PRESENTATIONS

“Healthy Brain, Healthy Child: How the Developing Mind Makes Us Act the Way We Do"
  a neuroscientific approach to human development and interpersonal relationships with focus
  on the plasticity and regenerative qualities of the brain, presented at
  the Wilkinson Public Library September 16, 2008.

“Healthy Brain, Healthy Child"
  a neuroscientific approach to child development which describes developmental guidelines
 
for an emotionally secure infants, children, and teens, presented as a series of three lectures
  at the Wilkinson Public Library; March 4, 11, and 18, 2008.

“Art therapy: What It Is, How It Works, Why It Works"
  
presented to San Miguel Resource Center Trainees, September 24, 2007 and 2008.

“Art Therapy and Children Who are Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse"
  presented to   San Miguel Resource Center Trainees, January, 2007

“The Importance of Integrated Movement in Learning: How Brain Development and Function
  are Enhanced by Movement"
  presented in Developmental and Behavioral Neuroscience, Naropa University, November 28, 2006.

“The Nature of Transition: Finding the wisdom in life changes"
  presented during Traveling Through Transitions workshops, Boulder, CO, October 26 – November 18, 2006.

"Expressive Arts and Integrated Brain Functioning"
  presented in Developmental and Behavioral Neuroscience, Naropa University, September, 2006.

“A Neuroscientific Model for Art Therapy: What is it? How do we use it? Why do we need it?",
  presented in Adult Development and Special Populations at Naropa University, March 2, 2006.

“The Relationship Between Neuroscience and Art: Understanding Why Art Therapy is an Effective Therapeutic Modality”
  presented at Naropa Graduate Oral Presentations, Boulder, CO, May 4, 2005

"Understanding Grief in Children and Teens"
  presented to Marriage and Family Therapist Interns at HospiceCare of Boulder, October 12, 2005.

“Art Therapy: An Invaluable Therapeutic Modality"
  presented to psychotherapy interns at Access Counseling, Boulder, CO, November, 2004.