Professional Trainings & Speaking Engagements
The work of helping people has never been more complex. Whether supporting individuals through trauma, navigating ethical dilemmas, leading teams, or working within high-pressure systems, professionals need more than information — they need practical frameworks that help them think clearly, communicate effectively, and navigate complexity with confidence.
My trainings blend clinical expertise, storytelling, reflective practice, and practical skill-building. Participants leave with evidence-informed tools, shared language for difficult conversations, and new ways of understanding the people they serve — and themselves.
Whether we're exploring motivational interviewing, trauma, justice-informed practice, vicarious trauma, or reflective practice, every training is designed to be engaging, interactive, and immediately applicable to real-world practice.
Available for keynote presentations, workshops, conferences, and organizational training. CEU-eligible trainings available upon request
Upcoming Training
🌿 Motivational Interviewing and the Ethics of Behavior Change: Metaphor, Meaning-Making, and Reflective Clinical Practice
Helping people change is one of the greatest privileges - and one of the greatest ethical responsibilities - we have as helping professionals.
What to expect:
This training blends the evidence-based principles of motivational interviewing with reflective clinical practice, ethics, and the transformative power of metaphor. Through engaging discussion, video demonstrations, experiential exercises, and guided reflection, participants will deepen their understanding of ethical influence while expanding the tools they already use to support meaningful conversations with clients.
Participants will leave with:
Evidence-based motivational interviewing skills.
A deeper understanding of the ethical dimensions of behavior change.
Practical strategies for using symbols, metaphors, and storytelling to help clients make meaning of their experiences and move toward behaviors that align with their values.
Increased confidence in listening for the deeper meanings, values, and metaphors that naturally emerge in clients' stories.
Practical, person-centered tools that can be integrated into a wide variety of clinical settings and therapeutic approaches.
Opportunities for self-reflection in a safe and growth-promoting environment
Whether you are new to motivational interviewing or looking to deepen your practice, this workshop is designed to be engaging, interactive, thought-provoking, and immediately applicable to your work. Participants will leave with new skills, fresh perspectives, and a deeper appreciation for the art and ethics of helping people change.
Who Should Attend?
This training is for professionals who believe that meaningful change begins with compassionate, ethical, and collaborative conversations.
Whether you are just beginning to learn motivational interviewing or have practiced for years, this workshop offers practical skills, thoughtful reflection, and new ways of understanding the stories, metaphors, and values that shape the lives of the people we serve.
Ideal for:
Clinical social workers
Professional counselors
Marriage and family therapists
Psychologists
Substance use counselors
Behavioral health professionals
Case managers
Clinical supervisors
Students and interns in the helping professions
📅 August 14, 2026
🕘 Time 8:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
📍 Location
Heart Healing Center, LLC
6739 Academy Rd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
👥 Registration
Limited to 25 participants
🎓 Ethics CEUs:
Approved Ethics CEUs
New Mexico Counseling & Therapy Practice Board
Also accepted by the New Mexico Social Work Board
💲 Tuition
$215 (tax included)
Refund Policy
Cancel a minimum of 7 days before your scheduled event for a full refund (minus a 5% processing fee).
Designed For Helpers & Healers
These trainings are designed for people whose work depends on trust, thoughtful communication, sound judgment, and meaningful human connection. Whether you work in healthcare, behavioral health, education, legal practice, nonprofit leadership, or public service, the focus remains the same: helping people navigate complexity with greater clarity, compassion, and confidence.
SIGNATURE TRAINING TOPICS
Justice-Informed Practice: A framework for understanding the intersection of law, trauma, and healing.
Justice involvement often leaves people feeling disoriented, overwhelmed, and uncertain of what comes next. This training introduces the Cartography of Justice-Involvement, a framework that helps professionals understand the emotional, relational, and psychological landscapes people navigate as they move through the legal system. Participants learn practical ways to orient clients, foster meaning-making, strengthen resilience, and support healing while helping people navigate some of the most challenging experiences of their lives.
Participants will learn:
How justice involvement impacts identity, relationships, decision-making, and the nervous system
How to use the Cartography of Justice-Involvement to orient clients and ourselves during overwhelming legal experiences
Practical strategies to foster meaning-making, strengthen resilience, and support healing throughout the legal process
The Hero Was Never Meant to Stay: A framework for understanding vicarious trauma, moral distress, and sustainable helping.
Helping professionals are trained to accompany others through suffering. Few are taught how to return home afterward. This training explores the psychological cost of sustained exposure to trauma, injustice, grief, and crisis, introducing a framework for understanding vicarious trauma through the lens of the Hero archetype, reflective practice, and parts work. Participants will explore practical ways to recognize the impact of helping work, reconnect with sources of nourishment, and cultivate sustainable practices that allow them to remain effective without losing themselves in the process.
Participants will learn:
How to recognize the signs of vicarious trauma, moral distress, and compassion fatigue
How to identify when the Hero has stayed in the "wasteland" too long and recognize pathways home
Practical strategies to reconnect with the ordinary sources of nourishment that sustain helping professionals
Motivational Interviewing, Reflective Practice & the Ethical Use of Self
Move beyond learning motivational interviewing techniques to exploring the ethical questions that arise whenever we help people change. This interactive training integrates motivational interviewing, reflective practice, and real clinical dilemmas to strengthen both clinical skill and self-awareness. Participants will examine the role of influence, autonomy, values, and the use of metaphor in helping relationships while developing practical strategies for navigating complex conversations with greater intention, humility, and integrity.
Participants will learn:
How to navigate influence, autonomy, and ethical decision-making in complex clinical situations
How to recognize your own values and intervene thoughtfully when they differ from your clients'.
How to use metaphor ethically to foster insight, support meaning-making, and promote meaningful change.
CUSTOMIZED TRAININGS
Let's Start with a Conversation
Every organization brings its own expertise. I enjoy partnering with teams to design trainings that respond to the questions they're already asking. Whether you're looking for a keynote, workshop, consultation, or multi-session series, we'll build something that reflects your goals, your population, and your everyday practice.
Specialized topics include:
Motivational Interviewing (Beginning, Intermediate, & Advanced)
Reflective Practice & the Ethical Use of Self
Justice-Informed Practice
The Hero Was Never Meant to Stay: Vicarious Trauma & Sustainable Helping
Trauma, Meaning-Making, & Healing
Communication in High-Stakes Situations
Clinical Ethics & Professional Decision-Making
Leadership & Organizational Resilience
Customized workshops tailored to your team and community
WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING
⭐ Average Participant Rating: 4.97/5
"This work is so original and so inspired!"
"I loved her energy and the passion she brought when she was speaking. I also appreciated the knowledge and group activities to assist with engagement."
"Phenomenal - we need more like this! Highly engaging presenter."
"I really enjoyed the visuals. Her passion came through and her presentation was well organized."
"I loved her map of trauma/life. Also her case examples."
"Loved the metaphor and visualization."
“The presentation was informative and a great experience. It is impactful to see how passionate she is about what she does."
"Overall amazing. Very engaging. Very informative. Left a long-lasting impact."
