Dr. Burnes is available for speaking engagements. Tailored to your organization's needs, his presentations, invited addresses, and keynote speaking offer innovation, creativity, and practical steps for transformation. He speaks about a variety of topics related to mental health, education and training, organizational development, and social justice.

FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

SAMPLES OF PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • December 2025. Best Practices in Clinical Supervision. Southern California Counseling Center.

    April 2026. Sexuality and Gender Excellence in Turbulent Times. Metropolitan State University of Denver.

  • Geilhufe, B., & Burnes, T. R. (2025, October). LGBTQ+ Access to Care. County Behavioral Health Directors Association Policy Forum Santa Barbara, CA.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2024, August). Invited address, Best in Practice. Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association annual convention, Seattle, WA.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2024, June). Process and outcome sittin’ in a tree: Sex-positivity in clinical supervision. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision. Redlands, California.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2024, April). Effectiveness of LGBGTQ+ training for mental health providers. Invited speaker, Southern California LGBTQIA Health Conference, University of California, Irvine.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2023, November). It takes more than a pride sticker: Well-Being for nonbiniary youth in schools. Invited Keynote speaker, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2022, July). New music needed for the next generation: Supervision in the Key of COVID-19. Invited keynote address, International Interdisciplinary Conference in Clinical Supervision.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2022, March). Supervision in the Key of COVID: Counselor Training with New Music. Invited speaker, Temple University School Psychology, Counseling Psychology, and ABA Virtual Conference.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2021, February). Together We are Unstoppable. Invited Keynote speaker, Annual Youth Conference, Casa Youth Shelter, Long Beach, CA. 

  • Burnes, T. R. (2019, September). Trailblazing as leadership: Sustaining training excellence in difficult times. Invited Keynote speaker, Association for Counseling Center Training Agencies, Alexandria, VA. 

  • Burnes, T. R. (2019, April). Taking care of ourselves one revolution at a time: Using psychology for justice in difficult times. Invited Psi Chi Diversity Keynote speaker, Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA.

  • Burnes, T. R. (2019, January). Advocacy, Interrupted: New horizons unseen in 2019. Invited keynote address for the National Council of Schools in Professional Psychology (NCSPP) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.  

  • Burnes, T. R. (2018, April). We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. Invited Psi Chi Diversity Keynote speaker, Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.