SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Ongoing learning and integration of contemporary research into my clinical practice helps sustain my professional vitality and continue to grow as a skillful clinician. My research centers on psychological resilience, burnout prevention, and optimal development for those in the helping, teaching, and health professions. As a practitioner. I also find tremendous joy in fostering clients’ career/relationship resilience.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

  • What characteristics do highly resilient therapists employ? Building skills from inner resources. American Psychological Association Annual Convention: Washington, DC.

  • The masculinity project: How masculinity affects mental health. Baltimore, MD.

  • Practitioner resilience development and burnout prevention. Baltimore, MD.

  • Can we talk? Developing racial and academic stress and negotiation skills for Black middle and high schoolers. Annual Conference of the Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium. Philadelphia, PA.

  • Balancing work and family for busy and active people. Long Beach, CA.

  • Goal setting and time management. Engineering Student Success Center. Long Beach, CA.

  • Stress management and healthy coping. Pullman, WA.

  • Burnout prevention and self-care for novice practitioners. Pullman, WA.

  • Resiliency and self-care patterns of Emily Program practitioners. Minneapolis, MN.

  • Characteristics of highly resilient therapists. American Psychological Association Annual Convention: Denver, CO.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

BOOK CHAPTERS