Welcome to Erbacher Consulting Associates, PLLC
Training & Consultation in Suicide & Threat Risk School Crisis & more!
Helping youth, families, schools, and communities prevent and rebuild after tragedy
We are now booking for SUMMER!
Trainings now include conducting virtual suicide risk assessment and threat assessment.
For Pennsylvania schools, ACT 18 requires threat assessment teams be up and running by the 2021-2022 school year. This includes suicide assessment and intervention.
Book now for summer trainings!
Please email Dr. Terri at erbacherconsulting@gmail.com if you are interested in a training. We are booking up!
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Who We Are
Terri A. Erbacher, Ph.D.
Terri A. Erbacher, Ph.D.
Terri A. Erbacher, Ph.D. is a Certified School Psychologist and Licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania. She has practiced as a School Psychologist since 1999 and was a core School Psychology faculty member at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine from 2007 to 2020. She began her private practice in 2014 to be able to better serve schools and communities nationally.
Dr. Terri has vast experience as an author, distinguished speaker, consultant, and guest expert in the media, including NPR. Dr. Erbacher's expertise focuses on crisis management, trauma and PTSD, school mental health, threat assessment in schools, suicide prevention and risk assessment, and complicated grief/loss. She has written extensively on these topics in book chapters, journal articles, and newsletters, and is a health contributor for Philly.com. She is the lead author of the important and innovative text Suicide in Schools released in 2015.
Amongst many board roles, Dr. Terri is past President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, is past Chair of the Delaware County Suicide Prevention Task Force, and served on the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative. She currently serves as the Crisis Committee Chairperson for the Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania and has been active in the enactment of legislation including Act 71 and Act 18 in Pennsylvania. Dr. Erbacher is currently serving on the Pennsylvania Commission for Crime and Delinquency’s School Safety and Security Committee workgroups to develop both Act 18’s Trauma-Informed Care Model Approach Plan as well as Threat Assessment guidelines.
Her passion for helping children in crisis and training schools and mental health professionals has led to her receiving multiple awards for her service to the community including those from the Survivors of Suicide, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Delaware County Intermediate Unit. Dr. Erbacher has received a commendation for her service from the Delaware County Council and has previoulsy been named Pennsylvania's School Psychologist of the Year.
A New England native, Dr. Erbacher now resides in Delaware County with her wonderful daughter and dog.
Education
Dr. Erbacher received both her master's and doctoral degrees in School Psychology from Temple University. She has earned a Grief and Loss Specialization Certificate from Widener University and a School Suicide Prevention Specialist Certificate from the American Association of Suicidology. She is a trainer for NASP's PREPaRE Model of crisis response as well as for the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG).
Our Mission
Our misson is to help youth, families, schools, and communities prevent and rebuild after tragedy. When I lost my father to suicide, I told myself that I could not let his death be in vain and that led to a career shift for me. This has been an amazing journey that I could not have done without all who have supported me along the way! We believe it takes a village and together...we can save lives.
You are not alone: We promise to share this journey with you every step of the way.