Betty Peralta taught in K-12 schools for 14 years in Seattle, The Dominican Republic, Kuwait, and Tanzania and became an infant and childhood mental health specialist at Navos in 2014.
She now works privately as a parent educator and coach for domestic violence shelters and family court dependency cases; reflective consultant for home-visiting agencies; and Interaction Specialist in her practice, ALTA: Alternative Learning and Therapeutic Avenues, where she works with individuals seeking relationship help with children, partners, and themselves. Betty trains on Facilitating Attuned Interactions (the FAN) with Cooper House
and provides equity, trauma-informed care, and self-care trainings using the NeuroRelational Framework for K-12 teachers, early childhood educators, and therapists around the state.
Betty received her BA from The Evergreen State College in 1992, her Masters In Teaching from Seattle University in 1999, and her Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling in 2014. She is endorsed by the Washington State Infant Mental Health Association and faculty advisor for the NeuroRelational Framework Institute.