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Valerie Tarico is a Seattle-based psychologist and author. In private practice since 1993, she previously directed  the Children's Behavior and Learning Clinic in Bellevue, Washington. Currently, in addition to her writing and lectures, she maintains a practice specializing in adolescents and families.

Her first book, Deas and Other Imaginings, is a collection of stories described as "somewhere between Zen and folktales, somewhere between child's play and wisdom, somewhere between dreaming the world and healing it."

In her own effort to heal a world that is being fractured by cultural and religious zealots, Tarico wrote a second book, The Dark Side,  about her personal encounter with religious fundamentalism and her spiritual journey in search of goodness, love and truth.

She has developed a series of lectures informed by her clinical practice and personal experiences that equips parents and educators with tools to understand and nurture the innate goodness in our children.

Lectures

As a public speaker, Valerie Tarico challenges listeners to think about their deeply held spiritual and civic values. Whether the focus is on moral development in children or  the cognitive psychology of American fundamentalism, members of your group will leave primed for more conversation and thoughtful action.
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Deas and Other Imaginings

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"Deas, and Other Imaginings" is a book of timeless poetic fables that inspire and entertain while exploring the universal human quest for belonging, identity and purpose.
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The Dark Side

Most Evangelicals earnestly strive to worship the God of Love. Yet a belief that the Bible is literally perfect can put them in the odd position of defending falsehood, bigotry or even violence. What do literalists teach? How are these teachings distorted? How do they contradict humanity's shared moral core, including the highest values of Christianity itself? Read more...