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.
Improv In Therapy and Professional Development
Improv for Vicarious Traumatic Stress
Staff, So Others May Eat (SOME)| Virtual (Washington, D.C.)|January 28, 2021
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.
Staff, So Others May Eat (SOME)| Virtual (Washington, D.C.)|January 28, 2021
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
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
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
