«Speaking – Shelby Riley

Presentations

Shelby Riley, LMFT has been the keynote speaker and contributing presenter across the United States. Some of her more than 50 presentations are listed below. If you’d like to hire Shelby to speak at your event, please get in touch by email.

Popular Topics for the Public

  • Co-Leadership: How to Create a Respectful Partnership at Home
  • Intentional Living: Creating a Work-Life Balance that Really Works
  • One Person, Many Hats: Honoring Multiple Roles and Talents

Popular Topics for Mental Health Professionals

  • Time-Tested Play Therapy Techniques
  • Solution Focused Therapy with Couples and Families
  • Treating Anxiety: Partnering With Primary Care Physicians
    This workshop will teach an effective brief model of treating anxiety and guide participants in partnering with clients’ primary care physicians to improve client outcomes.
  • Building a Thriving Private Practice
  • Building a Thriving Group Practice

Previous Presentations

Shelby Riley accepts award at AAMFT17 conference
  • Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation: Corporate Wellness Presentation to Grafik, Online: May 2024
  • Jobs of Tomorrow–Marriage and Family Therapy Docuseries, Episode 2 Relational Therapy: Healing Together, Online: April 2024 Watch the episode here
  • 6ABC Mental Health Town Hall Panel with Tamala Edwards on Covid and Racial Injustice, Philadelphia, PA: May 2021
    Watch here (jump to 38 minutes for segment)
  • Branding Yourself and the Profession Throughout Your Career, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Online: March 2021
  • Branding Yourself and the Profession Throughout Your Career, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Arlington, VA: March 2019
  • Writing Complex Characters in Fiction, Gateless Masters Luminary Podcast: November 2018
  • Self-Care and Avoiding Compassion Fatigue, Church World Service, Lancaster, PA: October 2018
  • Effective Communication and Team Building, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA: October 2018
  • Blogging to Market Your Practice and the Profession, AAMFT Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA: October 2017
  • Transitioning to Full Time Private Practice, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Arlington, VA: March 2017
  • Roundtable Discussion Leader: Private Practice Business Strategies, Healthy Divorce Symposium, Blue Bell, PA: November 2016
  • Rights and Entitlements in Divorce, co-presented with Cris Pastore, Esq., Healthy Divorce Symposium, Blue Bell, PA: November 2016
  • Practice Building 101, VA Tech MFT program, Falls Church, VA (via Skype): November 2016
  • Welcome to the MFT Profession, Council for Relationships Orientation, Philadelphia, PA: September 2016
  • The Importance of Networking, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: April 2016
  • AAMFT Emerging Leaders Career Q&A: Private Practice, Webinar: March 2016
  • Building a Group Practice: Developing Your Career and the Careers of Other MFTs, AAMFT Leadership Symposium, Santa Fe, NM: March 2016
  • The Divorce Course for Women, Mental Health Component, Chester County Adult Night School, West Chester, PA: October 2015
  • Treating Anxiety: Partnering with Primary Care Physicians, AAMFT Annual Conference, Austin TX: September 2015
  • Creating a Thriving Private Practice, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: February 2015
  • Market Your Practice to Primary Care Physicians, AAMFT Teneo Webinar: May 2014
  • Building a Thriving Practice, PAMFT workshop, Plymouth Meeting, PA: May 2014
  • Creating a Thriving Private Practice, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: February 2014
  • Partnering with Primary Care Physicians, AAMFT Leadership Conference, Arlington, VA: March 2014
  • Men, Women, Communication and Marriage, The Countrymen’s Club, Elverson, PA: May 2013
  • Creating a Thriving Private Practice, PAMFT Business Day, Plymouth Meeting, PA: February 2013
  • Practice Building Training, Downingtown, PA Level Two: October 2012
  • Practice Building Training, Downingtown, PA Level One: September 2012
  • Practice Building Training, Chester Springs, PA Level One: May 2012
  • Blogging to Market MFTs, AAMFT Leadership Conference, Arlington, VA: March 2012
  • Creating a Thriving Private Practice, KSU MFT grad class via Skype: October 2011
  • Intimacy in the Bedroom, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2011
  • Mindfulness: Staying Present to Your Life, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2011
  • Creating a Thriving Private Practice, KSU MFT grad class via Skype: October 2010
  • The Art of Communication, Valley View Community Church, Audubon, PA: April 2009
  • The Art of Communication, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2009
  • The Balancing Act, Christ Community Church, West Chester, PA: February 2009
  • Co-Moderator: Clinical Challenges: Understanding Cultural Diversity and Development in Marriage and Family Therapy, PAMFT Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA: April 2008
  • Raising Your Child’s Emotional Awareness, Starting Forever, Exton, PA: February 2008
  • Identifying Depression and Anxiety in Children, Training for Paraprofessionals, TheraPlay, West Chester, PA: February 2008
  • Play Therapy, Training for Professionals, Peacemaker Center, Downingtown, PA: January 2008
  • Crisis Work with Families, Training for Professionals, Peacemaker Center, Downingtown, PA: April 2006
  • Key Note Speaker for Canyon View Christian Fellowship (CVCF) Church’s Children’s Summit, San Diego, CA: May 2005
  • Working with Children and Adolescents: Therapeutic Clinical Interventions, CAMFT CEU workshop, San Diego, CA: March 2005
  • Key Note Speaker for Canyon View Christian Fellowship (CVCF) Church’s Children’s Summit, San Diego, CA: May 2004