Kristin Van Marter Souers

Kristin Van Marter Souers is a licensed mental-health clinician with more than 30 years of experience teaching, coaching, training, and consulting in a variety of settings. She holds a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology from Gonzaga University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Santa Clara University, and is regarded as an expert on the impact of trauma on individuals and families. As an independent consultant and adjunct faculty member in the Counselor Education Department at Gonzaga University’s School of Education, she provides professional development, consultation, and training to schools, districts, and other organizations across the United States.

Souers is the lead author, with Pete Hall, of the ASCD books Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom and Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation: Trauma-Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners. She is also coauthor, with Keith Orchard and Pete Hall, of The Fostering Resilience Workbook: Strategies and Steps to Support Our Learners, Elementary Edition and related workbook editions, and has written a children’s book titled 10 Things Our Brains Need.