Jere Truer is a faculty member at the Adler Graduate School and has been in private practice as a therapist in the Uptown area of Minneapolis since 1993.  He serves people ranging from adolescence to retirement.  His specialty areas include trauma recovery, spirituality, addictions recovery, sexual addiction, sexual identity and grief.  He collaborates with his wife, therapist Lee Truer, in couples and family work.

Classes at AGS: 
Peer Counseling/Internship
Comparative Theories
Small Group

Professional Affiliations:
Minnesota Jung Association 
Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society

Workshops: 
Building Community and Leadership Through Storytelling and Drumming

Research Interests: 
Consciousness
Body-mind therapies
Complementary Medicine

Writing
Contributed a chapter about drum-making and self-help.
Johnson, Julie Tallard. The Thundering Years: Rituals and Sacred Wisdom for Teens, Pema Publications, 1999

What Brought You to Adlerian Psychology? 
In the mid-1970’s, Mr. Truer attended several workshops led by Adlerians Mim Pew and Bob Powers, among others.  “I was captivated by the open, fresh way of seeing people that did not seem arcane, dusty, and moldy,” he says. “It seemed practical and do-able.”  A decade later he read, The Courage to be Imperfect and thought, “This (AGS) is the grad school for me.  I’ve been imperfect ever since.”

Strengths as an Instructor: 
“I respect my students and I have respect for the background and experience each one brings to bear as they continue to develop their therapy skills and career.  I believe I listen well and will admit when I do not know something.  I always try to find resources for people and to help them develop their own resourcefulness.  I use humor a lot and draw on my hobby as a storyteller to illustrate my points.”

Contact Information:
Home: 612-721-8079
Work:  612-824-9745
Fax:  612-827-8916
Email: Truer02@iphouse.com

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