TRAINING AND CONSULTATION
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).
Clinical Consultation - Offer ongoing individual
and group consultation for post-masters Mental Health Counselors
working with adolescent and young adult clients.
Crisis Response
for Self-Inury - Delivered a training to teen volunteers
on how to utilize DBT skills as a method of stabilizing and assisting
teens who are Self Harming-- Seattle Crisis Clinic Teen Link
youth program (April 2006).
Teen Suicide Prevention and Intervention - YMCA Transitions all-staff training (November 2005).
Sexual Abuse Prevention & Intervention - YMCA of Greater Seattle (January 2006).
Creative Art for Transitioning Young Adults - YMCA Transitions Participant Group (August 2004).
Family Services Foster Care Youth Expressive Art Group - Weekly creative art groups for the YMCA Family Services and Mental Health program (1999-2004).
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 / 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 in Yakima, Washington (Summer 2000).
Creative Self-Exploration Day - 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).
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 and interactive national training programs which focused on creating stronger networks of effective communication between support staff, technical staff, managers and executives for Executive Counterparts™ (1996-2001). Clients included: Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packard, General Motors, Associated Packaging Systems and Ernst & Young.
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).
