The Sound Mind Life
Listening Therapy, Coaching, Consulting & Intensives
The Sound Mind Life is here to help you move forward in your journey. Together, we’ll help you “work it out” and “walk it out”, taking the next steps toward a balanced, grounded, aligned life. Coaching offers an alternative approach for those seeking meaningful change outside of traditional therapy.
To get started, schedule a free 20-minute consultation.
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What We Offer
Listening Therapies
Now offering gentle, evidence-based auditory tools, including Rest & Restore Protocol (RRP) and Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP), to support nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and deeper healing. Delivered by a certified provider.
Coaching, Consulting & Intensives
Teri Watts holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology and will walk alongside you as you discover the “who”, “what” and “why” of how you got to this point, and empower you to move forward in your process with clarity and wholeness. Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating change, or seeking growth, Teri will guide you toward meaningful change.
What is The Sound Mind Life?
A Space for Growth Beyond Traditional Therapy
The Sound Mind Life is an extension of The Sound Mind, imagined and created to offer tools and encounters that support personal growth and create lasting change beyond traditional therapy practices. Whether you're facing a major life transition, looking to strengthen your relationships, or seeking new ways to feel grounded and present, The Sound Mind Life provides practical solutions to reconnect with yourself and move forward with intention.
To get started, schedule a free 20-minute consultation.
Guiding you toward clarity, transformation, and wholeness
Meet Your Coach
Teri Watts, MA, LMFT
Teri Watts, MA, LMFT, is a trauma-informed coach, therapist, and consultant who helps individuals, leaders, and practitioners move through transition, burnout, and healing with clarity, courage, and compassion. With over a decade of experience as a therapist and more than 30 years as an entrepreneur in business and leadership, she brings a powerful mix of clinical training, practical business sense, lived experience, and spiritual insight to every session.
Teri is certified in EMDR and trained in Brainspotting, and a variety of brain/body practices. But more than that, she is deeply human. Someone who has faced trauma, endured brokenness, and rebuilt with resilience, her greatest strength lies in her ability to truly see people, to witness their stories without judgment, and to help them name what's real so they can move forward with intention.
She speaks truth with grace, offers tools that work in the real world, and shows up fully ready to walk with you through the mess and the mystery. Whether you're stuck, seeking change, or pursuing growth, Teri is here to help you tune in, take action, and move toward a life that feels more authentic, honest, and aligned.
To get started, schedule a free 20-minute consultation.
Why Choose an Alternative to Therapy?
Not everyone needs or wants traditional therapy. Alternatives like coaching, consulting, and somatic-based support offer a flexible, empowering way to work through life’s challenges without the structure or clinical focus of therapy. Alternatives to therapy are ideal for high-functioning individuals navigating burnout, leadership fatigue, or life transitions that don’t fit neatly into a clinical diagnosis.
Our Alternative Services Provide:
Personalized Support Without a Diagnosis
Focused, Goal-Oriented Sessions
Self-Paced, Online, and Nationwide Support
Faster, More Flexible Options
Real-World Tools Rooted in Lived Experience
A Safe Space for Truth, Growth, and Forward Movement
No Insurance Needed
Coming Soon
Self-Paced Support for
a Regulated Life
We’re working on a collection of self-paced digital offerings to support your journey covering nervous system education, daily regulation practices and more. Join our waitlist to be the first to know when they launch.
