Presentations

Machado, S. (2022, March 25-27). The alchemy of shame: An archetypal framework for healing alienation from self. Society for Humanistic Psychology Annual Conference, Online/Virtual.

Machado, S. (2021, November 6-7). The possibility of queer spiritual identity: Beyond reconciliation. Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling & Psychological Association Annual Conference, Online/Virtual.

Machado, S. (2021, September 26). Estranging from a parent and the implications for clinical work [Conference presentation discussant]. Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work & Psychotherapy, Berkeley, CA.

Machado, S. (2021, June 4-5). Queer spirituality: A qualitative study. Association for Humanistic Counseling Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Machado, S. (2020, October 28-31). Queer spiritual identity. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Machado, S. (2020, May 28-31). Dreams and individuation: An experiential session with a client dream series. Association for Humanistic Counseling Annual Conference, Denver, CO. Presentation was accepted; however, due to COVID-19, the conference was canceled.

Machado, S. (2019, March 21-24). Queer identity as spiritual identity: Preliminary findings from a qualitative study. 12^th Annual Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference, Corvallis, OR.

Machado, S. (2019, March 21-24). Following the thread of individuation: The dream journey through anxiety, depression, and OCD. 12^th Annual Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference, Corvallis, OR.

Machado, S. (2018, May 25). Existential dimensions of surviving HIV: The experience of gay long-term survivors. Presented at the Annual Association for Humanistic Counseling Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Machado, S. (2013, January 24). Thoughts on therapeutic beginnings with gay long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS. Presented at the Annual Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy Winter Convocation, Los Angeles, CA.

Machado, S. (2012, June 24). Facing negative parental reactions to the disclosure of gay identity: Therapeutic implications. Presented at the Annual Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy Spring Convocation, Berkeley, CA.

Machado, S. (2011, August). What is the lived experience of facing negative parental reactions to the disclosure of gay identity? Poster session presented at the Annual Saybrook University Research Symposium, Milbrae, CA.

Machado, S. (2011, April). The poetics of facing negative parental reactions to the disclosure of gay identity: One 20-year-old man’s adolescent experience. Presented at the 19^th Annual American Men’s Studies Association Conference, Kansas City, MO.