Tamara is available to speak to audiences of all sizes on topics related to the psychological aspects of medical illness and the culture of medicine, caretaking, clinician wellness and self-care, coping with illness, and the treatment of trauma.

Past presentations include:

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