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Highlighted Speaking Engagements

2010 Select Invited Events:

      • The Mind that Changes the Brain with Dr. Norman Doidge, Philadelphia, PA, Chicago IL, Bloomington, MN and New York, NY
      • UCLA Trauma Conference: The Wholeness of Mind, featured conference presenter, Los Angeles, CA
      • American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, keynote address, Orlando, FL
      • 2010 Mindfulness in Education Conference, keynote speaker, Cambridge, MA
      • Psychotherapy Networker Conference, keynote speaker, Washington, D.C.
      • 70 Years after Freud, “La Caixa” Foundation, featured speaker, Madrid Spain
      • Infant Development Association of California, keynote speaker, Riverside, CA
      • Healing and Transformation: Buddhist Wisdom & Neuroscientific Insight with Jack Kornfield, Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA
      • Featured presenter at the 23rd Annual Northwest Conference on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders, Seattle, WA
      • Mind and Supermind Lecture Series, featured speaker, Santa Barbara
      • National Head Start Research Conference, Master Lecture, Washington, D.C.
      • Mindfulness in Education Conference at Omega Institute, keynote speaker, Rhinebeck, NY
      • Featured presenter for “Beyond Survival” national tour in Australia
      • Adult Attachment and Interpersonal Neurobiology with Mary Main and Erik Hesse, Los Angeles, CA         


2009 Select Invited Events: 

      • Tanner Lecture Discussant, University of Utah
      • LA Superintendants Day-long Workshop on Mindful Awareness
      • UC Berkeley Day-long Workshop on Education
      • American Association of Superintendants Annual Meeting Keynote
      • Greek Psychological Association Annual Meeting Keynote
      • Honorary Lectureship, University of Santa Clara
      • Keynote:  Happiness and its Causes, Sydney Australia
      • Fetzer Keynote on Neuroscience and Spirituality
      • Chautauqua Keynote on the Brain, Mindsight, and Education, New York
      • Plenary Speaker, Zero to Three Conference, Dallas Texas
      • Workshops and Invited Lecture for The Neuroleadership Summit, California
      • The Neurobiology of We with Joan Halifax
      • Peace Summit panel with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Vancouver, Canada
      • Adelphi University Day-long Workshop on Mindsight
      • Workshops and Invited Lecture, Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference, California


2008 Select Invited Keynote Addresses: 

      • Seeds of Compassion Conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Seattle, WA
      • Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA
      • New York University Medical School, New York, NY
      • Dominican State Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA
      • Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA
      • Parentmap, Seattle, WA
      • Garrison Institute, New York
      • PsyBC Workshop, New York, NY
      • Crossroads Organization, Cleveland, OH
      • Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
      • Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Boston, MA
      • Los Angeles County Department of Education, Los Angeles, CA
      • Workshop with Jack Kornfield, Seattle, WA & Washington, D.C.
      • Claremont School of Theology Neuroscience and Spirituality with Allan Wallace, Claremont, CA
      • MindQuest Conference, LaCrosse, WI
      • Imago Annual Conference, Portland, OR
      • Zero to Three Annual Conference:  Intervention with Military Families, Los Angeles, CA


