SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Starting in 2025 Healing Through Action has been approved to provide CEU's to Social Worker through the workshops we provide. Each of these workshops will be 3-4 hours long, specifically geared toward mental health providers, and engaging, novel, and in person.
The first in this series will be Somatic and Sexual Sovereignty with Heidi Sproull, LMSW, CST. September 12, 26, October 10, 17, 2025 in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Bamboo (200 1st Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104). Click here to learn more.
Since 2015, I have taught masters-level courses at the University of Michigan School of Social Work on topics such as Interpersonal Practice for Children and Youth, Groups, and Families; Introduction to Social Work Practices; and Social Work Practical Laboratory. In addition, I have facilitated CEU workshops on Bibliotherapy—A Tool for Helping Children Talk about Feelings, and Trauma Informed Systems of Care at the University of Michigan, presented on trauma-informed treatment at the Michigan Meeting: Preventing Gender Violence Conference, and coordinated the Somatic Experiencing Training in Ann Arbor.
My current interests are somatic based trauma-informed therapies, creating a trauma-informed workplace, and coping with vicarious trauma. All three of these topics go hand and hand. For example if you have a trauma-informed work environment then you are less likely to experience vicarious trauma, however the opposite is also true. Explaining to management and staff members the importance of providing a well informed workplace can help everyone feel more supported, less burned out, and helps to keep morale up. This in turn gives you the opportunity to be a better Social Worker.
Current Workshops (7/2025)
In September (2025) I am thrilled to say I will be co-facilitating a workshop with Heidi Sproull, LMSW, CST called Somatic and Sexual Sovereignty a Four Part Workshop
Check it out:
www.somaticandsexualsovereigntyalliance.com/
In November (2025) I will be presenting Education Through an Attachment Len at the Association of Experiential Educators (AEE) in Pittsburg.
https://www.aee.org/events/2025-aee-international-conference
On October13th, 2024 I was invited to join the podcast Move the Needle:Tools for White Women Femmes & Thems Voting Blue in Red Communities created Jessica A.S. Letaw and Patricia BerryPresentations for CEU's through the University of Michigan School of Social Work.
Previous Presentations at the University of Michigan
Trauma or ADHD? Trauma-Informed Tools for Working with ADHD
The Calm After the Storm: Exploring How Our Nervous Systems Cope with the Pandemic, and How We Move Forward
I am often described as an energetic and engaging speaker with a good sense of humor. This material can be very difficult to speak about and I encourage people to laugh and orient to the positive parts of the work while still encouraging them to learn something new.
