Recovery and peer movement trainings around working with altered and extreme states of consciousness
Skills training and mentorship in peer support, stigma reduction, and advocacy in treatment systems
Consultation and supervision with existing support networks and treatment teams (family members, partners, friends, and other providers)
Training, Advocacy, and Consultation for agencies, clinicians, families and individuals
Prior Consulting Work
Alameda County Network of Mental Health Clients /Peer Wellness Collective
Bonita House
Heart & Soul
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Ohio Department of Mental Health – Peer Support Integration in Early Psychosis Settings
South Bay Project Resource
Healthright360
Past Speaking Engagements
Dominican University – Guest Lecturer, Occupational Therapy Department
Crazywise Conversations – “Finding Purpose and Meaning”
R.D. Laing Symposium – Workshop “Authenticity in an Inauthentic World: How Madness Can Show Us the Way to Love”
Science and NonDuality (SAND) Conference – Workshop “The Mystic And The Psychotic: Holding Space for Anomalous States of Consciousness”
Science and NonDuality (SAND) Conference – Workshop “The Meaning of Life: A Personal Journey of Spirituality and Making Meaning in Madness”
R.D. Laing Symposium – Workshop “Meaning and Transformation in Altered States”
ICA San Jose – Panel “Side Effects May Include”
Interim Monterey County Mental Health Wellness & Recovery Conference – Workshop “Belonging and Purpose: Social and Spiritual Dimensions of Wellness and the Value of Peer Support”
Integrative Medicine for the Underserved – Workshop “Building Communities of Support for Extreme States of Consciousness: Involving Integrative Medicine in Spiritual Dimensions of Psychosis” and Panel “Harm Reduction Approaches to Psychiatric Medication: Using Integrative Medicine as an Alternative Way to Support Mental Health”
National Council for Behavioral Health – Panel “The Critical Role of Peers in Psychosis Treatment”