Founder Grounded Space Consulting
Valerie is a practiced facilitator and trainer whose major focus is on the development and nurturing of conversations around difficult topics. She believes in an honest and fearless acknowledgment of reality in multiple manifestations is one of the healthiest things people can do to further their development. And she understands the profound fears that people have in doing so.
Valerie loves to engage people in talking about what matters to them. She knows that each person has a unique and shifting set of rich and compelling stories. The tools she developed from her work as a gymnastics instructor, movement therapist, mediator and college instructor culminate in Grounded Knowledge Panels™ — a unique method of engaging in both important talk and powerful listening.
Valerie has a masters in Movement Therapy with a concentration in Counseling Psychology, a masters in Social Justice Education, and a masters in cultural anthropology. She earned a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and her research focused on the interactions of historical trauma and positive self-concept.
Valerie can be reached at: groundedspaceconsulting@gmail.com.