Terri Nicole Sawyer
Utah Valley University, USA
Biography
Terri Nicole Sawyer spent the first 17 years of her career practicing with one of the most vulnerable populations of children, adolescent foster youth. Her passion for helping young people transition from foster care into adulthood pushed her to research why transitions for foster youth are so difficult and sometimes deadly. She raised her bioloogical children into adulthood and felt like her education needed to be continual. She has received her Doctorate in Scoial Work the same year her youngest child graduated from high school. Now she teaches part-time at Utah Valley University and has a large private practice that speicalizes in transitions such as divorce and death of spouses, anxiety, depression, polyamorous and open relationships, and transitions during faith crisis.
Abstract
Abstract : The missing drug for neuropsychiatric patients: Radical compassion