Curriculum Vitae
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