Teresa has spent most of her 28 years in an outpatient clinical setting treating orthopedic issues such as pre- and postsurgical patients, work injuries and sports sprains and strains. She lived in Seattle for eight years, spending four of those years working at a facility that was contracted with a local gymnastics club and a swim club with ages ranging from seven years old to 16 years old. Teresa moved back to Yakima in 2008 and spent four years working at Yakima Regional Hospital in all aspects of physical therapy; outpatient, acute care and ICU. While there she treated post op cardiac and thoracic surgeries, post-stroke rehabilitation, postsurgical patients that weren’t quite ready to go home, and some patients with traumatic brain injury. After working at Regional Hospital, she returned to her true love orthopedic outpatient therapy. She has worked with Therapeutic Associates West Valley and Selah Physical Therapy since 2013 and enjoys the challenge of such a wide variety of diagnoses.
As a Yakima native, Teresa and her husband enjoy kayaking, hiking, taking the RV wherever they can, spending time with family and quiet time in the garden.
The PT Cohort is a year-long program that includes four sessions (one per quarter). Each session includes a day of learning and professional development along with social events in the evening after each session.
The desired outcome of the PT Cohort is build connections with other PT and teammates, grow knowledge of the company, understand foundational clinical frameworks, learn about clinical growth opportunities, and feeling excited about the opportunity to align your role with your personal values.
We support therapists in building clinical practice skills such as differential diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Mentorship also supports therapists in building a general professional skillset, including leading a team, schedule management, optimizing workflows, interprofessional relationship building and personal education plan development.
Our program offers a 1:1 mentorship with a fellowship trained certified mentor, scheduled study groups, and monthly office hours.
The most comprehensive and intensive clinical education program that Therapeutic Associates (TAI) offers is our Orthopedic Residency Program. Our mission is to deliver a high quality and sustainable Orthopedic Residency Program that facilitates the development of advanced learner providers with superior orthopedic clinical management skills.
Our goal is to create practitioners who become Board Certified in Orthopedics and who obtain specialty certification in Manual Therapy (NAIOMT CMPT) to better serve our patients. Residents broadly gain orthopedic and manual therapy skills and may specifically focus on an area of clinical interest that directs projects and other work.
The TAI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship is an annual award offered to a minority who is currently attending or applying to a PT or PTA school and has been a TAI employee for at least 1 year, within the past 5 years.
The DE&I Bridging the Gap Scholarship will be awarded annually to 3 recipients in the amount of $1,500 per person.
Examples of a minority are but not limited to: Race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity/expression, religion, sexual preference, physical ability, age socioeconomic status, citizenship, weight, education, family or marital status.
This Employee Service Scholarship Program is intended to support TAI teammates who engage in charitable service. TAI wants to support our teammates’ involvement in this work through financial investment, and to learn from and share these experiences as living practice of our core values.
The James B. McKillip scholarship was established to support individuals pursuing a career in physical therapy and continue the growth of the profession. This scholarship seeks to honor Jim McKillip’s legacy and entrepreneurial heart by helping those looking to make a difference in the profession.
The McKillip family wishes to continue his legacy through the Jim McKillip scholarship. This scholarship seeks to support students who aspire to dedicate their careers to helping others as a physical therapy professional. This scholarship is held annually, with up to 6 scholarships awarded in the amount of $2,500 per person.
For employees that are eligible for the Student Debt Program and complete the requirements necessary to participate, Therapeutic Associates, Inc. will make payments directly to the employee’s selected eligible loan service provider.
This monthly payment made by Therapeutic Associates, Inc., is an additional payment designed to help employees pay their loans off faster and save on interest; employees are expected to continue making the minimum required monthly payments to their loan service provider even if their monthly payments are less than the program monthly payment.
TAI offers tuition advancement intended to supplement an employee’s existing financial support for professional development. The Pre-Professional Tuition Advancement Program is intended for existing employees pursuing a professional clinician pathway (DPT or PTA degree, most commonly).
TAI is committed to helping our team members achieve personal mastery through educational endeavors (and otherwise). Specifically, we offer financial support for committed learning programs and examinations that align with our core culture and competencies.
The post-professional program is for existing employees embarking upon a learning endeavor that goes well beyond an annual con-ed stipend such as fellowship programs, MBA, and specialty certifications.