Dr. David Tolin

To inquire about public speaking engagements, email dtolin@harthosp.org or call (860) 545-7685

Dr. Tolin is available for half- or full-day long workshops.  Workshop topics include (but are not limited to):

• Buried in Treasures: The Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding
• Face Your Fears: Conducting Exposure Therapy for Phobias, Panic, Obsessions, PTSD, and More
• Doing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: What Clinicians Need to Know
• OCD and Related Disorders
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Diagnosis, Theory, and Treatment
• Treating School Refusal Behavior
• Anxiety Disorders: Treatments that Work
• Motivational Interviewing
• Fear Factor: Anxiety and Impairment

His prior workshops have included:

• Harvard University
• Mental Health Association of San Francisco
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Yale University
• National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization
• VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT
• Department of Children and Families, Tampa, FL
• VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
• University of California at San Francisco
• International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
• National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD
• Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, Toronto
• Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, San Francisco, CA
• UCLA Sloan Center on Everyday Lives of Families
• Master Clinician Series Workshop, The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Here are some recent comments from workshop attendees:

• “Excellent speaker, easy to listen to, practical applications.”
• “I was highly impressed with Dr. Tolin’s style preparedness, and how he paced the workshop.”
• “Excellent presenter!”
• “Wonderful presentation! Very engaging with group.”
• “Great workshop!”
• “Workshop exceeded expectations. Skills learned are transferable.”
• “He is humorous and holds the audience’s attention.”
• “Great speaker. I appreciate the focus on empirical information.”
• “Great speaker! Very informative and very open to questions during the lecture. I am looking forward to reading the book.”
• “Ideas started to click. He organizes his lecture in a way that left me with a lot of new ideas…”
• “Thank you for a very useful, fascinating day!”
• “Great format! Very engaging.”
• “My interest is piqued!”
• “Very knowledgeable about this issue. Very committed to informing others about this topic. Appreciated his use of humor.”
• “This workshop has been an invaluable source of information to me! Thanks for answering so many questions!”
• “Great balance of research and techniques. Well paced, accessible, and very engaging. Excellent!”
• “Excellent speaker! Well organized workshop!”
• “Dr. Tolin kept the audience attentive and upbeat. The information presented was very informative and helpful. Thank you for the opportunity to attend this workshop.”
• “David made good rapport with the group. Entertaining yet informative.”
• “Very knowledgeable and dynamic speaker! Very very well done.”
• “Excellent. Loved his sense of humor!”
• “Great presentation skills and use of different tools which was very engaging. Thanks!”
• “Thank you for a wonderful, enlightening day!”