Reimagining ACT

The Institute for Better Health (IBH)

October 2025

13 hours | In-person

• Better understand how trans & non-binary people are being impacted in the evolving climate

• Find ways to be the helpers

• Identify opportunities for engaging in meaningful trans advocacy

Trans Affirming Actions

Trans Affriming Training and Consultation

August 2025

1 hour | Virtual

• Better understand how trans & non-binary people are being impacted in the evolving climate

• Find ways to be the helpers

• Identify opportunities for engaging in meaningful trans advocacy

Yoga Teacher Training

Studio 34

jean-jaques gabriel 

July 2024-December 2024

200 hour | In-person

• 200-hour yoga teacher training

• Detailed instruction on anatomy, biomechanics, & physiology; history, philosophy, & decolonization; pranayama (breathwork) & meditation; teaching techniques; and sequencing

• Introduction to Ayerveda, prenatal yoga, Kemetic/Egyptian yoga, kids yoga, chair yoga, and AcroYoga

CBT Project AFFECT

Dr. Torrey Creed | Penn School of Medicine

July 2024-April 2025

21 hours | In-person (training)

1-2 hour weekly | Virtual (consultation)

• 21 hours of in-person CBT training by Beck Institute Certified instructors

• Ongoing weekly 2-hour consults, including skills training and session audio review

• Presenting various CBT skills to improve individual and group comprehension of skills

• Received a score of 40, indicating proficient utilization of CBT in sessions

2024 PCA Conference

Pennsylvania Counseling Association

October 2024

3 days | In-person

• Co-presented on the intersection of fanfiction and the LGBTQ+ community and how to utilize fanfiction to provide culturally-informed care

• Attended the PS-SAIGE track which focused on advocacy in queer and trans counseling

• Attended various panels, including group therapy, polyvagal theory and transgenerational trauma, and PA counseling advocacy

The Body Keeps the Score: Trauma Healing Through the Senses

The Center for Anxiety and Wellness

Bessel van der Kolk

December 2023

14 hours | Virtual

• 2-day, 14-hour live virtual workshop

• Defining trauma and PTSD

• Information on evidence-based interventions to treat PTSD, including IFS, EMDR, somatic therapies, and psychedelic-assisted therapy

• Polyvagal theory of trauma

• Adult-onset trauma (PTSD) versus developmental trauma (CPTSD)

Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

The Center for Anxiety and Wellness

Steven Bisgaier

October 2023

3 hours | Virtual

• 2-hour live virtual workshop

• Review of ACT's 6 core processes

• Conceptualizing "workability" in our clients

• Exercises to increase a client's psychological flexibility

Counseling Latine and Men

American Counseling Association

May 2023

• 30-minute online guided reading

• Unique cultural considerations of Latine clients, including the role of religion, family, gender norms, and acculturation

• Masculine identity development and helpful counseling approaches

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means

Zero Suicide Institute

Apr 2023

2 hours | Virtual

• 2-hour self-guided online course

• Collaborative approaches to reducing access to lethal means

• Navigating family dynamics

• Creating a plan with client support and follow up

GPACA Trauma Conference 2023:
Health, Hope, and Healing

Greater Philadelphia Area Counseling Association​

Feb 2023

1 day | In-Person

• 1 day, 7-hour live in-person conference

• Trauma throughout the lifespan

• Trauma and career efficacy

• Healing trauma through kink and BDSM

• Queer trauma and sex education