Speaking Engagements

Presentations can be customized and combined to meet your needs.

Dr. Kaylor is available for both in-person and virtual presentations.

Click here to download Dr. Kaylor’s Speaking Bio.

Longer Presentations:

Presentation times are based on lecture and may be longer based on audience participation.

  • Psychoeducation on healthy sleep

    Effects of poor sleep

    Recommendations for obtaining healthy sleep

    Relaxation Exercise

    Instructions for filling out a sleep log

  • Overview of Brainspotting (BSP)

    History and development of BSP

    Comparing BSP to other modalities

    Conditions BSP can treat

    Expected results of treatment

    FAQ

    Demonstration

  • Overview of EMDR

    Key to effective EMDR

    Conditions EMDR can treat

    Expected results of treatment

    FAQ

    Demonstration

  • Myths about stress

    Changing how we think about stress

    Alternative stress responses

    Stress and meaning-making

    How stressful events can enhance your life

  • Trauma and stress of working undercover

    Vicarious Trauma

    Common reactions to trauma

    Common reactions to working undercover

    Keys to resilience

    How undercover work and acting are similar

    Research on brain scans and flow state

    The lingering effects of taking on another persona

    Strategies to set boundaries for leaving work at work

    *Great for in-person and online undercover employees. Can be customized for undercover VCAC.

  • Overview of stress

    Fight or flight response

    Caveman ancestors and evolution

    Explain the human stress response in detail

    Review various common stress reactions

    How to have some control over stress

    Heart rate variability

  • What are your goals?

    Ability to stick with set goals

    Reasons why goals might not have worked out in the past

    Stages of Change

    SMART Goal Technique

    Visualization

    Barriers to goals

    **broadly goal setting can be customized to a presentation any time of year**

  • What is trauma?

    How trauma impacts the brain

    How trauma can cause sleep disturbances

    Takeaways for improving sleep

  • What is psychological safety?

    Benefits of creating psychological safety

    Ways to cultivate psychological safety

    Leadership vs authority

    How can we measure effectiveness?

  • Everyone responds to stress differently

    Review fight or flight response

    Techniques for stress regulation

  • What are thinking traps?

    Most common thinking traps leaders face

    Ways to avoid these traps

  • What is compassion fatigue?

    How is it different from burnout?

    Side effects of compassion fatigue

    Window of tolerance

    Self-test exercise

    Counterbalance compassion fatigue

  • Discussion of values

    Rating Values Exercise

    Living in Alignment Exercise

    Creative Expression of Values

Shorter Presentations:

Presentation times are based on lecture and may be longer based on audience participation.

  • Normal grief reactions

    The stages of grief

    Healthy coping mechanisms

    How to support others who are grieving

  • Assessment of current relationships

    Research on isolation and loneliness

    Social support and life expectancy

    Various types of support

    How to cultivate & maintain a social network

    Health benefits

  • Difference between a fixed and growth mindset

    Neuroscience research behind this concept

    Positive effects of having a growth mindset

    Ways to develop a growth mindset

  • Define brain plasticity

    How to strengthen and weaken neural connections

    How brain damage, neurodegenerative disorders, and trauma impacts the brain

    Ways you can boost your brain plasticity

  • What are character strengths?

    Why are they important?

    Defining each strength

    Self-test: what are your character strengths?

    How to build upon your existing strengths

    Parts I and II can be combined or separated.

  • What is guided imagery?

    How does it work?

    Benefits of guided imagery

    Practice exercise

  • Science of happiness

    Four major happiness chemicals

    Ways to boost each of these chemicals

  • What is the pet effect?

    Prominent physical and mental health benefits

  • Definition of savior complex

    Warning signs

    Why it’s toxic

    Steps for overcoming

Short Relaxation & Practical De-stressing Exercises

Body Scan

The Container

Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)

Calm Place

Guided Imagery Exercises

Grounding

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