I’ve presented well over 100 times at international, national and regional conferences — including multiple times at conferences of the American Counseling Association, American Mental Health Counselors Association, Counselor Camp, and the Association of Experiential Education.
Below are some highlights.
Behavioral Addictions in Teens. Integrated Care Conference, 06/2025 (break-out presentation).
Recovery Happens: Substance Using Teens & the Process of Change. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 11/2024 (3-hour workshop).
The Trauma Informed Helper. Washington CODtx Conference, 10/2024 (invited workshop).
Behavioral Addictions in Teens. Washington CODtx Conference, 10/2024 (invited workshop).
Reframing Resistance: Maybe Teens Aren’t Stubborn, Oppositional, or In Denial. American Mental Health Counselors Association’s Conference, 06/2024 (4-hour professional development workshop).
Putting the Pieces Together: Teens, Trauma & Substance Use Disorders. Washington CODtx Conference, 10/2023 (break-out presentation).
Reframing Resistance: Maybe Teens Aren’t Stubborn, Oppositional, or In Denial. Counselor Camp, 09/2023 (keynote).
The Ethics of Equity. Counselor Camp, 09/2023 (invited 4-hour pre-conference training).
Reframing Resistance: Maybe Teens Aren’t Stubborn, Oppositional, or In Denial. American Counseling Association’s Conference, 06/2023 (break-out presentation).
Putting the Pieces Together: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders. Counselor Camp, 09/2022 (break-out presentation).
Ethical and Legal Considerations When Counseling Teens. Counselor Camp, 09/2020 (invited 4-hour pre-conference training).
Teens and the Pandemic Blues. American Mental Health Counselors Association’s Conference, 06/2020 (3-hour invited workshop).
Behind the Mask: Depression in Adolescent Males. American Mental Health Counselors Association’s Conference, 06/2020 (break-out presentation).
Attached to Drugs: Adolescents, Addictions, and Insecure Attachments. Counselor Camp, 09/2019 (break-out presentation).
Beyond the Stuckness: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders. American Mental Health Counselors Association’s Conference, 06/2019 (3-hour workshop).
Engaging Avoidant Teens: An Attachment-Based Approach to Building Therapeutic Alliance. American Mental Health Counselors Association’s Conference, 06/2019 (break-out presentation).
Understanding Co-occurring Disorders in Teens. Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference, 06/2019 (break-out presentation).
Ethical and Legal Considerations When Counseling Teens. Counselor Camp, 09/2018 (invited 4-hour pre-conference training).
Beyond the Stuckness: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders. Washington Behavioral Health Conference, 06/2018 (break-out presentation).
Cultivating Rapport: Building Therapeutic Alliances with Resistant Teens. American Counseling Association’s Conference, 04/2018 (break-out presentation).
Cultivating Rapport: Building Therapeutic Alliances with Resistant Teens. Counselor Camp, 09/2017 (break-out presentation).
Beyond the Stuckness: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders. American Counseling Association’s Conference, 03/2017 (3-hour pre-conference workshop).
Beyond the Stuckness: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders. Counselor Camp, 09/2016 (keynote).
The Trauma Informed Facilitator. Association for Experiential Education’s Northwest Regional Conference, 04/2016 (invited 3-hour workshop).
Beyond the Stuckness: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders. Joint conference of the American Counseling Association and the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association, 04/2016 (break-out presentation).
Facilitating Mindfulness, Facilitating Mindfully. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 10/2015 (6-hour pre-conference workshop).
Sober Choices: Experiential Activities with Substance Abusing Teens. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 10/2015 (3-hour workshop).
Beyond the Stuckness: Teens, Trauma, and Substance Use Disorders. Counselor Camp, 09/2015 (break-out presentation).
Getting Unstuck: Five Keys to Fostering Change with Teens That Have Co-occurring Disorders. American Counseling Association’s Conference, 03/2015 (break-out presentation).
The Trauma Informed Facilitator. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 10/2014 (invited 3-hour workshop).
The Trauma Informed Helper. Recovery and Resiliency Conference, sponsored by King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse, and Dependency Services, 09/2014 (invited presentation).
The Trauma-Informed Drug Counselor. Counselor Camp, 09/2014 (break-out presentation).
Recovery Happens: Experiential Activities with Substance Abusing Teens. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 11/2013. (break-out presentation).
Therapeutic Experiences with Teens. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 11/2012 (6-hour professional development workshop).
Hands-On Mindfulness. Association for Experiential Education’s Regional Conference, 04/2012 (break-out presentation).
Overcoming the Stuckness: Facilitating Change with Substance Abusing Teens. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 11/2011 (break-out presentation).
Fun and Games in Clinical Settings. Association for Experiential Education’s Northwest Regional Conference, 03/2011 (invited 3-hour workshop).
Gray Matters: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Facilitating Change. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 11/2010 (break-out presentation).
Fostering Resiliency in LGBTQ Teens. Saying It Out Loud Conference, presented by Washington State Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery, 05/2010 (invited presentation).
From Ambivalence to Action. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 11/2009 (3-hour workshop).
Clinical Applications of Experiential Education. Association for Experiential Education’s International Conference, 11/2008 (3-hour workshop).
Facilitating for Change. Counselor Camp, 09/2008 (break-out presentation).