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2009

The Neurobiology of Attachment, Trauma, and Healing

The Fourth Annual Southern California Regional Play Therapy Conference 

 2008

The Legal and Ethical Standard of Care for Califonia

Risk Management

The Third Annual Southern California Regional Play Therapy Conference

Cultural Competence

2007 

Bipolar Disorder in Children 

Child Trauma with Dr. Bruce Perry

Parents and Professionals as Emotional Tutors for Children

Psychological Treatment of Children with Trauma-Attachment Problems; Intermediate Level 32 hours with Daniel Hughes, PhD 

 2006 

Law and Ethics in Counseling 

Fostering Changes: Strategies for helping adoptive parents cope with their children’s emotional/behavioral problems

Cross Cultural Counseling  

Psychological Treatment of Children with Trauma-Attachment Problems; Beginning Level 32 hours with Daniel Hughes, PhD 

 ATTACh 2006 Conference 

  •    Developmental Attachment-Based Psychotherapy for Children
  •    Attachment, Trauma, and Grief Therapy Protocol 
  •    Parenting From the Inside Out 
  •    Medication Management for Children w/ Attachment Trauma Histories     
  •   Corrective Attachment Therapy Across the Life Span 
  •    Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Techniques for Attachment and Trauma Focused Therapy 

2005 

Aging and Long Term Care

Attachment Focused Skill Building Part II

 Emotional Intelligence Applied 

Lying, Stealing, and Manipulating: What to do with difficult behaviors 

ATTACh 2005 Conference

  •       Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: An attachment focused family therapy 
  •       One Child’s Story
  •       Attention, Attunement, and Attachment: Theraplay and DDP 
  •       Assessment of Children with Traumatized Attachment Disorders 
  •       Beyond Holding: Where are attachment based interventions going? 
  •      Techniques to Augment Therapy
  •     Preparing Parents for Attachment Therapy 

Effective Strategies for Severe Behaviors in Foster and Adopted Children 

Therapists and Foster Adoptive Parents Working Together 

Building Families: Adoption in the Present Day 

2004 

Healing the Hurting Child: The Necessary Dimensions of Child-Centered Play Therapy

Practices and Principles of Clinical Supervision: The Basics 

Practices and Principles of Clinical Supervision: Law and Ethics 

Practices and Principles of Clinical Supervision: Advanced Issues 

Assessing and Treating Reactive Attachment Disorder

Bipolar and Other Major Mood Disorders in Youth and Adulthood

2003

Spousal or Partner Abuse

Ethical and Legal Issues  

2001-2003

UCSD Extended Studies Play Therapy Certificate Program (150 hours) 

  • Structured Play Therapy 
  • Sandplay: A Therapeutic Approach 
  • Play Therapy, Art Therapy, Assessment of Traumatized Children & Adolescents
  • Play Therapy with Attachment Disorders
  • Play Therapy with Dissociative Disorders
  • Play Therapy with A.D.D. and Disruptive Behavior Disorder
  • Play Therapy with Injured and Ill Children
  • Play Therapy with Adolescents and Adults
  • Play Therapy across Cultural and Ethnic Groups
  • Play Therapy and Assessment I
  • Play Therapy and Assessment II
  • Uses of Play Therapy with Learning Disabilities
  • Therapeutic Powers of Play
  • Toys and Their Uses
  • Play, Art, Stories, and Verbal Therapy
  • Legal and Ethical Issues in Working with Children 
  • Child-Centered Play Therapy
  • Child Relationship Enhancement Therapy (Filial Therapy) 
  • Psychoanalytic Play Therapy
  • Gestalt Play Theray
  • The Art of Supervision and Instruction of Play Therapy
  • Family Play Therapy

2002

Children's Hospital 2002 Conference: Responding to Child Maltreatment

  • Should Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence Be Defined as Child Maltreatment Under the Law? 
  • The Next Step: Deeper Healing of Victimization Consequences
  • Listening to the Trauma Stories: Managing the Impact of Interviewing
  • What’s New in Child Abuse Literature for Mental Health Practitioners
  • Transpersonal Approaches to Working with Maltreated Youth
  • Impact of Domestic Violence on Children's Development
  • Treatment for Protective Parents and Children Who Have Lived in Violent Homes 
  • Assessing and Treating Dissociative Children 

 2001-2002

 San Diego State University Field Instructer Training

  • Adult Learning Styles, Assessment and Development 
  •  Differential Strategies of Supervision, Parallel Process in Field Instruction and Training 
  • Process Recordings and Educational Based Recordings 
  • The Evaluation Process and Termination Issues
  • Practice Interviews and the Interview Process 

2001 

Using Play Therapy & the Expressive Arts to Help Grieving Children and Families Part II

Using Play Therapy & the Expressive Arts to Help Grieving Children and Families-Part I

2nd Annual Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Conference 

 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues and HIV/AIDS Ethics and Clinical Practice

Children’s Hospital 2001 Conference: Responding to Child Maltreatment

  • Trauma Treatment Using Play Therapy Basic Techniques 

  •  Trauma Treatment Using Play Therapy Advanced Techniques

  •  The Dilemmas of Mothers and Children Affected by Domestic Violence

  •  Helping Teens Heal   

  • Children From Alcoholic and other Drug Addicted Families

  • Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Children with Sexual Behavior Problems 

  •  New Developments in the Treatment of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse 

  •   Understanding and Treating Self-Abusive Behaviors

1999

Child Abuse and Neglect Licensure Workshop

 Overview of Psychopharmacology with Children and Youth