Ongoing learning is central to how I provide services. I learn in formal settings like seminars, and on the job from peers and clients. Sometimes people are curious about my qualifications. Here is a list of formal trainings I have attended to improve my skills and continue my education.

    • Scope of Practice -Thrive Behavioral Health - 2026

    • Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention - Maryland Department of Health - 2026

    • Unmasking the Past: Trauma, Identity, and Imposter Syndrome in the Persons of Color Professional - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2026

    • Family and Group Therapy - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2026

    • Clarifying the Role of the School Counselor - Thrive Behavioral Health, 2026

    • Veterans and Mental Health: Helping Those Who Served - Maryland Department of Health - 2026

    • Suicide Risk Assessment and Management for Behavioral Health Professionals - Maryland Department of Health - 2026

    • Innovations in Suicide Risk Screening, Assessment, and Treatment - Maryland Department of Health - 2026

    • Healing Trauma: From Fragmentation to Embodiment - Maryland Department of Health - 2026

    • Working With Diverse Populations in Mental Health - Maryland Department of Health - 2026

    • Culturally Responsive Care for LGBTQ+ Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families - Maryland Department of Health - 2026

    • Cultural Competence in Working With Women Veterans of Color - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Alcohol and Drug Use Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Cultural and Linguistic Competency - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Shine the Light on Hidden Helpers: Caregiving Military Children - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Building a Bridge to Veterans: Crisis Reduction Through Trust - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Collateral Damage: The Deadly Mix of TBI, Grief, and Addiction in Our Heroes - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Clinical Emotional Freedom (EFT) Techniques - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2025

    • Assessment and Strategic Planning and Data-Driven Approaches to Addressing Disparities - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Posttraumatic Growth: Intervention and Outcomes - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Managing Worry & Mental Compulsions: Treatment Strategies for Active Minds - Maryland Department of Health - 2025

    • Grief and Loss - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2025

    • Health Equity - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2025

    • Effective Empathetic Evaluations Part 2 - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2025

    • Effective Empathetic Evaluations Part 1 - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2025

    • Healing Betrayal Trauma and Restoring Relationships - International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals - 2025

    • An Introduction to Treating Compulsive and Problematic Sexual Behavior - International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals - 2025

    • Thriving Through School Partnerships - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2024

    • The Treatment of Trauma and the Internal Family Systems Model - Suncrest Counseling & Dr. Richard Schwartz - 2024

    • Suicide Awareness and Prevention - Thrive Behavioral Health - 2024

    • ChildFirst Refresher - MCA/ZeroAbuse Project - 2023

    • Abusive Imagery and Active Killer Cases - V-Step - 2023

    • Ethics in Victim Services - V-Step - 2023

    • Cognitive Interview Training - Center for Hope - 2023

    • RADAR Child Forensic Interview Model - RADAR - 2023

    • Unlocking Unconscious Bias - Wayne State University - 2023

    • Ethics and Obligations for Mandatory Reporting for Abuse and Neglect - Gilchrist - 2023

    • Taboo Topics: Helping Adult Children Discuss Tough Subjects with Their Parents - Jenerations - 2023

    • Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Children: Assessment and Treatment Strategies - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • An Overview of Evidence-Based Trauma Interventions for Children and Adolescents Impacted by Child Sexual Abuse - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • Developing Communication & Evaluative skills with Children and Parents as a Primary Prevention Tool with Possible Child Sexual Abuse and Problematic Sexual Behaviors - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • When Child Abuse Hits Home: The Role of the Child Protection Worker in a Criminal Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse‍ - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • Child Sex Trafficking and Exploitation: Prevention and Intervention - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • Are We Really Better Together? Sustaining successful Multi-Disciplinary Investigations of Child Sexual Abuse - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • Child First Forensic Interview Protocol - Zero Abuse Project - 2023

    • Collaborating with Our Federal Partners in Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Investigations - Maryland Children’s Alliance - 2023

    • Moving Upstream to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • Child Sexual Abuse: What the Research Tells Us - APSAC & Foundling - 2023

    • Suicide Bereavement Clinician Training - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - 2022

    • Virginia Crimes Against Children Conference - 2022

      • A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

      • Advanced Presenting Evidence

      • Friends of the Truth: Developing Professionally as Expert and Fact Witnesses

      • Suggestibility and Memory

      • Tele-Forensic Interviewing: Emerging Research, Policy, and Practice

      • The Secrets to MDT and Forensic Interview Alignment

    • Forensic Interview Toolbox, Interviewing Children with Disabilities - Center for Hope - 2022

    • Forensic Interview Toolbox (FIT) - Center For Hope - 2022

    • Trial Skills for Forensic Interviewers - Center for Hope - 2022

    • Master’s of Social Work, Clinical Behavioral Health Concentration - University of Maryland, Baltimore - 2022

    • Bachelor’s of Liberal Arts - St. John’s College - 2018