ABOUT ME
Hi, my name is Teri.
I got a story to share, but I'm in the middle of re-narrating it.
For now, I want you to at least know this:
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My practice is sensitive and responsive to trauma on both the personal and collective level.
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I welcome, respect, and celebrate LGBTQ+ identities and those of the global majority (BIPOC.)
THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE
Some highlights of my therapeutic training & practice.
December 2017
MA IN DRAMA THERAPY
I completed my Masters in Drama Therapy at Kansas State University, though I began it at the California Institute of Integral Studies. I am a Provisionally Registered Drama Therapist (P-RDT) with the North American Drama Therapy Association. The provision will lift in August of 2025.
December 2024 - Present
RELATIONAL LIFE THERAPY CERTIFICATION
I am currently in an intensive one-year training program with the Relational Life Institute to become a certified practitioner of Terry Real's Relational Life Therapy. Once completed, I will be the second person in Kansas to have this certification! (There are hundreds all over the world.)
May 2022
MEDIATION CERTIFICATE
The Social Justice Mediation training I completed addresses how power imbalances influence the development and resolution of conflict. The SJM training was developed in response to a growing body of scholarship revealing that commonly used mediation models and practices do not serve all disputing parties, despite best intentions.
January 2022 - December 2022
COOPERATIVE CULTURE EDUCATOR
Working with Karen Gimnig, co-author of The Cooperative Culture Handbook (I highly recommend for co-ops & intentional communities!), I taught classes for cohousing communities on topics such as communication during conflict, group facilitation, and consensus culture.
March 2014 - Present
WORKSHOP & GROUP FACILITATOR
Groups I've offered include public workshops in Nonviolent Communication, therapeutic improvisational theatre (Playback Theatre), emotional resilience in the face of global crisis (Work That Reconnects), community-building for members of intentional community, therapeutic drama for troubled teens, and a support group for white-identified anti-racist radicals.
June 2012 - Present
NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION PRACTITIONER
My passion for relational recovery was set ablaze when I was introduced to Nonviolent Communication. Since then I've studied many forms of respectful, courageous, compassionate communication, such as Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, Imago Dialogue, and Powerful Non-Defensive Communication.
January 2017
CERTIFIED DUP LEADER
The Dances of Universal Peace (DUP) are a body of songs and circle dances inspired and influenced by the world's spiritual traditions. Certified dance leaders demonstrate a proficiency in leading the dances as well a commitment to spiritual practice and mastery.
September 2024 - Present
COMMUNITY RITUALIST
Empowered by a transformative year in ceremony with the Earth Keepers Wisdom School, along with over a decade of spiritual practice within several lineages, I am occasionally inspired and supported to offer Earth-reverent, animist, interfaith song circles, rituals, and ceremonies to build soul-nourishing community and tend to life's sacred thresholds.
Teri is not a licensed mental health clinician, and thus her services are not a substitute for medical care. If you want a diagnosis or treatment for a mental health disorder, please seek a licensed mental health clinician.