I am required to complete continuing education in order to maintain my license. The purpose of continuing education is to ensure that I am current in my knowledge and skills related to practicing psychology; it also allows me to deepen and refine my knowledge and skills in particular areas that are interest to me as a psychologist and an educator. Below are a list of several conferences and professional trainings I have attended in order to maintain licensure.
Learning & The Brain: The Science of Character (November 13 – November 15, 2015) (16 CEUs)
American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention (August 6 – August 9, 2015) (17 CEUs)
American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention (August 6 – August 10, 2014) (28 CEUs)
Boston Children’s Hospital Gender Management Service (GeMS) Gender Non-Conformity in Children and Adolescents: A Conference for Health and Mental Health Clinicians (November 9, 2013) (6 CEUs)
Meditation and Visualization Practices for Everyday Living and Well-Being and to Enhance Peak Performance by Daniel Brown as part of the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education (November 30, 2012 and December 1, 2012) (15 CEUs)
American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention (August 3 – August 7, 2011) (18 CEUs)
Aging: Treatment Perspectives and Challenges fro Mid-Life Forwards as presented by Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education (November 5 – 6, 2010) (14 CEUs)
Understanding Personality Disorders presented by Dennis Markikis as part of the Institute of Brain Potential Seminars (October 2010) (6 CEUs)
Behavioral Interventions for Children & Teen Disorders (June 2010) (6 CEUs)
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) training and certification (October 2009) – part of the Massachusetts Child Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI)
2009 Introduction to Massachusetts CANS for Children and Youth ages 5 and Older (CANS Certified Assessor as of 10/09)
The Wise Heart & The Mindful Buddha, Buddha Meets Neurobiology: A Weekend with Jack Kornfield & Daniel J. Siegel presented by Omega Boston (September 2009) (6 CEUs)
2008 The Meadows: 19th Annual International Trauma Conference (Psychological Trauma: Neuroscience, Attachment and Therapeutic Interventions)
2008 R. Cassidy Seminars: Relational Theory and the Practice of Counseling
2006 Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences:
- Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention
- Sexuality in Later Life
- Male Rape
- Child Abuse & Neglect: A Brief Guide to Research and Intervention
