COMMUNITY EDUCATION & OUTREACH

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Kristin Bemis enjoys speaking to parents and students on a variety of topics related to child development, play therapy, medical illness/trauma, childhood anxiety, mindfulness and parenting strategies.  See below for upcoming and past presentation topics.  Please contact the office to discuss booking Kristin at your next seminar, meeting, or conference.
 

Past Presentations

Partners in Play:  Harnessing the Powers of Play.  Lamplighter School, Dallas, TX (2021)

Mindful parenting:  Building emotional resilience in us & our kids

  • Northway Christian Day School, Dallas TX (2023)

  • The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX (2020)

  • St. John’s Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX (2018)

  • Mastermind Studios (2017)

They Didn't Come with a Manual:  Parenting Tips & Strategies to Increase Your Skills & Maintain Your Sanity 

  • Northway Christian Day School, Dallas TX (2022)

  • Private lecture, Dallas, TX (2019)

Therapeutic Limit-Setting & Other Childcare Considerations

. St. Bartholomew’s, Dallas, TX (2019)

Mindful Parenting of a New Middle Schooler

Highland Park MIS Mom’s Group, Dallas, TX (2018)

Positive Parenting Strategies

  • Highland Park United Methodist Day School, Dallas TX (2017)

  • Highland Park Presbyterian Day School, Dallas TX (2016)

  • St. John’s Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas TX (2016)

Development Considerations & Stressors for Children in Medical Settings

  • Presented via distance learning for Charles Darwin University, Australia (2017, 2016)

Stressors and Anxiety:  How to Help Your Child Cope, co-presenter

  • Spina Bifida Association of North Texas Education Day, Plano TX (2016)

Activity Therapy in the Hospital Setting

  • Southern Methodist University, Counseling Program, Plano TX (2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009)

Importance of Play

  • St. Anne’s Society of Christ the King Church, Dallas, TX (2014)

Playful Healing:  Play Therapy for Treating Pediatric Medical Stress, co-presenter

  • Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Houston TX (2014)

Group Play Therapy with Children with Disabilities:  Lessons Learned, co-presenter

  • Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Houston TX (2014)

Disruptions in Attachment:  Filial Therapy Treatment Strategies in Early Childhood

  • Dallas Psychological Association’s Fall Workshop, Dallas TX (2013)

Play Therapy with Children in the Medical Setting

  • Texas Association for Play therapy Annual Conference, Austin TX (2013)

  • North Texas Chapter of the Texas Association for Play Therapy, Dallas TX (2011)

Play therapy:  In Theory and In Practice

  • Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas TX (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007)

Introduction to Play Therapy

  • Presented via distance learning to Baylor University, Child Life Program, Waco TX (2012)

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, Dallas TX (2012, 2010)

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Fellowship Program in Psychiatry, Dallas TX (2012)

  • Collin County Community College, Frisco TX (2012, 2010)

Integrating Theory & Practice:  How Do I Make All This Work in the Playroom?, co-presenter

  • Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Sacramento CA (2011)

Utilizing Play Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment

  • Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Louisville KY (2010)

Pediatric OCD Treatment: Combining CBT and Play Therapy

  • Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas TX (2010)

Creative Interventions Following Traumatic Medical Events, co-presenter

  • Texas Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, San Antonio TX (2009)

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Working with Medically Ill Children, co-presenter

  • Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference, Dallas TX (2008)

Play Therapy for Children with Medical Needs

  • Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas TX (2007)