University of Texas; Nutrition Student Organization: Emotional Eating and our Relationship with Food: An Interpersonal Model. (2008)

University of Texas; Get Real: Eating Disorders Awareness Week; week long program for men & women. (2007)

University of Texas; Nutrition Student Organization: Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating. (2007)

Texas Baptist Children's Home; The Spectrum of Emotional Eating: Eating Disorders & Disordered Eating. (2006)

American Cancer Society, National Home Office; Trained NuPA (Nutrition and Physical Activity) counselors on effective screening and appropriate referral for clients who may have an eating disorder (2005)

Illuminata: Performed training for staff regarding appropriate boundaries, ethics, and effective treatment of clients with eating disorders, addiction, and mood disorder co-occurrence (2004)

Padeia Private School: Facilitated a group discussion with a campus leadership group about the incidence of eating disorders among their peers and how to counter the diet culture in school (2003)

Future Leaders Meeting: Presentation to young female leaders (age 9-15) about the prevalence of eating and body image disturbances in the elementary and middle-school girls (2003)

St. Pius X High School: Education, Awareness, & Prevention; Led student discussion on recognizing and confronting the prevalence of eating disorders in schools (2003)

Emory University: Presented to medical students on the doctor's role in recognizing eating disorders & referring (2002)

Psychological Studies Institute (PSI): Provided in-service training for faculty and students on eating disorder diagnosis, ethics, and referral (2002)

PSI: Guest professor for Human Growth and Development; topic "eating disorders through the life span" (2002)

Spellman College: Panelist for She Knows Not Her Beauty: Women of Color and Eating Disorders (2001)
 

Size Matters: Therapist’s Body as a Stimulus and Tool for Healing; Deborah Russo, PsyD. (2004)

Identification of Eating Disorders; Kevin Wandler, MD.: Tanner Behavioral Health Services (2004)

Professionals in Residence Training Program; Hanley-Hazelden (2004)

Atlanta Group Psychotherapy Society (AGPS): Identity in Group Psychotherapy (2004)

Art Therapy & the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Comer Rudd-Gates, LPC & Certified Art Therapist (2004)

Maiden/Mother/Wise Woman: Using Metaphor & Storytelling to understand and Treat an Eating Disorder; Anita Johnson, Ph.D. (2004)

The Christian Association for Psychological Studies; Forgiveness Through the Seasons of Life (2003)

Pesso-Boyden Psychomotor: Clinical Applications for Alcohol/ Drug Addictions and Eating Disorders (2003)

National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP); International Conference (2003)

AGPS: Group Psychotherapy: An Attachment Perspective (2003)

Academy of Eating Disorders: Clinical and Research Update on the Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders (2002)

Georgia State University Clinic; How to Navigate Complex Ethical Issues in Eating Disorder Treatment (2002)

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: A forum on body hatred and compulsive eating (2002)

AGPS: Interpersonal challenges in Group Psychotherapy (2002)

Georgia State University Clinic; Recent Advances in Assessment &Treatment of Eating Disorders (2002)

Academy for Eating Disorders (AED); Best Practices in the Treatment of Eating Disorders (2001)

Masters & Johnson: Eating Disorders; Compulsivity, Containment, and Treatment (2001)
 

Psychology Studies Institute (PSI) 2003
Master of Arts in Psychological Counseling with a spiritual integration perspective

University of Georgia 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education; Emphasis: therapeutic art and studio ceramics