Speaking
My mission is to demystify evidence-based strategies to help you and your group be at their best.
I want to help your group:
- Enhance team cohesion.
- Build trust and safety.
- Improve patient/client satisfaction scores.
- Train confident and effective leaders.
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Videos of my speaking can be found here.
"Excellent talk about realities women leaders in medicine face on daily basis, validating that we are not alone."
Keynotes, Workshops, and Trainings
Signature Trainings:
- Women in Leadership: Facing Stereotypes and Bias
- Attendees will be aided in reflecting on their own intersectional identities and the ways in which gender-identity may have or be impacting their leadership experiences or opportunities. This will include self-reflection, small group discussions, and review of literature on barriers and facilitators regarding women in leadership. Attendees will take away strategies they can use in advocating for themselves and others in leadership spaces.
- Overcoming the unhelpful thinking habits sabotaging your... (leadership) or (team cohesion).
- Attendees will learn skills to recognize, define, and reframe their negative thinking. They will be aided in identifying common unhelpful thinking habits related to leadership, as well as strategies to overcome self-imposed limitations on their leadership abilities.
- Communication strategies that really work... (as a leader) or (with patients/clients).
- Attendees learn how to harness effective communication strategies, including distinguishing between making empathetic and sympathetic statements, increasing comfort with silence, and harnessing open-ended questions to foster better professional relationships.
- Dear Woman, You Are a Leader: Don’t Let Your Negative Thoughts Tell You Otherwise.
- Attendees will learn skills to recognize, define, and reframe their negative thinking. They will be aided in identifying common unhelpful thinking habits related to leadership, as well as strategies to overcome self-imposed limitations on their leadership abilities. The presentation highlights the realities of women leaders facing stereotypes and biases that create challenges internal and external to themselves.
- Demystifying Mental Health
- Attendees will learn about the requested mental health topic (e.g. Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Grief). This includes demystifying the diagnosis, the evidence-based treatments, and self-directed strategies to start practicing today to improve mood.
"The information you presented was easily understood and applicable for everyone in the room. You should be proud of yourself for selecting a profession enabling you to help people become the best version of themselves every day."
Additional Offerings
- Compassion Fatigue and Moral Injury
- Integrated Care
- Evidence-Based Practices/Mental Health Topics
- Medical Resident Communication and Professionalism Skills
I will design and facilitate trainings that meet the needs of your group.
This includes in-depth discussion of your needs and goals, resulting in interactive and collaborative learning sessions.
Recharge Event Planning
Having planned many recharge events, I will work with you to design an event to meet the needs of your group.
We will can explore how best to improve your team's:
- Communication
- Engagement
- Goal Achievement
Schedule a free goodness of fit meeting so we can discuss how to create an event unique to the needs of your team.
A Selection of Previous Professional Presentations
Being an Ally.
Demystifying Promotion.
Evidence-Based Cognitive Behavioral Strategies for treating Depression and Anxiety in a Primary/Integrated Care Setting.
Getting involved in State and National Leadership.
Health Behavior Change with Social Determinants of Health.
Hold On, Let Me Overthink This: Managing Anxiety.
In the Corner and Outside the Box: Strategies for Teaching Creatively and Revamping Role Playing.
Performance Anxiety and Stress Management Strategies.Psychologists in Primary Care: Considerations on Integrating Behavioral Health Care and Reviewing Treatments for Depression and Anxiety.
Reframing Negative Thinking.
Residents and Risk: Substance Abuse, Depression, and Suicide.
Supervision and Consultation in Health Psychology.
Understanding and Recognizing Microaggressions and How to Respond.