Public Speaking


Liz has been presenting on her work for 10 years, being featured on panels with people such as Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk, … See below for more details…

Public Speaking Engagements
Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma Hawaii Summit- Keynote Plenary “Polyvagal Theory
Considerations for Treatment” (2022)
• Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma Hawaii Summit- Presentation “Creative Forces
Creative Arts Therapies with Military-Connected Populations: A Clinic to Community
Continuum” (2022)
• Laraway Youth and Family Services- Presentation “Incorporating Therapeutic Movement into
Treatment for Trauma” (2022)
• Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine- Panel “Creative
Forces programming with military families: Art therapy, dance/movement therapy, and music
therapy brief vignettes” (2022)
• Drexel University- Panel “The State of Assessment in Dance/Movement Therapy” (2021)
• American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine Conference- Presentation “State of the
Science: Dance and Neurorehabilitation” (2021)
• Walter Reed National Military Medical Center- Grand Rounds “Director’s Quality and Patient
Safety Grand Rounds” (2021)
• American Music Therapy Association Conference- Presentation “Creative Forces’ Approach
to Provider Resilience-building and Self-Care During a Global Pandemic “ (2021)
• WA Department of Veterans Affairs- Panel “Supporting Veteran Care and Wellness through
Therapeutic and Community Arts Engagement Creative Arts Therapy Panel Presentation &
Discussion” (2021)
• National Endowment for the Arts- Webinar “Creative Forces Healing the Invisible Wounds of
War” (2021)
• National Intrepid Center of Excellence Research Fair- Presentation “Dance/Movement
Therapy with Active Duty and Veteran Military Populations” (2021)
• Psychotherapy Networker Symposium- Movement Library “Poetic Flow: Poetry in Motion”
(2021)
• WV Traumatic Brain Injury Conference- Presentation “Creative Arts Therapies for Military
Service Members and Veterans with TBI” (2021)
• Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma Hawaii Summit- Keynote Plenary “Releasing Trauma
with Somatic Approaches” (2021)
• Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma Hawaii Summit- Presentation “Creative Forces
Creative Arts Therapies with Military-Connected Populations: A Clinic to Community
Continuum” (2021)
• National Intrepid Center of Excellence Research Fair- Presentation “Standardization of Clinical
Operations for Creative Arts Therapies” (2020)
• American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine Conference- Presentation “Dance and
Neuroscience: Applications in NeuroRehabilitation” (2020)
• National Initiative for Arts & Health- Panel “Arts & Health Across the Military: Artfully
Navigating COVID-19” (2020)
• Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS)- Presentation “Standardization of
Clinical Operations for Creative Arts Therapies Disciplines to Support and Drive Clinical
Research across the Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network” (2020)
• Military Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation Training Program Conference- Presentation
“Mind Body Skills for Self-Care” (2020)
• MusicWorx Inc. Virtual Music Therapy Conference- Presentation & Roundtable – Clinical
Competency, Community Connectivity, and Evaluation for Distance Delivery of Creative Arts
Therapies in Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network (2020)
• International Arts + Mind Lab at the Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine- Panel/Workshop “Creative Forces: Improving Health and Wellness of Military
Through the Arts” (2019)
• American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine Conference- Presentation “A Research
Overview of Creative Forces®: Creative Arts Therapies Programming for Military Populations”
(2019)
• American Dance Therapy Association Conference- Presentation “The Long View: Mapping a
Research Agenda for Dance/Movement Therapy in Military Health Contexts” (2019)
• Protocol Officer’s International Conference- Plenary “Creative Forces: Fostering Community,
Health, and Wellness Through Art” and Workshop “Healing by Dance/Movement” (2019)
• WRNMMC Arts in Health Committee- Presentation “Creative Forces Research” (2019)
• Creative Forces National Capital Region Summit- Panel Discussion “Engage With Patient Art”
(2018)
• Beloit College Symposium- Presentation “Inherited Cultural Separation of Body and Mind”
(2012)
• Freeman, Elizabeth. Yoga for Mental and Physical Well-Being. Nutrition Investigator. Roc
Ordman, 29/11/2010. Web. 2 Dec 2010.
• Beloit College Symposium- Presentation of research from Venture Grant (2010)