Tamara is available to speak to audiences of all sizes on topics related to trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD, as well as the psychological aspects of medical illness, caretaking, and managing increasingly complex medical systems as a patient or loved one.

Past presentations include:

Complex PTSD: Overview and Evidence Based Treatments
University of Canterbury | Christchurch, New Zealand | July 2024

Complex PTSD: Overview and Evidence Based Treatments
University of Otago | Dunedin, New Zealand | July 2024

Complex PTSD: Evidence-Based and Integrative Treatments
Virtual | Ukraine | July 2024

PTSD: Dissociation and Anger
The Association of Trauma Therapists | St. Petersburg, Russia | Feb 2024
https://modern-psy.ru/tfw-conference

Treating Complex Trauma: Interventions and Prevention
CRIAP Instituto | Portugal | May 2023

Complex Topics Regarding Complex Trauma
APA Clinician’s Corner Series | April 2023
Available on demand

Complex Topics Regarding Complex Trauma
American Psychological Association – 2022 Continuing Education Program | Minneapolis, MN | August 2022

Treating Complex PTSD: An Integrative Model of Evidence-Based Treatments
American Psychological Association – 2021 Continuing Education Program | Virtual Presentation | August 2021

Treating Complex PTSD: An Integrative Model of Evidence-Based Treatments
American Psychological Association – 2020 Continuing Education Program | Virtual Presentation | August 2020

Managing Vicarious Trauma: A Guide for Those Who Help Others
ReImagine End of Life | San Francisco, CA | September 2019

Working with Medical and Palliative Care Patients: A Survival Guide for Medical Professionals
Salina Regional Health Center | Salina, KS | March 2018

The Boom in Aging and Illness: Utilizing Modern Psychoanalytic Approaches
University of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | March 2017

Depression in Later Life. UCSF Inter-professional Faculty Development Course
University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | December 2017

Health Disparities Among Women: What Men and Women Need to Know
Women’s Power Strategy Conference | San Anselmo, CA | December 2012

Defensive Use of the Frame in Working With Traumatized Medical Patients.
International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education Meeting | Nashville, TN | December 2010

Psychoanalytic Evaluation and Treatment of Medical Patients With Complex Trauma
American Psychological Association Meeting | San Diego, CA | August 2010

The Trauma of Illness: Theoretical and Clinical Implications of Working with Medical Patients
Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis | Los Angeles, CA | July 2009

The Seduction of Technology: Bodily Limits and Medical Advances
APA Division 39 Meeting | San Antonio, TX | April 2009

Untold Stories of Doctoring: The Culture of Medicine and Strategies to Stay Sane.
Patterson Memorial Lecture, UCSF | San Francisco, CA | October 2008

When Help is No Help at All: Social Support and Cancer
American Psychological Association Meeting | Boston, MA | August 2008