About the Therapist:
Sister Kateri Koverman, SC

Sister Kateri Koverman holds a Masters degree in Social Work, is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (ICDC) in the State of Ohio.

Holds a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry. Other training includes:

• Certified as a teacher in the Oral Tradition of the Enneagram
• Trauma Incident Reduction (TIR)
• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
• Spiritual direction

Worked during times of war in:

• Vietnam - 3 ½ years (1970, 1973 - 1975) Assisted in the coordination of the orphan airlift
  for Catholic Relief Services before the fall of Saigon in April 1975
• Ethiopia - 1 year
• El Salvador - 2 ½ years

Was a consultant with refugees and persons traumatized by war/conflict
for periods ranging from six weeks to a year in:

• Sierra Leone
• Thailand
• Zambia
• Armenia

• Taught part-time for 15 years at the College of Mount St. Joseph in the Departments of Social Work and Theology
  
  
• Made return trips to Vietnam accompanying Vietnam veterans in 1992 and 2001
  
  
• Co-founded Joseph House, a residential treatment facility for homeless veterans in Cincinnati. Was clinical director from 1993-2000
  
  
• Established Them Bones Veteran Community in 2001
  
  
• Has run trauma groups for veteran inmates in local jails for three years
  
  
• Has been an individual and group psychotherapist with combat veterans for 12 years