Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist and author. Formerly, she was the director of the Children’s Behavior and Learning Clinic in Bellevue, Washington. Valerie is also the founder of WisdomCommons.org, an interactive library of quotes, stories, proverbs and poems that showcase humanity’s shared moral core. Look for her articles regularly published in the Green and Religion sections of Huffington Post.
In her effort to heal a world that she believes is continually fractured by cultural and religious zealots, Valerie wrote Trusting Doubt (formerly titled The Dark Side), a book about her encounter with religious fundamentalism and her spiritual journey in search of love and truth. Informed by her clinical practice and personal experiences, Valerie developed a series of lectures to provide parents and educators tools to understand and nurture the character virtues and moral instincts innate in children.
Valerie brings her professional insights about harmful religious indoctrination and her passion for real justice and love to Journey Free.