Speaking | Katy Perkins

speaking Experience

Katy has educated mental health professionals and the general public on a wide range of issues, including disordered eating, suicide prevention, domestic violence prevention, adopted persons' rights and more.

With her work background, training, lived experiences and passion for equipping other professionals, she stands out when speaking at conferences, on podcasts, community organizing events and colleges and universities.

Conferences and Associations

Adoption Network of Cleveland

How to Set and Hold Holiday Boundaries with Family

Cleveland, Ohio (virtual)

Dec 2022

Maintaining healthy family boundaries can be a challenge during the holidays. But it is possible. Watch as guest speaker Katy Perkins Coveney, LCSW-S speaks on self-advocating and finding joy in the midst of it all.

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Adoption Knowledge Affiliates Conference

The Need for Nourishment: Adopted People and

Disordered Eating Adoption, Narcissism, and the Counseling Room

Nov 2022

Alongside JaeHee M. Chung-Sherman, LCSW-S, Katy Perkins Coveney, LCSW-S leads two timely discussions surrounding adoption.

Adoption Initiative Conference (St. John’s University in collaboration with Montclair State University)

Dealing With’ Adoptees: Exploring Mental Health Practices that Reinforce Dominant Cultural Myths of Adoption

Mar 2022

Alongside Amanda Woolston, LCSW, Katy Perkins Coveney, LCSW-S explores clinical paradigms and other professional tools used to address the needs of adoptees and their families, including therapy and psychiatry, that enforce dominant cultural myths about adoption.