T i n a K a r a g u l i a n |
Tina Karagulian is an author, poet, artist, workshop facilitator, and spiritual director. She has over twenty years experience as an
individual therapist in private practice, combining collage and poetry to assist women in finding their inner voice and express their
calling and purpose within their lives. Her choice to become a therapist began as a young Armenian girl trying to make sense of
the emotional effects of the Armenian genocide upon her family and culture. Her journey to understand post-traumatic stress led
her to study various counseling perspectives, creative expressions, and spiritual traditions. Through poetry, writing, and speaking,
she is inspired to promote peace, creativity, and reconciliation.
Tina's education includes a Bachelor's degree in Clinical Psychology, a Masters Degree in Social Work, and study in Spiritual
Direction with Direction Ministries at the Oblate School of Theology, as well as The Center for Spiritual Growth and the
Contemplative Life. For many years, Tina taught computer and UNIX operating system classes at as a corporate trainer, and since
1998 has provided workshops that promote creativity, spirituality, and self-awareness in Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas.
In 1986 and 1991, Tina edited two issues of Side by Side, a periodical devoted to equality for women within the Armenian Apostolic
Church, and facilitated an Armenian women's conference in New Jersey in March of 1991. She created and edited Recipes from
the Heart, a book of recipes donated by Harcourt employees and inspirational quotes by Ralph Ransom, author of Steps on the
Stairway. Sales supported Home Comforts, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those with mental illness establish
and maintain their own homes.
Her poems and her personal story entitled Lessons from the Ancestors are included in the PeaceCENTER's 2008 book Insights on
the Journey: Trauma, Healing, & Wholeness, An Anthology of Women's Writing, edited by Maureen Leach, OSF. Four of her prayers
have been included in Morehouse Publishing's 2009 anthology Lifting Women's Voices: Prayers to Change the World. Women of
all ages include prayers on issues of poverty, women's empowerment, and the power of faith to bridge cultural and economic
differences. Tina's prayer entitled My heart is Full is included in Sustaining Abundant Life, a women's prayer and poetry project that
supports Women and the Well House ministries in San Antonio, Texas.
Tina Karagulian's prayers, poetry, and stories are included in her spiritual memoir It Is Time and New Skin, both available
November 2011 through Black Rose Press. Tina is available for speaking engagements, retreats, and workshops, combining
creativity and spirituality.
individual therapist in private practice, combining collage and poetry to assist women in finding their inner voice and express their
calling and purpose within their lives. Her choice to become a therapist began as a young Armenian girl trying to make sense of
the emotional effects of the Armenian genocide upon her family and culture. Her journey to understand post-traumatic stress led
her to study various counseling perspectives, creative expressions, and spiritual traditions. Through poetry, writing, and speaking,
she is inspired to promote peace, creativity, and reconciliation.
Tina's education includes a Bachelor's degree in Clinical Psychology, a Masters Degree in Social Work, and study in Spiritual
Direction with Direction Ministries at the Oblate School of Theology, as well as The Center for Spiritual Growth and the
Contemplative Life. For many years, Tina taught computer and UNIX operating system classes at as a corporate trainer, and since
1998 has provided workshops that promote creativity, spirituality, and self-awareness in Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas.
In 1986 and 1991, Tina edited two issues of Side by Side, a periodical devoted to equality for women within the Armenian Apostolic
Church, and facilitated an Armenian women's conference in New Jersey in March of 1991. She created and edited Recipes from
the Heart, a book of recipes donated by Harcourt employees and inspirational quotes by Ralph Ransom, author of Steps on the
Stairway. Sales supported Home Comforts, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those with mental illness establish
and maintain their own homes.
Her poems and her personal story entitled Lessons from the Ancestors are included in the PeaceCENTER's 2008 book Insights on
the Journey: Trauma, Healing, & Wholeness, An Anthology of Women's Writing, edited by Maureen Leach, OSF. Four of her prayers
have been included in Morehouse Publishing's 2009 anthology Lifting Women's Voices: Prayers to Change the World. Women of
all ages include prayers on issues of poverty, women's empowerment, and the power of faith to bridge cultural and economic
differences. Tina's prayer entitled My heart is Full is included in Sustaining Abundant Life, a women's prayer and poetry project that
supports Women and the Well House ministries in San Antonio, Texas.
Tina Karagulian's prayers, poetry, and stories are included in her spiritual memoir It Is Time and New Skin, both available
November 2011 through Black Rose Press. Tina is available for speaking engagements, retreats, and workshops, combining
creativity and spirituality.
| Photograph by Marcy Maloy. Reprinted with permission. |