I offer workshops and trainings for educators and mental health providers. I am also core faculty with the West Coast Gestalt Institute for Children and Adolescents.

If you are interested in learning more about gestalt play therapy, visit West Coast Institute.

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Past Workshops

Publications

  • Stripling, T. (2025).  Book review: The mindfulness prescription for adult ADHD. Journal of Counseling in Illinois, 10(1), 90-94.
  • Stripling, T. (2021). Gestalt interventions benefitting children and adolescents: A literature review. Gestalt Review, 25(2), 197–220.
  • Naff, D., Parry, M., Ferguson, T., Palencia, V., Lenhardt, J., Tedona, E., Stroter, A., Stripling, T., Lu, Z., & Baber, E. (2021). Analyzing advanced placement (AP): Making the nation’s most prominent college preparatory program more equitable. Richmond, VA: Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium.
  • Stripling, T. (2019). Effectiveness of an adapted behavioral education program targeting attendance improvement. Professional School Counseling, 22(1). doi:10.1177/2156759X19867339.
  • Stripling, T. (2021). In practice: Understanding and addressing school refusal. Independent School, Summer 2021.
  • Stripling, T. (2018). Stimulating executive functioning skills in children through games. Contact: An Illinois Counseling Association Publication, Summer 2018(88). 10-11.

National Presentations

  • Let’s Connect! Relational Mindfulness Practices to Improve Social Skills and Reduce Isolation, NAIS Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, March 2026
  • Exploring Best Practices for Student Requests to Avoid Traumatic Material, NAIS Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Feb 2023
  • Culturally Respectful and Responsive Contemplative Practices to Enhance Self-Clarity and Career Vision, NCDA, Chicago, IL, June 2023
  • Creative Drawings to Explore Adolescent Identity, AHC National
    Conference, Denver, CO, May 2023
  • How Schools Provide Access to Advanced Courses, AERA Annual Meeting,
    San Diego, CA, April 2022
  • School Groups to Practice Relaxation Skills, Association for Humanistic Counseling National Conference, Online, June 2021
  • Target Absenteeism: Positive Relationship Interventions to Improve Attendance, ASCA National Conference, Online, July 2020
  • Using Peace Circles to Navigate SEL & Academics, PEN National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 2019
  • Creative Gestalt Approaches Targeting Anxiety in Children, ACC National Conference, Clearwater, FL, Sep 2019

Regional/State Presentations

  • Could I, Should I? Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Counseling, ICA State Conference, Lisle, IL, Nov 2025
  • Using Projective Cards to Build Rapport and Explore Identities, ACACI State Conference, Oak Park, IL, March 2025
  • Your kids are Dysregulating you! Exploring the Importance of Emotions in HS Classrooms, ISCA State Conference, Itasca, IL Nov 2024
  • Exploring Best Practice for Student Requests to Avoid Traumatic Material, ISACS Regional Conference, Columbus, OH, Dec 2023
  • Your Turn: Utilizing Games to Develop Executive Functioning in Children, ICA State Conference, Lisle, IL, Nov 2023
  • Creative Strategies to Reduce Shame and Increase Adolescent Self-Concept, ICA State Conference, Lisle, IL, Nov 2023
  • Creative Drawings to Explore Adolescent Identity, ACACI Virtual Conference, Online, Feb 2023
  • Experiential Approaches for Anger Expression in Children and Adolescents, ICA State Conference, Lisle, IL, Nov 2022
  • Houses, Trees, & People: Creative Drawings to Explore Identities with Adolescents, ICA State Conference, Lisle, IL, Nov 2021
  • Using Creative Expression to Tackle Colorblindness, ISCA State Conference, Online, Nov 2020
  • My Lines, My World: Exploring Racial Identities to Tackle Colorblindness, ISCA State Conference, Tinley Park, IL, Nov 2021
  • Less Talk, More Drawing: Creative Gestalt Approaches to Address Child Anxiety & Depression, ICA IL Conference, Skokie, IL, Nov 2019
  • Exploring Ethnic Racial Identities to Tackle Colorblindness, IAMC Conference, Palos Hills, IL, May 2019
  • Creative Gestalt Approaches Benefiting Children & Adolescents, ISCA State Conference, Itasca, IL, Nov 2018