Trainings, Professional Development, Speaking Events &

Peer Reviewed Research-Based Presentations

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Peer- Reviewed, Awarded Presentations

Professional Development, Continuing Education and Speaking Engagements

National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

The Role of Toxic Shame in Substance Use Disorders


International Association of Resilience and Trauma Counseling, Chapter of the American Counseling Association

Shame, Trauma and Epigenetics in Treatment: Integrated and Generational Pathways to Healing and Prevention

2025



International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors, Chapter of the American Counseling Association

Healing Sexual Trauma in Recovery: Integrated and Sex Positive Approach and Implications for Counselor Education

March 2026


American Counseling Association

Navigating Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas in Substance Use Treatment

2024

Southern Association of Counselor Educators

Reconceptualizing Addiction through the lens of Intergenerational Shame

2024

Virginia Behavioral Health Training Center

When The Environment meets the Gene - developments on the disease model for Holistic Addiction Treatment

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Child & Family Services for the Children’s Law Center of California

How to talk to kids about Addiction

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Child & Family Services for the British Doctor’s and Dentists in AA Group

Addiction through a Child’s Eyes: Neuroscience of the Intergenerational nature and developmental impact

2024


February 2026


Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Internal Training

Addiction through an Intergenerational Lens: the role of shame, trauma, toxic stress, epigenetics and pathways for next gen treatment and prevention

April 2026


2025


2024

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