Consultation, Invited Presentations, and Workshops

Consultation or Supervision:

• Drawing from my experience as a principal investigator, coinvestigator, and consultant on mixed-methods and qualitative methods research grant projects, I have provided methods consultation for projects across a range of research topics. 

• Methods consultations can be arranged hourly or by contracting as a project consultant and can occur via telephone or in-person peer consultation.

Presentations:  

• Public presentations includes invited lectures or keynote addresses that range from 45 minutes to two hours in length.

• Presentations tend to focus on topics related to Qualitative methods, Qualitative meta-analysis, Critical-Constructivist Grounded Theory Methods, Clients' experiences in psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Responsiveness and Relationships, LGBTQ+ identities and gender communities, Healing from Heterosexism and Transphobia, Psychotherapy with LGBTQ+ clients.

Workshops: 

• I have presented workshops at international, national, and regional events.   They have addressed topics which have included: 

  • Full day & half day introductory/advanced workshops to qualitative methods.

  • Full day & half day introductory/advanced workshops on critical-constructivist grounded theory methods.

  • Half day workshop on affirming psychotherapy treatment regarding LGBTQ+ clients.

  • Full day & half day introductory/advance workshops on qualitative meta-analysis.

  • Workshops focused on project-specific advising and discussion.

  • Experiential psychotherapy workshops on enhancing clients' agency and engagement and improving therapists' responsiveness in addressing power in session.

  • A description of recent workshops in Professor Birgit Watzke's lab in Zürich:  https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/hea/klipfor/news/Visit-of-Prof.-Dr.-Heidi-Levitt--Workshops,-Guest-Colloquium-and-More.html 

Upcoming & Past Events

2025 Keynote Speaker, Austrian Humanistic Cluster of Psychotherapy Conference, Vienna, Austria.  April 4-5th. 

2024 Workshop, Asia-Pacific Qualitative Health Research Network (AQUHN). Grounded theory: A critical-constructivist approach.  September 5th.

2024 American Psychological Association Continuing Education Workshop.  Levitt, H. M. (2023, August 2nd). Qualitative Research with Methodological Integrity: Critical-Constructivist Grounded Theory Methods.  Full-day workshop presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

2024 Invited lecture and workshop, University of Zurich. Qualitative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Research.  Zurich, Switzerland.  May 13-14.

2024 Keynote Speaker, Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 28-30th.

2024 San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group Annual Workshop.  “How patients drive change in psychotherapy: When to lead and when to follow”. March 7-8

2023 Preconference workshop, North American Society for Psychotherapy Research.  Critical-constructivist grounded theory workshop. North American Society for Psychotherapy Research (NASPR) Meeting, Amherst, MA.  10/11/23

2023 Horst Kächele Memorial Webinar Series, Pluralism of Research Approaches in Psychoanalysis. With Drs. J. Christopher Muran and Mark Solms. International University of Psychoanalysis. 8/12/23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks6TLARhOSw&ab_channel=IPUBerlin 

2023 Continuing Education Workshop, Designing and conducting qualitative research studies with methodological integrity.  Full-day workshop presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.  August 2nd. To enroll: visit convention.apa.org/ce/workshops  

2023 Invited Speaker, Bard University, New York. healing from heterosexist/transphobic events: what therapists-to-be should know.  April 20.

2023 Invited Speaker at Psychotherapy Research Conference, Santiago Chile.  Using qualitative methods in forming guidelines and policies for psychotherapy.  April 14.  

2023 Keynote Speaker, Psychotherapy Research Congress, Workshop:  Designing and Publishing Qualitative Methods: The Role of Methodological Integrity. Jyväskylä, Finland

2022  Invited Lecture at the International Psychoanalytic University of Berlin.  What your clients don’t tell you.  July 19, 2022.

2022 Pre-Conference Workshop, The Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology conference. SQIP Workshop on Critical-Constructivist Grounded Theory Research.  June 15. 

2022 USQ Research MasterClass Series. Critical Constructivist Grounded Theory MasterClass.  University of Southern Queensland, Australia.  Online. May 26, 2022.

2022 Keynote Speaker, British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy.   Healing from sexual minority and intersectional stigma events: What therapists should know.  May 20.

