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Lisa has delivered presentations and workshops on various topics from improv in therapy, improv for professional development, social media ethics, substance abuse, change and transition, branding, and advocacy. 
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Improv In Therapy and Professional Development

Improv for Vicarious Traumatic Stress
Jordan House, So Others May Eat (SOME)| Virtual (Washington, D.C.)|October 15, 2020

Improv for Teambuilding of the Legal Assistance Team
(Pro Bono)
CAIR Coalition | Washington, D.C. | October 15, 2019

Improv for Behavioral Health Staff
Whitman Walker Clinic | Washington, D.C. | September 25, 2019

Improv for Staff in a Youth Treatment Program
Whitman Walker Clinic | Washington, D.C. | September 11, 2019

Improv for Therapists
Walter Reed Psychiatric Resident Retreat | Walter Reed Armed Forces Retirement Home | April 26, 2019

Play with Me: The Role of Improvisation in Personal Growth, Relationships and Therapy (Keynote Speaker)
Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Association Spring Conference 2019 | St. Elizabeth's Hospital | March 30-31, 2019

Playing, Not Using: Using Improv to Develop Healthier Responses to Substance Abuse
The Farley Center at Williamsburg Place Clinician Education Program | 
Williamsburg, VA | October 26, 2018

Improv for Therapists (2-Hour CEU Workshop)
The Wendt Center for Grief and Loss | Washington, D.C. | October 15, 2018

I'm laughing WITH you, not AT you: Improv as a Vehicle for Connection and Change (3-Hour CEU Workshop)
American Academy of Psychotherapists Summer Workshop | 
Stonewall, West Virginia | June 19, 2017

Playing, Not Using: Using Improv to Develop Healthier Responses to Substance Abuse
The Farley Center at Williamsburg Place Clinician Education Program | 
Williamsburg, VA | May 19, 2017

Using Improvisation to Unearth the Unconscious 
National Catholic School of Social Service 6-Hour CEU Workshop | Washington, D.C. | May 5, 2017

Serious Play: Improvisation in Clinical Practice
Greater Washington Society of Clinical Social Work 3-Hour CEU Workshop | Washington, D.C. | March 9, 2017

Staff development workshop
Willow Oak Therapy Center | Rockville, MD | February 28, 2017

Teambuilding workshop
Attache Corporate Housing | Washington, D.C. | December 14, 2016

Laughter IS Medicine: Building Executive Functioning Skills Through Improv (with Brett Howard, PhD, NP.)
CHADD of Northern Virginia, ADHD Connections Mini-Conference | Arlington, VA | October 15, 2016

Trust, Connect, Collaborate: Improv as a Tool for Building Habits of Recovery
Kolmac Clinic | Washington, D.C. | September 10, 2016

Improvisation for Clergy: Introductory Workshop
Alexandria, Virginia | July 29, 2016

Improvisation for EAP Professionals (With Laurie Emmer-Martin, LICSW, LCSW, LCSW-C, CEAP)
DCEAPA | Washington, D.C. | June 16, 2016

Making It Up As We Go Along: How Improv Can Lead to a More Authentic Life
Psychotherapy Networker | Washington, D.C. | March 17, 2016

Playing Through Anxiety: Using Improvisation Techniques to Improve Mood
National Catholic School of Social Service | Washington, D.C. | February 2016.

Social Media Ethics

Must I Un-Friend Facebook? (3 Hour CEU Workshop/Five Fridays Seminars)
Washington Society of Psychoanalytic Psychology | Bethesda, MD | September 20, 2019

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (3-Hour CEU Workshop)
Whitman Walker Clinic | Washington, D.C. | September 19, 2019

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (3-Hour CEU Workshop)
So Others Might Eat | Washington, D.C. | July 17, 2019

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (3-Hour CEU Workshop)
DC Rape Crisis Center | Washington, D.C. | October 29, 2018

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (6-Hour CEU Workshop)
Health Alliance Services | Washington, D.C. | September 24, 2018

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (3-Hour CEU Workshop)
So Others Might Eat | Washington, D.C. | September 11, 2018

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (6-Hour CEU Workshop)
CPC Behavioral Health | Eatontown, NJ | July 26, 2018

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (6-Hour CEU Workshop)
Adelphi University School of Social Work Continuing Education | Happauge, New York | December 8, 2017

The Tangled Web of Social Media, Technology and Therapy: New Challenges for the Therapy Relationship 
with Dr. Marilyn Schwartz (3-Hour CEU Workshop)
American Academy of Psychotherapists Institute & Conference | Santa Fe, New Mexico | October 18, 2017


Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics
Quin Rivers: A Community Action Agency | New Kent, VA | August 12, 2016

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics
CPC Behavioral Health | Eatontown, New Jersey | May 11, 2016

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics
Greater Washington Society of Clinical Social Work | Silver Spring, MD | March 25, 2016

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics
Lisa Kays PLLC | Washington, D.C. | November 5, 2015

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (with Dr. Eileen Dombo)
National Catholic School of Social Service | Washington, D.C. | May 2015

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (with Dr. Eileen Dombo and Katelyn Weller)
National Catholic School of Social Service | Washington, D.C. | 2013

Updating our Status: Social Media and Social Work Ethics (with Dr. Eileen Dombo) 
National Catholic School of Social Service | Washington, D.C. | 2012

Other Presentations

Ethical considerations and racial bias in social work practice (with Cathy Roberts, LCPC) (6-Hour Ethics CEU Workshop)
University of Maryland at Shady Grove Continuing Education |
Rockville, MD | May 10, 2019

Social work in various clinical settings with people with substance abuse diagnoses

George Mason School of Social Work BSW class presentation | Fairfax, Virginia | November 15, 2016

WIT@Work
Various trainings using improvisation for corporations and organizations.

Why do I need a group if I have 1,000 Friends? (Panel discussion with Judy Simon, Alice Sklar, et al.)
American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting | San Francisco, CA | February 2015

Change, Transition, Re-Entry and Culture Shock: A Workshop for Volunteers Completing Their Service
Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps | Washington, D.C. | July 2014

Messaging, blogging and branding
Women's Funding Network Conference | Atlanta | 2009.

Women's advocacy
Women for Women International's Nigerian Women's Exchange | Nigeria | 2004

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