Cheryl’s presentations are oriented around issues of cancer survivorship from a humanistic perspective. She offers a narrative, storytelling approach to help people voice their experiences with life threatening illness.
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Instructor, The Art of Ending: Termination in Group Psychotherapy, July 11,2020, The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, California
Retreat Facilitator, Supporting Providers in Cancer Survivorship Care, April 3-5, 2020, Green Labyrinth Sanctuary. Deming, Washington
Guest Speaker, Living with Uncertainty and Working with Trauma in Cancer Care, March 26, 2020, Kaiser Permanente, San Rafael, California
Facilitator, Noontime Knowledge, Private Practice, March 12, 2020, American Psychosocial Oncology Society Conference, Portland, Oregon
Speaker, Joining Hands: Building Relationships between Private Practice Clinicians and Cancer Institutions, March 13, 2020, American Psychosocial Oncology Society Conference, Portland, Oregon
Presenter, Grief and Loss During the Holidays. November 5, 2019, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Facilitator, Workshop for Cancer Survivors, October 5, 2019, Cancer Support Community, Walnut Creek, California
Instructor, The Art of Ending: Termination in Group Psychotherapy, September 14, 2019, The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, California
Facilitator, Workshop for Cancer Caregivers, August 17, 2019, Cancer Support Community, Walnut Creek, California
Group Facilitator with James Fishman, LCSW, Wise Intimacy: How Close is Too Near? How Far is Too Distant? How Soon is Too Fast?, May 31-June 2, 2019, Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society, Asilomar, California
Faculty, Savvy Survivorship: Provider Support After Treatment, April 18, 2019, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington
Facilitator, Noontime Knowledge: Work After Cancer, March 1, 2019, American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker, Aspire to Inspire: Mentorship Throughout the Lifespan, Symposium, March 1, 2019, American Psychosocial Oncology Society, Atlanta, Georgia
Book Launch and Fundraiser, Psychosocial Care of Cancer Suvivors:A Clinician’s Guide and Workbook for Providing Wholehearted Care, November 2, 2018, Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, CA
Instructor, Termination in Group Psychotherapy, September 8, 2018, The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, CA
Book Launch, Psychosocial Care of Cancer Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide and Workbook for Providing Wholehearted Care, August 13, 2018, Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
Facilitator, What do I do? What do I say? What About Me?: Addressing the Needs of Cancer Caregivers (2 hour workshop), Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society conference, June 1-3, 2018, Asilomar, CA
Co-Facilitator with James Fishman, LCSW, Wise Intimacy: How Close is Too Near? How Far is Too Distant? How Soon is Too Fast?. (6 hour workshop); Northern California Group Psychotherapy Conference, June 1-3, 2018, Asilomar, CA
Chairperson, We’re All In This Together, symposium on collaborative care between clinicians, February 22, 2018, American Psychosocial Oncology Society Conference, Tucson, AZ
Speaker, Surviving the Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer Story, December 23, 2107, Fremont Central Library, Fremont, CA
Guest Facilitator: Cancer Survivor Retreat, October 13-15, 2017, Harmony Hill Retreat Center, Union, WA
Speaker: Surviving the Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer Story, September 21, 2017, Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, CA
Speaker: Surviving the Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer Story, September 6, 2017, Foster City Library, Foster City, CA
Keynote Speaker: National Cancer Survivor Day, June 3, 2017, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA
Book Launch: Surviving the Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer Story, June 10, 2017, 7- 9 pm, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
Facilitator: Surviving the Storm: A Workshop for Telling Your Cancer Story, May 20, 2017, 1- 5 pm, The Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, CA
Presenter: “Chemo Caps for Cancer Patients”, group of textile students, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, October 2016
Facilitator: “Tales of Heart and Bone: Helpiing Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories”, 7 day workshop at Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Baja, Mexico, April 2016
Presenter: Bringing Authentic Presence into Our Work with Cancer and Life Threatening Illness, Redwood Empire California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Santa Rosa, CA, December 2015
Workshop Leader: A Box of Darkness: Presence and Life-Threatening Illness, Bugental Conference. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, November 2015
Poster Presentation: In Any Language: Creating a Heartfelt Narrative in Patient Centered Cancer Care, From National to Global: Implementing the Standard of Psychosocial Care in Oncology.
American Psychosocial Oncology Society/ International Psychosocial Oncology Society World Conference, Washington, DC., July 29 – August 1, 2015
Expert Panelist: Group Interventions in the Treatment of Trauma, The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, CA, May 2015
Presenter: What Helps, What Doesn’t Help (Being with Cancer), California College of Arts, Oakland, California, September 17, 2014
Group Presentation/Facilitation: Tales of Heart and Bone: Helping Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories, Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society Conference, Asilomar, California, May 30, 2014
Poster Presentation: The Heart of Healing: Helping Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories, American Psychosocial Oncology Society Conference, Tampa, Florida, February 15, 2014
Member of Expert Panel: Second Annual Survivorship Symposium/Patricia Ganz, Md Keynote Speaker, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California. January 9, 2014
Presenter: The Effects of Cancer on Intimate Relationships, Prostate Support Group, Markstein Cancer Center, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California, October 22, 2013
Member of Expert Panel :Partnerships in Integrative Care- Physician-Patient Partnership for Individualized Quality Care, Third Integrative Oncology Medicine Symposium, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California, June 2013
Presenter: Psychological Support and Survivorship: lecture/discussion, Integrative Medicine Symposium: An Overview of Integrative Oncology, International Center for Integrative Medicine, Highland Hospital, Oakland, California, March 2013
