Consulting Experience

I am available for speaking, writing, expert contributions, and sensitivity reading. My areas of specialty include LGBTQIA+/Queer communities, mental health, non-traditional relationship structures, disability justice, and chronic illness.

Writing Engagements

  • Sensitivity Reader: Blue Movie, Author: Stephan Ferris, Literary Nonfiction – Unbound Edition Press
  • Sensitivity Reader: My Love Is a Beast: Confessions, Author: Alexander Cheves, Literary Nonfiction – Unbound Edition Press
  • Contributing Author: Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice, Movements, and Communities by China Martens and Victoria Law. PM Press – 2012
  • Expert Contributor to upcoming book: You Are Not a F*ck Up: The Adult ADHD Survival Guide by Cate Osborn and Erik Gude, Gallery Publishing Group

Appearances

  • Created and provided two synchronous sessions of the presentation: “A Counselor’s Guide to Managing Stress.” for the Employee Resource Group at McMaster-Carr Supply Company, October 2023

  • Created and facilitated the workshop – “Common Polyamory Pitfalls” at Frolicon, April 2018

  • Created and facilitated the workshop -“Know Thyself: Finding Your Identity in Polyamory” at Frolicon, April 2018

  • Guest speaker on the panel “Childcare as an Issue of Economic Justice” at the Women and Girls in Georgia Conference at University of Georgia, October 2011
Other Accomplishments and Awards

  • Scored in the 95th percentile nationally on the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE)  – 2016
  • Inducted into the Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society – 2016
  • Won third-place in the 2011 Outstanding Undergraduate Women’s Studies Essay Contest at Georgia State University

  • Research Assistant to Dr. Elisabeth Sheff, Independent research into polyamorous families, Sociology Department, Georgia State University, 2010
  • Founded and directed Kelli’s Childcare Collective of Atlanta, a volunteer-run grassroots organization that provided free childcare for meetings and events of local non-profits. 2010-2013