Teri Pentz is a Pennsylvania licensed professional counselor (LPC), a National Certified Counselor (NCC), and was among the first in Pennsylvania to earn the Infant Mental Health Endorsement (IMH-E® Mental Health Mentor-Clinical). Teri holds a master’s in Counseling Psychology from Chatham University in Pittsburgh and has worked with children and families for nearly 30 years through Early Intervention and Mental Health programs, as a clinician, supervisor, teacher and trainer/mentor. She has also served as the coordinator of Children’s programs in mental health and Intellectual Disabilities for several county MH/MR programs in Pennsylvania. Currently, Teri is the supervisor of the IMPACT Mobile Therapy program through Matilda Theiss Early Childhood Behavioral Health Center, and is a Rostered Clinician and Apprentice Trainer for Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) at the Theiss Early Trauma Treatment Center. In addition to her work as a clinician and presenter on trauma and behavioral health, Teri frequently presents on topics related to issues of adoption and adoptive families.
Anything that’s human is mentionable,
Fred Rogers
and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
When we can talk about our feelings, they become
less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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