Presentations, Training Workshops, Webinars, & Speaking Engagements
Dr. Lewis has presented numerous information sessions, keynotes, webinars, and workshops on self-injury and related topics - this has occurred locally (within Ontario), nationally, as well as internationally. Audiences* have included people with lived experience of self-injury and diverse mental health adversities, students, trainees, advocates, the general public, caregivers and families of youth who self-injure, various health and mental health professionals, as well as professionals and staff who work in schools and university settings. *Please note that many people will often occupy many of these roles concurrently.
If you are interested in a speaking engagement, please use the form to the right. In all cases, Dr. Lewis can accommodate both in-person or virtual (e.g., via Zoom) events.
Dr. Lewis and Dr. Jenny Gomez have recently launched a new initiative: Fostering Open & Compassionate Understandings of Self-injury (FOCUS). FOCUS offers an array of compassionate and research-informed talks and presentations, workshops, and consultation services to diverse audiences, including but not limited to: the general public, caregivers and families of youth who self-injure, various health and mental health professionals, as well as professionals and staff who work in schools and university settings.
Please visit the FOCUS website to learn more.
Audience Testimonials
“Great presentation. Good, concise, evidence based research. Passionate and very knowledgeable of the topic. Made it easy to listen to and learn.”
“Overall, the presentation was well-organised, well-delivered, and really engaging!”
“I attended the Grand Rounds yesterday. The speaker was awesome. He had very useful information. He was the quality of things we should have put on not for other staff not able to attend to be able to access later. He has lots of valuable information in the field of NSSI. Then assessing the different between those who self injury and then move towards suicide. It was a very informative inservice.”
“I gained a better understanding of NSSI with useful tools and strategies.”
“Excellent presentation, very succinct and informative. Thank you for providing this presentation.”
“Excellent presenter. Thanks for the resources!”
“Excellent coverage of the research combined with extremely practical clinical strategies.
“The speaker was very well informed and a good speaker; kept it all very interesting!”
“An excellent, very knowledgeable presenter”
The presenter was knowledge and was very up-to-date with recent research. He also gave an excellent overview of NSSI.