2022    European SPR Fireside Chat.  Principles for responsive practice: What therapists should do in sessions, what clients do already.  Online webinar series on Responsiveness in Psychotherapy.  February 17th.

2021    Universidad Diego, Santiago, Chile, Keynote speaker.  Exploring the Frontiers of Psychology Conference.  Keynote: Queering LGBTQ Gender.  Workshop: Conducting Critical Qualitative Research with Methodological Integrity. July 26-28th.   

2021 Semi-Plenary, Society for Psychotherapy Research.  Bridging the past, the future, and breadth of SPR and psychotherapy research: Lessons and recommendations based on a 50-year legacy. In M. Barkham, W. Lutz, & L. Castonguay (chairs), Heidelberg, Germany (online due to COVID). June, 2021.

2021 University of Barcelona, Invited lecture.  Differing Processes: Reporting Qualitative Research in Psychology with Methodological Integrity.  May 28th.

2020 University of California Santa Cruz, Invited lecture.  Theorizing LGBTQ+ Gender: New Directions for Research and Practice.  October 30th.

2020    American Psychological Association Continuing Education Workshop.  Levitt, H. M. (2020, August). Designing and conducting qualitative research studies with methodological integrity.  Full-day workshop presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Online conference.

2020    Division 5 Distinguished Contributions in Qualitative Inquiry Award Address.  Levitt, H. M. (2020, August). The reasons underlying research design decisions: Developing methodological integrity.  Presented in the Awards Ceremony of the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Online conference.

2019 American Psychological Association Continuing Education Workshop.  Levitt, H. M. (2019, August). Designing and conducting qualitative research studies with methodological integrity.  Full-day workshop presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

2019 Plenary Presentation.  (2019, June). Questioning qualitative methods.  With Rivka Tuval-Mashiach, Sue Motulsky Zenobia Morrill & Bediha Ipecki. The Society for Qualitative Research in Psychology, Boston, MA.

2019 Pre-Conference Workshop (2019, June). Methodological integrity in qualitative research: Strengthening the design of your study and your communication with reviewers.  The Society for Qualitative Research in Psychology, Boston, MA.

2018   Clinicians' Corner Workshop.  Levitt, H. M. (2018, November). Workshop on Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy.  Washington, DC.

2018    American Psychological Association Continuing Education Workshop.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, August). Designing and conducting qualitative research studies with methodological integrity.  Full-day workshop presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

2018    Invited Speaker.  Levitt, H. M. (2018, May). Workshop on Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy.  Ramat-Gan, Israel.

2018    Colloquium Speaker. Connecticut College. (2018, April).  A Historicity of LGBTQ Genders. New London, Connecticut.

2018    Keynote Speaker.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, March). LGBTQ Gender Identities and Sexuality.  Sex and Sexuality Conference.  Brandeis University, Boston, MA.

2017    Invited Seminar.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, October). Good Judgment: Judicial Method and Decision Making. Canadian National Judicial Institute, Toronto, Canada.

2017    American Psychological Association Continuing Education Workshop.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, August). Designing and conducting qualitative research studies with methodological integrity.  Full-day workshop presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

2017    Distinguished Researcher Webinar.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, May).  Distinguished Researcher Webinar Series, Society for Psychotherapy Research.  Designing and Publishing Meaningful Qualitative Psychotherapy Research: Establishing Methodological Integrity. https://vimeo.com/218484595

2017    Invited Workshop/Presentations/Discussion.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, April). Half-day Workshop: Standards for Designing and Reporting Qualitative Research, Presentation: Publishing qualitative psychotherapy research: Strategies and tips, Presentation: Meta-analyses of qualitative psychotherapy research, Discussion hour: Teaching qualitative research.  University of Oslo, Norway.

2017    Diversity Series Speaker of the Year.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, April). University-wide address: Politics and Erotics: The Formation of Gender Identities Across LGBTQ Communities. Discussion hour: Teaching and Sexual Identity Diversity. Workshop: Working with LGBTQ Clients. University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.

2017    Invited Presentation.  Levitt, H. M. (2017, March).  Teaching Methodological Integrity in Qualitative Methods: Incorporating Functionalist Pedagogy.  Division 5 conference [Quantitative and Qualitative Methods].  Nashville, TN.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWveBKSq5hs