Dr. Teresa M. Walters
Natural Relational Health Practitioner, Spiritually Sensitive Psychotherapist, and Family Systems Specialist, helping others find relational health, healing, and wholeness.
Give it to me Straight
Candid conversations about what matters most to you.
Natural Relational Health Practitioner, Soul Care Specialist, and Pro-family Advocate
Dr. Walters is an accomplished presenter with a passion for instilling hope and helping others find relational health and wholeness. In her easy speaking style, Teresa offers support and guidance to those seeking relational, emotional, and spiritual wholeness. Her ability to connect with her audience in a genuine, compassionate, and straightforward manner about some of life's most difficult subjects highlights her belief that a rich, rewarding, and relationally whole life is a real and obtainable goal.
As a licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed addiction counselor, registered domestic mediator, co-parenting coordinator, and pastoral minister, Teresa routinely uses the platform of relational wholeness and pro-family advocacy to speak publicly about a variety of topics, including:
• Relationships & Relational Health
• Mental and Emotional Wellness
• PreMarriage & ReMarriage Preparation
• Extraordinary Marriage
• Parent Leaders
• Parental Alienation | Targeted Parents
• Family of Origin and Intergenerational Patterns
• The Family in Crisis
• The Healthy Blended Family System
• Recovery
• Self-Harm, Suicide, Disordered Eating
Teresa and her husband co-founded Chrysalis Connections, LLC, a growing relational counseling and consultation center, in 2008. As the center's clinical director, Teresa provides a variety of services, including individual, couple, and family therapy, premarital and remarriage preparation, marital mediation, spiritual direction, and pastoral ministry.
Teresa earned her Doctor of Education degree from the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University in 2020, graduating with high distinction. Her doctoral study on the targeted parents' lived experience continues to be an area of great interest and focus in her practice and a frequent topic of interest for educational presentations.
Teresa earned her undergraduate degree in addiction counseling from Indiana Wesleyan University and her master of Arts degree in marriage and family therapy from Christian Theological Seminary, graduating summa cum laude from both IWU and CTS.
As an active member of Toastmasters International, Teresa frequently shares her passion for relational, emotional, and spiritual wholeness with local audiences. She has proven herself to be a consummate speaker and leader, having earned her Distinguished Toastmasters award (DTM) in 2016.
Affiliations:
• The American Association of Christian Counselors AACC
• The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists AAMFT Clinical Fellow
• Indiana Association of Mediators IAM
• Toastmasters International
Teresa is an avid writer and is currently working on her first book, Extraordinary Marriage. She is also working on a memoir. Both are scheduled for release early next year.
Teresa and her husband, Paul, live just west of Indianapolis in the community of Plainfield, IN, where she maintains her private practice. She and Paul share eight children and nine grandchildren and enjoy touring the country in Paul's 68 Corvette.
Give it to me Straight
Candid conversations about what matters most to you.
Natural Relational Health Practitioner, Soul Care Specialist, and Pro-family Advocate
Dr. Walters is an accomplished presenter with a passion for instilling hope and helping others find relational health and wholeness. In her easy speaking style, Teresa offers support and guidance to those seeking relational, emotional, and spiritual wholeness. Her ability to connect with her audience in a genuine, compassionate, and straightforward manner about some of life's most difficult subjects highlights her belief that a rich, rewarding, and relationally whole life is a real and obtainable goal.
As a licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed addiction counselor, registered domestic mediator, co-parenting coordinator, and pastoral minister, Teresa routinely uses the platform of relational wholeness and pro-family advocacy to speak publicly about a variety of topics, including:
• Relationships & Relational Health
• Mental and Emotional Wellness
• PreMarriage & ReMarriage Preparation
• Extraordinary Marriage
• Parent Leaders
• Parental Alienation | Targeted Parents
• Family of Origin and Intergenerational Patterns
• The Family in Crisis
• The Healthy Blended Family System
• Recovery
• Self-Harm, Suicide, Disordered Eating
Teresa and her husband co-founded Chrysalis Connections, LLC, a growing relational counseling and consultation center, in 2008. As the center's clinical director, Teresa provides a variety of services, including individual, couple, and family therapy, premarital and remarriage preparation, marital mediation, spiritual direction, and pastoral ministry.
Teresa earned her Doctor of Education degree from the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University in 2020, graduating with high distinction. Her doctoral study on the targeted parents' lived experience continues to be an area of great interest and focus in her practice and a frequent topic of interest for educational presentations.
Teresa earned her undergraduate degree in addiction counseling from Indiana Wesleyan University and her master of Arts degree in marriage and family therapy from Christian Theological Seminary, graduating summa cum laude from both IWU and CTS.
As an active member of Toastmasters International, Teresa frequently shares her passion for relational, emotional, and spiritual wholeness with local audiences. She has proven herself to be a consummate speaker and leader, having earned her Distinguished Toastmasters award (DTM) in 2016.
Affiliations:
• The American Association of Christian Counselors AACC
• The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists AAMFT Clinical Fellow
• Indiana Association of Mediators IAM
• Toastmasters International
Teresa is an avid writer and is currently working on her first book, Extraordinary Marriage. She is also working on a memoir. Both are scheduled for release early next year.
Teresa and her husband, Paul, live just west of Indianapolis in the community of Plainfield, IN, where she maintains her private practice. She and Paul share eight children and nine grandchildren and enjoy touring the country in Paul's 68 Corvette.
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