Kerri Tripke Garner - The Theraplay Institute

Kerri T. Garner

Kerri

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Executive TTI Board of Directors General Theraplay Members Trainer/Supervisor Theraplay Supervisors, Theraplay Trainers

Bio

Last updated: 10/3/2025

Kerri Tripke Garner
Certified
Profile Link: http://community.theraplay.org/member/kerritripkegarner

Professional Information
Phoenix Arizona 85015 United States


Birthday:	2/25/1970
Languages spoken:	English, Spanish
What are your preferred gender pronouns?:	she/her

7600 N 15th St Ste 150 Phoenix Arizona 85020 United States [ Map ]

Profession:	Licensed Professional Counselor
Degrees/Credentials:	MAPC
License number and state:	LPC-12002, AZ
License number and state (#2):	PC012601, PA
License number and state (#3):	LCPC 180.005403 (inactive), IL
Practice Specialties:	Adolescents, Adoption, Anxiety, Attachment, Behavioral Issues, Child or Adolescent, Depression, Developmental Disorders, DDP, EMDR, Family Conflict, Foster Care, Grief, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Oppositional Defiance, Parenting, Peer Relationships, School Issues, Sexual Abuse, Trauma and PTSD
List me on the Theraplay Practitioner Directory:	Yes
Supervisor:	Yes
Theraplay Supervisor Status:	Certified Theraplay Supervisor
Theraplay Trainer Status:	Certified Theraplay Trainer
Currently accepting new clients:	Yes
Education:	Loyola University, Institute of Pastoral Studies, Chicago, IL USA • Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling, May 1999 Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL USA • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy/Concentration in Human Needs & Global Resources, May 1992 • Included a six-month internship in Estelí, Nicaragua overseeing a cookstove project in a rural isolated village, June to Nov 1991
Theraplay History:	Certified Theraplay practitioner, supervisor and trainer
About:	Kerri Garner, LPC is a Theraplay ® Trainer and Supervisor. She specializes in the use of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, EMDR, and structural dissociation along with Theraplay in her work with children of all ages and their families. An adoptive mother herself, Kerri is passionate about bringing children and their caregivers into closer healing relationships with each other. Kerri has been working in the mental health field since 1998. She has practiced in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Nairobi, Kenya in a variety of settings including outpatient community mental health and children’s homes. Currently she has a private practice in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional Information
The Theraplay Institute Board of Directors: Current member
Certifications
Certified Theraplay Practitioner, Theraplay CEs, Theraplay Special Program
Social/Volunteer Organizations
The Theraplay Institute Board of Directors, July 2024 to present DDP Global Development Committee, August 2020 to present Naomis Village, Maai Mahiu, Kenya 2016-2019 Chariots for Hope, Nairobi, Kenya 2019-2023 Association of Play Therapists, Nairobi, Kenya EMDR Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya Lawndale Christian Health Center Board of Directors 2001-2004 Volunteer Mennonite Central Committee, San Lucas Sacatepéquez, Guatemala 1993-1996

More Information
Work with adoptive family featured in Good Housekeeping article Feb 2011 - https:sites.google.comsitekerritripkegarnergood-housekeeping-articleDyadic Developmental PsychotherapyEMDR

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