Consulting Schools include:
Harvey School ~ Katonah, NY
La Scuola d'Italia Marconi ~ NYC
Rye Country Day School ~ Rye, NY
School of the Holy Child ~ Rye, NY
Greenwich Academy ~ Greenwich, CT
Various NYSAIS workshops
For nearly two decades, a large part of my work has centered on presenting to parents, students, teachers and employees on subjects ranging from adolescent/identity development to managing anxiety and big feelings to burnout prevention. Group process and collaborative learning can be the most powerful tool to use in any organization, strengthening empathy, understanding and collective growth. Facilitating conversation among students, parents and workplace colleagues is so rich and rewarding. Some of my favorite topics:
Feeling Rooted and Resilient in 2022: Taking Care of Ourselves and Each Other
Parenting the Middle School Brain!
Boundaries, Boundaries, Boundaries! Relationships and Consent
Middle School Transitions:What's Happening to my Tween?
Click, Send, Snap: Navigating the Social Media Landscape
The Evolution of Middle School Friendships ~ From Bestie to Group Chat
Resilience and Reimagining in 2022 and Beyond (School Faculty presentation)
Remembering our "Why"; Caring for Ourselves in the New School Year (CAIS faculty presentation)
Meeting Families Where They Are: Best (and Worst) Strategies for Collaborative Connection (2024 NYSAIS Conference presentation)
Expanding the Circle
The systems that support mental health treatment and are overwhelmingly white (hovering around 85%). Increasing access to professional training for individuals from historically marginalized communities drawn to the field and treatment options with providers who hold shared identities are essential to the future of the profession.
An APA 2020 article, Increasing the Visibility of Providers of Color, highlights the dire need for changing the face of therapy. Melanie Domenech Rodríguez, PhD, professor of psychology at Utah State University, offers:
"The reality is that people don’t need to share the same identities to work together.
But another reality is that a lot of people of color and folx with diverse
gender identities and sexual orientations have had negative experiences in a
mental health context because their therapist did not understand the importance
or the relevance of their identities to their presenting concerns."
To that end, a portion of all income will be offered to a number of organizations that center clinical education, therapeutic support and professional development for people of color and those with other historically invisible identities. These include, but are not limited to, Ayana Therapy, Loveland Foundation Therapy Fund, BEAM, Cultural Care Matters, Mental Health Liberation, Open Door Medical and Crisis Text Line.
