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Sally is a nationally recognized speaker and trainer and provides continuing education on a number of mental health topics. To inquire about speaking topics, schedule a talk for your group or for a consultation, please contact me.

Mental Health, Professional CEU, and Senior Community Topics include:

  • Elder Justice in the Age of Covid – Advocacy Issues When Working with Seniors in Lockdown (Ethics CEUs)
  • Calm Through the Storm — Coping Well Through a Pandemic
  • Practical Mindfulness in Crisis
  • Personality vs. Pathology — Using the Enneagram to Understand Temperament and Personality Disorders (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • The Origin of Emotion — Brain Science That’s Changing our View of One’s Emotional Blueprint and How to Reconcile this with the DSM 5 (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Embodiment — Submission, Emotion, and Spirituality – One-hour church talk.
  • Five Strategies for Caregivers to cope with weariness, worry, and loss
  • An Introduction to the Trauma-Informed Care Movement — How Agencies and Communities Can Better Serve Those Who Struggle
  • A Look at PTSD and Developmental Trauma Through a Trauma-Informed Treatment Perspective (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • The Cost for Caring for Others — An Evidenced-based Look at the Science of Self-care for Caregivers and Professionals
  • The Cycle of Trauma — Practical Insights on How and Why Trauma History gets Emulated in Work and Personal Relationships and how to Stop It
  • Telomeres: How Diet and Exercise Impacts Genes and Vulnerability in Aging
  • Lowering Suicide Risk in Older Adult Clients — The Latest Stats, Tools, and Protective Factors (Diagnosis/Suicide CEUs)
  • Stressed out Providers — Five Minute Meditation Skills to Lower Your (And Your Client’s) Depression and Anxiety Risk
  • Older Adult Anxiety and It’s Relationship to Sleep and Incontinence Issues (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Integrating Meditation and Practical Mindfulness into Your Role as a Therapist (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Love, Sex and Aging – Understanding the Relational Needs of Older Adults and How to Better Advocate (Ethics CEUs)
  • Engaging Ethically in Clinical Settings – Boundaries, Self-care, and Liability issues with Clients (Ethics CEUs)
  • 6 Keys to Healthy Aging – How to Stay Mentally Strong Despite Setbacks
  • The Cognitive and Psychological Changes Associated with Aging (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Isolation, Technology, and Sabbath – What Every Church Needs to Know
  • Seniors and Ethics – Advocacy Challenges When Working with Depressed Older Adults (Ethics CEUs)
  • An Introduction to the Diagnostic, Treatment, and Ethical Considerations of Working with Traumatized Older Adults (Diagnosis/Ethics CEUs)
  • Losing a Spouse Workshop – The Practical and Emotional Tasks at Hand
  • Mental Illness 101 — How to Manage and Intervene with Troubled Patients and Families (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Elder Justice – Advocacy Challenges When Working with Seniors who are isolated and institutionalized (Ethics CEUs)
  • A Look at Loss as We Age – The Latest Research on Getting Through Grief (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Kindred Spirits – A look at What Research is Saying About Staying Social as we Age
  • Tips for Senior Winter Wellness – How Seniors Can Avoid the Post-Holiday Blues (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • The Latest in Alzheimer’s Dementia – News on Meds, Mood, and Prevention techniques (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • An Introduction to Mindfulness and Yoga for Anxiety and Depression (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Alzheimer’s, Agitation & Depressive Ailments: Deciphering Symptoms in the Aging Population (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Genetics vs. Lifestyle – What Professionals Need to Know About What Determines Mental Health
  • Hoarding 101 – The Latest Info on Why it Happens, How to Refer, and How to Help with the DSM 5 (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Diagnosing Depression in Seniors with the DSM 5 – What Every Professional in Aging Should Know (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Generational Addiction – Older Adult Substance Abuse and it’s Emotional, Physical, and Mental Toll (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Advocating for A Good Death — The Ethics of Dispelling Funeral, Embalming, and End of Life Myths for Seniors and their Loved Ones (Ethics CEUs)
  • Personal and Professional Ethics and Boundaries in the Age of Smart Phones – How Social Workers can Avoid Burnout and achieve balance When You’re always “on” (Ethics CEUs)
  • When Grief Turns into Depression – How the DSM 5 Differentiates the Two and Helping Seniors Cope with Loss (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • The Basics of Mental Illness and Suicide: Diagnosis, Assessments, and Referrals (Diagnosis/Suicide CEUs)
  • Being Present – An Introduction to Mindfulness Based Mental Health Interventions (including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Community Based Approaches to Older Adult Depression Care – An introduction to HEALTHY IDEAS curriculum – Helping Seniors Decrease Depression Through Behavioral Change (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • A Real World Look at the Concepts of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Overcoming Life’s Challenges – An introduction (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • An Introduction to the Home and Green Funeral Movement – How Social Workers can Empower Their Clients to Bring Death Care back to the Home with Less Environmental Impact
  • An Introduction to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Caregiving Issues (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Playing Nice – Strategies for Managing Bullying in Senior Communities
  • Women and Mood Across the Lifespan — A Biopsychosocial Diagnostic Look at Pathology vs. Normal (Diagnosis CEUs)
  • Walking Outside of Fear — A Mental Health Journey Through Cancer (Diagnosis CEUs)