2007 Select Invited Keynote Addresses: 

      • California Department of Mental Health on Preventive Interventions, San Diego, CA
      • Teaching and the Brain Conference, San Francisco, CA
      • Teaching and the Brain Conference, Boston, CA
      • California Department of Education Annual Educators Conference, Asilomar, CA
      • Parents’ Place Seminar, Pacific Grove, CA
      • U.S. Journal Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV
      • Summit on Early Childhood, Los Angeles, CA
      • UCLA Extension Emotion in Psychotherapy Conference, Los Angeles, CA
      • Harvard University Continuing Education Series, Boston, MA
      • Harvard University Academy of Medicine Special Seminar on Mindfulness in Medicine, Boston, MA
      • Psychotherapy Networker Annual Meeting Two Keynotes, Four Workshops, Washington, D.C.
      • Parents as Teachers Conference, St. Louis, MO
      • Alfred Adler International Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
      • Calgary Psychotherapy Association, Calgary, AB
      • The Wise Heart and the Mindful Brain with Jack Kornfield, San Francisco, CA
      • Annual Trauma Conference, Boston MA
      • Birth to Three/Early Head Start Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
      • Contemplation, Mindfulness and Medicine, Cologne Germany
      • Mindfulness, Temperament and the Brain for Business Leaders, The Bern, Ireland
      • Spirituality and Science in Honor of the 550th Birthday of the University of Freiburg with HH the Dalai Lama, Freiburg, Germany
      • Buddhism and Science for the King of Thailand’s 80th Birthday, Bangkok, Thailand
      • Rural Cap Alaska Early Childhood Educators, Anchorage, AL
      • UC Davis CARE Program, Sacramento, CA
      • Cincinnati Psychotherapy Conference, Cincinnati, OH
      • EMDR International Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas
      • UCLA Extension Program on Mindfulness in Psychotherapy with The Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn, Los Angeles, CA
      • Children Uniting Nations, Congressional Hearing on Children, Washington, D.C.
      • NYU Grand Rounds, New York, NY
      • Kripalu Center, The Berkshires, MA
      • General Practice of Psychotherapy Association, Toronto, ON
      • National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Hilton Head, N.C.
      • Milton Erickson Foundation Conference, Anaheim, CA
      • Stanford University Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Seminar, Palo Alto, CA
      • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 100th Anniversary of Social Work Department Seminar, Harvard University, Boston, MA
      • Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Department Symposium, Los Angeles, CA
      • Justice Institute of British Columbia Conference, Vancouver, B.C.


2006 Select Invited Keynote Addresses:          

      • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Northern California Chapter, Carmel, CA
      • Mind and Moment Symposium, San Francisco, CA
      • UCLA  Conference on the Embodied Mind, Los Angeles, CA
      • U.S. Journal Training: Neuroscience Meets Recovery, Las Vegas, NV
      • The Body in Psychotherapy
      • Norway Psychiatric Invitational, Oslo, Norway
      • New York University Biology of Mind Conference, New York, NY
      • United Way conference for Teachers and Parents, Westport, CT
      • Contemplation in Education Program, Garrison Institute Seminar, Garrison, NY
      • Rolling Hills Methodist Church Parenting Workshop, Palos Verdes, CA
      • Children’s Institute International Centennial Conference, Los Angeles, CA
      • Society for Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration International Conference, Los Angeles, CA
      • Infant-Toddler/Presbyterian Community Childcare Consortium, Rancho Mirage, CA
      • Mind and Life Research Institute/The Garrison Institute Conference, Garrison, NY
      • Intercommunity Child Guidance Mental Health Symposium, Whittier, CA
      • Riverside County First Five teacher Conference, Riverside, CA
      • Family Therapy Academy Conference, Chicago, IL
      • Teachers in the Oral Tradition/Association of Enneagram, Washington, D.C.
      • The Mindful Brain in Psychotherapy, Kauai, HI
      • Attach Conference, St. Louis, MO
      • Parenting Project of Napa Valley Conference, Napa, CA
      • Jewish Children’s Bureau and Jewish Family and Community Service Conference, Evanston, IL
      • Milton Erickson Foundation Brief Therapy Conference, Anaheim, CA
      • First Annual Mindsight Symposium, Los Angeles, CA
      • Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, The Berkshires, MA
      • Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, San Francisco, CA


1999-2005 Select Invited Keynote Addresses:

  • Internationally: Vatican City (to Pope John Paul II), Japan, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, New Zealand
  • Nationally: New York, Massachusetts, Washington D.C. California, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Montreal, Arizona, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maine, Louisiana, Texas, Washington, and Kentucky


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