Research Interests

- Somatic Archeology

Biography

Terese trained and worked at the Infant-Parent Program at the University of California/San Francisco and co-developed the 0-5 Program at A Better Way Berkeley, California. She is endorsed as a Reflective Practice Facilitator II and an Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist for ages 0-5 by the California Center for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health.

Terese is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, specializing in therapeutic touch, movement and relational attunement to support regulation, attachment and resolution of trauma.

Terese served as adjunct faculty at John F. Kennedy University and Saybrook University. She has provided trainings in partnership with Chabot Los Positas Community College District and Alameda County on topics related to children and families and has presented at the Zero to Three National Training Institute.

Terese maintains a somatic-based private practice in Berkeley, California, working with adults, children, and families. Terese draws from a lifetime of dancing and over 30 years practicing yoga, somatics, Authentic Movement and contact improvisation.

Education

PsyD, California Institute of Integral Studies

Courses

- Child Therapy

Publications

Pearson, W. (March, 2021). Elemental contact: From madness to mysticism. Celebrating the work of Michael Eigen. In K. Cohen and K. Fuchsman (Eds.) Healing, Rebirth and the Work of Michael Eigen: Collected Essays on a Pioneer in Psychoanalysis. Routledge.