for mastering evidence-based practice. American Counseling Association

  • Working with families in the Florida family court system: Roles, boundaries, and limitations. Florida Mental Health Counselors Association

  • Pain to paranoia: How the immigrant experience with trauma affects substance use treatment. Strengthening the Heartland, South Dakota State University, The Intersection of Diversity and Addiction

  • Working with families in the Florida family court system: Roles, boundaries, and limitations. National Board for Forensic Mental Health Evaluators

  • Self-care for academic and career success. Path to College, West Palm Beach, FL

  • Blank slate – coast to coast: A panel discussion on mental health. Panel participant at Blank Slate by Domenic Esposito, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL

  • Self-care for everyone: Practical tips for stress management and prevention, Palm Beach Young Professionals; Palm Beach, FL

  • She Owns It! The Docuseries, Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County, Guest interview; Palm Beach, FL

  • Combatting COVID-19 stress: Cultivating wellness during a pandemic, League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL

  • Guided meditation; Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce – Women in Business, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

  • Self-care for everyone: Practical tips for stress management and prevention.; Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, Palm Beach, FL.

  • Self-care for everyone: Practical tips for stress management and prevention.; National Alliance for Mental Illness Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL.

  • Welcome to the new office: Managing stress while working from home during COVID-19.; Rotary Club of Wellington, Wellington, FL.

  • Maintaining the positive: How your outlook can help you weather any storm.; Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce, Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

  • The Power of Self-Compassion: How Positive Self-Talk Transforms our Well-Being.; National Alliance for Mental Illness Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL.

  • Understanding Trauma from a Modern Perspective; Women’s Wellness Conference, Compass Community Center, Lake Worth, FL.

  • Mental Health Diversity: Meeting of the Minds; Moderator, Panel presentation, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL.

  • Reflective Practice and Student Counselors’ Case Conceptualization Skills, Roundtable presentation presented at Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

  • Getting to Know Yourself, Upward Bound Youth Program at Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL.

  • Worst Case Scenario: Understanding Anxiety and Its Effect on Students, Faculty Development Day presentation at Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL.

  • Child Maltreatment: Risks, Implications, and Legal Issues; A Training for Helping Professionals, Invited Guest Lecture, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL.