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Conferences
Upcoming Conference Presentations

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  • March 12th-15th, 2024: National School Social Work Conference, Baltimore, MD 

    • "Playful Techniques to Build Bridges with Black Families & Communities"

  • March 21st-23rd, 2024: NASW Virginia and Metro DC Chapters 2024 Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA

    • "Black Kids Matter: Play Therapy to Empower Black Children & Families" 

  • March 28th, 2024: 56th Annual NABSW Conference, New Orleans, LA March 28th, 2024 

    • "Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy with Black Children to Mitigate Racial Stressors"

  • April 18th-20th, 2024: NASW Virginia and Metro DC Chapters 2024 Annual Conference Live Virtual Events. 

    • "Black Kids Matter: Play Therapy to Empower Black Children & Families" 

  • May 17th-18th, 2024: World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals 4th Annual Conference.

    • "Sand Tray as a Mode of Professional Engagement"

  • June 6th & 7th, 2024: MidAtlantic Expressive Therapies Summit, Virginia Beach, VA

    • "I Got the Power! Play Therapy to Empower Black Girls",

    • "Play Therapy to Support Social-Emotional Expression in Black Boys"

    • "Culturally Inclusive Play Therapy Supervision"

Past Conference Presentations

  • Assessing and Treating Racial Trauma in Children of Color 

    • National Association of Social Workers - North Carolina Conference (May 2023) 

  • Addressing Implicit Bias in Clinical Work with Black Communities  

    • Expressive Therapies Summit, Los Angeles, CA (April 2022)  

    • Expressive Therapies Summit, Los Angeles, CA (April 2021)  

    • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference, Arlington, VA (June 2022) - plenary lecture

  • Creative Teletherapy Strategies & Virtual Interventions for Coping with COVID & Racial Injustice

    • Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY (August 2020)  

  • Culturally-Informed Play Therapy for Racial Trauma in Black Children & Families

    • Expressive Therapies East Coast Summit, Atlantic City, NJ (November 2021)  

    • Missouri Mental Health Counselors Association Conference, St. Louis, MO (October 2021) 

    • Expressive Therapies Summit, Los Angeles, CA (April 2021)  

    • Expressive Therapies Summit, New York, NY (November 2020)  

    • National Association of Black Social Workers Annual Conference (June 2022)  

  • Play Therapy to Address Racial Trauma in Black and Latinx Youth  

    • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference, Atlantic City, NJ (June 2023)  

    • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference, Arlington, VA (June 2022)  

  • Play Therapy with Teens & Tweens 

    • School Social Workers Association of Missouri, St. Louis, MO (October 2019)  

  • Superheroes to the Rescue! Play Therapy & Superhero Play  

    • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference, Atlantic City, NJ (June 2023)  

    • Expressive Therapies Summit, Los Angeles, CA (March 2022) 

    • Expressive Therapies East Coast Summit, Atlantic City, NJ (November 2021)  

    • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference, Arlington, VA (June 2021)  

    • Expressive Therapies Summit, Los Angeles, CA (April 2021)  

    • Expressive Therapies Summit- Los Angeles, CA (November 2019)  

    • University of Missouri-St. Louis Play Therapy Conference, St. Louis, MO (June 2018) 

  • Technology in Play Therapy  

    • University of Missouri-St. Louis Play Therapy Conference, St. Louis, MO (June 2019)

  • Using Play Therapy to Disrupt the Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline  

    • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference, Arlington, VA (June 2021)  

    • Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (January 2021) 

    • Early Childhood Mental Health Conference sponsored by Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD  (May 2020)

    • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference, Arlington, VA (June 2019)  

    • International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, Berkley, CA (March 2019)  

    • 51st Annual Midwest Council School Social Work Conference, Clayton, MO (March 2018) 

    • National Black Child Development 47th Annual National Conference, Atlanta, GA (November  2017) 

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