Speaking Engagements

I provide in-person and virtual presentations on many mental health topics, including: 

- Looking Behind the Mask of Depression: the surprising ways that depression can present itself and how to help someone through it

- What Is Your Brain Thinking?! - understanding how anxiety works in the brain and how to take back control when it's in the driver's seat

- Peace at Work: promoting mental health in the workplace

- Supportive Supervision: applying trauma-informed care in supervision

- Help from a Stranger: reducing the risk of suicide, even in someone you don’t know 

- Recovery is Real: working around mental health issues and finding a life worth embracing

- Walking Alongside: helping a loved one cope with grief

- Is This Really Me: understanding how trauma can affect daily life and ways to restore feelings of safety and control

I welcome requests for additional topics and tailor my presentations to each audience. 

My audiences have included:

- educators, 

- college students, 

- medical students,

- law enforcement and other first responders, 

- behavioral health professionals, 

- library staff and patrons, 

- parents and caregivers, 

- advocacy groups,

- Chambers of Commerce members, 

- Lions Club members, 

- crisis hotline staff and volunteers, and 

- the general community