Recent Trainings

Here is a list of recent trainings and presentations I have participated in:

  • 9/20/24 The Neuroscience of Sandtray

  • 9/20/24 Connecting our Worlds Through Cultural Competencies in Sandtray Therapy

  • 9/3/24 An Introduction to Play Therapy

  • August 23-24, 2024 Exploring the Adult Experience in Sandtray Play Therapy (Level 7)

  • 11/3/23 Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy

  • 11/1/23: Postpartum Support Int’l Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care

  • 8/12/22: Using Sandtray Therapy to Cope with Perinatal Trauma and Loss

  • 7/22/22: PRESENTATION: PPHA Panel on Birth and Postpartum Period in India

  • 2/11/22: LGBTQ Youth: Clinical Strategies to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

  • 1/14/22: Diet Culture and Play Therapy: Preventing and Treating Disordered Eating

  • 10/19/22: Presented to O.Henry Middle School PTA on Communicating with Teens

  • 5/3/21: Playful EMDR with Children, incorporating Play Therapy into Age Appropriate EMDR

  • 4/21/21: University of Texas Perinatal Loss Conference

  • 8/28/20: Intimacy after Birth by PPHA (Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance of Austin)

  • 1/17/20: Creating and Implementing a Postpartum Mental Health Plan for Mothers and their Support Person

  • 1/17/20: Life with Baby Training (Postpartum Plan for Support and Emotional Well-Being)

  • 11/15/19: Understanding CPS for Mental Health Workers

  • 10/18/19: The Ethics of a Collaborative Eating Disorder Treatment Team, by Central Texas Eating Disorder Specialists

  • Sept 5-6, 2019: Sandtray in Play Therapy: Level 4

  • April 29-30, 2019: Sandtray in Play Therapy: Level 3

  • March 22-23, 2019: Sandtray in Play Therapy: Level 2

  • Feb 21-22, 2019: Sandtray in Play Therapy, Level 1, Karen Burke MA, LPC-S, RPT-S

  • 3/8/2019: Play Therapy 101, Dr Linda Homeyer LPC- S, RPT-S

  • 1/25/19: Connecting with the Heart: Exploring how Attachment Patterns Influence Grief, Marshall Lyles

  • 9/20/18: Using Sandtray Protocols in Play Therapy, Marshall Lyles

  • 9/14/18: Texas Sandtray Association 1st Annual Conference, Navigating Sandtray Therapy in Your Play Therapy Practice

  • Nov 3-4, 2017: 25th Annual Conference of Adoption Knowledge Affiliates, Coming Home to Yourself