The Family Attachment Center

John Trentalange, MA, LPC

John Trentalange, the founder and Executive Director of FACe, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, who specializes in attachment issues. John has worked with a diverse population of children, families, and individuals over a span of a couple decades. His career ranges in working as the only male in East Los Angeles at a shelter for abused women and children, working with the homeless population in Los Angeles and Seattle, teaching preschool and toddler programs at the University of Oregon, working as a research associate at Oregon Research Institute, working in therapeutic preschools for abused children, children of homeless parents, and a program for young children with special needs in the states of Oregon and Washington, working for Children Protective Services in Bellevue, Washington, creating life-books for foster-adopt children, working as a child advocate as well as an advocate for families. John participated on Washinton's Board with the state's experts for special cases while working at Children Protective Services. John also has experience with the courts conducting parent assessments, conducting therapeutic supervised visitation, working as a parent coordinator, writing evaluations for individuals who have had charges against them, as well as volunteering his time facilitating parenting through divorce workshops at the El Paso County Courthouse. John has worked in the foster care world providng therapy to foster children and foster-adopt families, conducting foster parent training, and working as a volunteer for Treehouse, a non-profit agency that raises funds for foster families. John has created an anti-bully program where all the children who were once acting aggressive are working out conflict peacefully as well as raising their academic grades. John has created Help Not Hurt programs where preschool children learn boundaries and how to get along with peers who exhibit negative behavior.

John Trentalange's philosophy is that most psychological issues including marital strife stem from unresolved childhood issues. Another philosophy of his is beneath your deepest darkest pain lies your essence, the person God created you to be, and your true purpose in life. He is known for demonstrating to parents that "Children will not always remember everything, but they will always remember how important they were to the people who are most important to them."

John considers himself a student of life and so he enjoys going to counseling for his own personal growth, reading, studying, and writing when he finds an opportunity to do so. He is a Christian who has a close relationship with God. He has explored other religions and forms of spirituality and so he feels connected to individuals regardless of their religious or educational background.

John has learned through studying human behavior, working on himself, counseling families, and lots of training, the connection between true success in an individual's life and that individual's internal infrastructure. John is passionate about partnering with parents in helping to build a strong infrastructure within every child.