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Speaking

I’m an experienced speaker and facilitator for groups of all sizes, from intimate clinical teams to large organizational audiences. I work with organizations seeking thoughtful, humane, and justice-informed approaches to mental health, identity, and care.

My speaking and training work spans mental health and diagnosis, neurodivergence, LGBTQ-affirming practice, and the lasting impact of trauma and abuse. I’m especially attuned to how power, identity, and systems shape both clinical work and workplace culture—and how easily harm can be reproduced when those dynamics go unexamined.

I also offer talks focused on the realities of working in high-acuity fields: clinician burnout, ethical self-care, navigating complexity with clients, and sustaining long-term practice without erasure or collapse. In addition, I speak to the lived and clinical dimensions of parenting neurodivergent children, with care for both systemic barriers and family-level realities.

My approach is relational, grounded, and deeply reflective. I aim to meet audiences where they are—while still inviting meaningful disruption, curiosity, and growth. Talks can be adapted for keynote settings, professional development days, clinical trainings, retreats, or ongoing consultation.

If you’re interested in bringing this work to your organization, you’re welcome to reach out to explore what would be most useful and resonant for your community.

  • Unmasking Without Collapse: Rethinking Neurodivergence in Clinical Practice
    A nuanced exploration of unmasking, burnout, and the nervous system costs of authenticity.

    Diagnosis, Power, and the Stories We Tell
    An examination of diagnosis as both a clinical tool and a cultural force.

    When Care Reproduces Harm: Power, Ethics, and the Therapeutic Frame
    A reflective look at how unexamined power dynamics and institutional pressures replicate harm.

    Sustaining Practice in High-Acuity Work
    A grounded conversation about burnout, moral injury, and self-care beyond platitudes.

  • Rethinking Mental Health at Work
    A systems-aware look at workplace culture and wellness narratives.

    Beyond Resilience: What People Actually Need to Thrive
    A reframing of resilience that centers safety, autonomy, and inclusion.

    Identity, Power, and Psychological Safety
    An exploration of belonging, difference, and structural power at work.

  • Parenting Without Pathologizing
    A compassionate reorientation toward curiosity and attunement.

    Letting Go of the “Right Way”
    Grief, liberation, and parenting in a normative world.

    Supporting Regulation Without Erasure
    Care that does not require children—or parents—to disappear.

    Seeing the Child, Not the Symptoms: Rethinking Autism and Relationship

Example Talk Topics