Speaking & Professional Education

Thought-provoking. Practical. Relationship-centered

The most meaningful professional learning doesn’t end when the presentation is over—it changes the way people think about their work.

Whether presenting to clinicians, supervisors, organizational leaders, interdisciplinary teams, or statewide initiatives, my goal is to create learning experiences that are intellectually engaging, clinically meaningful, and immediately applicable. Participants leave with more than information. They leave with new ways of thinking, greater confidence in their decision-making, and practical strategies they can integrate into their work with children, families, colleagues, and organizations.

Every presentation is grounded in current research, reflective practice, clinical experience, and adult learning principles, creating opportunities for participants to think critically, engage with complexity, and connect new knowledge to everyday practice.

Presentation Topics

Presentation content is customized for each audience and may include:

  • Understanding the social, emotional, and relational development of infants and young children through a relationship-based, developmentally informed lens.

  • Clinical practice, implementation, fidelity, case conceptualization, advanced interventions, supervisor development, and organizational implementation.

  • Supporting families during pregnancy, birth, the transition to parenthood, and the earliest stages of infant-caregiver relationships.

  • Infant and early childhood trauma, medical trauma, complex trauma, traumatic grief, resilience, and healing through relationships.

  • Relationship-based practice within child welfare systems, implementation of evidence-informed interventions, supporting reunification, reflective practice, and cross-system collaboration.

  • Building reflective organizations, strengthening supervisors, supporting workforce well-being, and creating environments where professionals continue to grow.

  • Reflective leadership, organizational culture, difficult conversations, workforce development, psychological safety, and leading through change.

  • Adult learning, professional growth, critical thinking, implementation support, Learning Collaboratives, and building sustainable clinical excellence.

  • Implementation support and technical assistance, organizational change, systems development, fidelity, sustainability, and strengthening professional capacity across organizations.

Programs can be designed to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes.

Presentation Formats

Available formats include:

·       Conference keynote presentations

·       Plenary sessions

·       Breakout workshops

·       Half-day and full-day trainings

·       Multi-day institutes

·       Leadership retreats

·       Learning Collaboratives

·       Webinar series

·       Virtual training programs

·       Supervisor institutes

·       Reflective practice series

·       Customized organizational learning experiences

Presentations are available both in person and virtually.

My Approach to Teaching

Adults learn best when they are actively engaged in making meaning.

My teaching integrates:

  • Current research

  • Clinical experience

  • Reflective dialogue

  • Case examples

  • Interactive learning

  • Experiential activities

  • Small-group discussion

  • Practical application

Rather than relying primarily on lectures, I design educational experiences that encourage participants to think critically, ask questions, engage in discussion, reflect on their own work, and practice applying new ideas.

Participants consistently describe my presentations as engaging, thought-provoking, clinically relevant, and immediately useful because they connect theory with the realities of everyday practice.

Audiences

I regularly present for:

  • State agencies

  • Hospitals and healthcare systems

  • Universities

  • Community mental health organizations

  • Child welfare agencies

  • Infant and early childhood programs

  • Professional associations

  • Foundations

  • National and international conferences

  • Multidisciplinary teams

Whether speaking to twenty professionals or several hundred participants, I tailor every presentation to the audience, organizational goals, and level of experience.

BEYOND THE PRESENTATION

The most meaningful learning continues long after the presentation ends.

Many organizations invite me to partner with them beyond a keynote or workshop to support implementation, strengthen leadership, and build sustainable workforce capacity. Depending on your goals, that partnership may include implementation support and technical assistance, Learning Collaboratives, reflective practice and reflective supervision, leadership consultation, workforce development, organizational capacity building, or ongoing professional consultation.

My work is particularly informed by extensive experience supporting organizations implementing Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and Perinatal Child-Parent Psychotherapy (PCPP), advancing infant and early childhood mental health initiatives, strengthening reflective practice, supporting child welfare and Safe Babies Court Team initiatives, addressing the impact of trauma and medical trauma on young children and families, and helping organizations translate evidence-informed practice into everyday clinical care.

Whether working with a hospital system, community mental health agency, university, state initiative, foundation, or multidisciplinary team, my approach is collaborative, relationship-centered, and tailored to the unique culture, strengths, and goals of each organization. Together, we build the critical thinking, reflective capacity, leadership, and implementation infrastructure needed to create lasting improvements for children, families, and the professionals who serve them.

Whether you are planning a conference, leadership retreat, statewide initiative, Learning Collaborative, implementation project, or customized professional development program, I would welcome the opportunity to explore how we might work together.

Every engagement is thoughtfully designed around your organization’s goals, your workforce, and the children and families you serve. Together, we can create learning experiences that strengthen clinical excellence, build leadership capacity, support implementation, foster reflective organizations, and create meaningful, sustainable change.

Let’s Design a Learning Experience Together