Hi, my name is Sister Theresa Marie Elitz.  I am  the executive director of the Counseling Center at St. Paul's parish.  I am a licensed mental health counselor, a licensed chemical dependency counselor, a certified hypnotherapist, and a certified Spiritual Director.  I am also an advanced trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach, developed by Howard Glasser.

Before 2003, I had many ADHD children to treat in my office, and I did so with varying degrees of success.  Then I saw a brochure from Howie Glasser, which really appealed to me.  He was claiming he could help ADHD children without medications.  I thought I want to find out what he is talking about.  I went to the conference.  His idea was so simple and yet so powerful, I wanted to try it in my own office, which I did with great success.  I work in a largely Hispanic area, so the vast majority of my clients are Spanish-speaking.  I was pleased with the success I was having.  Then, someone asked me if I would give classes about it, which I did, with even more success.