TRAINING AND CONSULTING
Mindfulness in Art, Movement and Metaphor - Co-designed and developed a 2-day retreat for mental health professionals and practitioners on the effective utilization of Mindfulness during individual and group psychotherapy sessions (November 2008).
DBT Skills & Mindfulness Training - Ongoing individual, family and group Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Training for children, adolescents and adults.
Crisis Response
for Self-Harming Teens - Facilitate trainings
for National Crisis Clinic's Teen Link Youth Volunteer Program
on how to utilize DBT skills as a method of
stabilizing and assisting teens at risk for suicide and self-injury (2005 - 2007).
Building High Performance Teams, Communicating for Results, Value and Role Clarification, Empowered Assistant Series Training (EAS), Relaxation and Stress Management, Dealing Effectively with Change and Effective Leadership - Developed and delivered highly specialized interactive national training programs which focus on creating stronger networks of effective communication between support staff, technical staff, managers and executives (1996-2007). Clients include: Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packard, General Motors, Associated Packaging Systems, Ernst & Young and YMCA.
Teen Suicide Prevention / Intervention -
YMCA Transitions All-Staff (Nov 2004-05).
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention & Intervention -
YMCA of Greater Seattle (Jan 2005).
Expressive Arts for Young Adults in Transition -
YMCA Transitions Participant Group (Several art groups and sessions
through 2004).
Family Services Intensive Therapeutic Foster Youth
Expressive Art Group -
Weekly expressive art groups for the YMCA Family Services (1999-2004).
Art With Heart Community Expressive Art
Groups - Led community expressive
art groups to deepen self awareness and self expression among
teens and young adults. Assisted in developing exercises for
the new Chill & Spill workbook, and facilitated an Expressive
Art Experience for the members of the AWH Board (2003-2006).
Building Effective Clinical Teams - Interactive training on creating more effective clinical teams for the YMCA - FS/MH Family Support Specialist All-Staff meeting (Summer 2000).
Vicarious Traumatization and Compassion
Fatigue: Self Care for Foster Parents and
Professionals Working With Traumatized Youth -
Co-designed and facilitated an experiential training for
YMCA Therapeutic Foster Parent All-Staff, and Foster Care
Conference 2000: Better Skills for Stronger Families (Summer 2000).
Creative Self-Exploration Retreat - Creative
self-exploration and rejuvination retreat for mental health and
business professionals in the Seattle area (Spring 2000).
Team-Building and Creative Problem-Solving - Program design and facilitation for a 2-day YMCA Family Services and Mental Health Annual All-Staff Retreat held at Sleeping Lady in Leavenworth, WA (Fall 1999).
Stress Management and Deep Relaxation - Program design and facilitation for YMCA Therapeutic Foster Parent All-Staff Meeting (Fall 1999).
Learning How to Quiet the Mind - Program development and weekly PersonalEmpowerment Program facilitation for Shasta County Women's Refuge, and All-Staff Retreat (Fall 1998).
