About

  Dr. Jeraleen Peterson is a joyful author, motivational speaker, Biblical teacher, and human encourager. She has over 40 years of experience as a crisis manager, therapist, and mentor. Jeraleen is a licensed clinical social worker, owner, and CEO of Wisdom Tree Counseling. Wisdom Tree Counseling provides a wellness environment of acceptance and support with accountability that offers each client understanding and hope as they face, manager, redirect, and work through their life challenges. 

Jeraleen is the author of "Praise Therapy" she writes under her maiden name Jeraleen M. Ray in tribute to her parents who both made great sacrifices for her to live and survive. Praise Therapy is her first book and is "joyfully" dedicated to those who are struggling to find hope and answers that will produce a healthy "sane" mentality for them. 

In Praise Therapy she shares how she effectively used Integrated Biblical Mindfulness to overcome the down pull of shame, anxiety, depression, and fear while facing the challenges of single parenting multiple deaths, poverty, and the trauma of sexual and emotional abuse using integrated Biblical Mindfulness what she calls "Praise Therapy."

Jeraleen is the mother of four children and grandma to seven. Her mission and purpose are to develop skills of resilience and perseverance in as many human lives as possible and inspire faith for the praise and glory of God.