What is Inner Balance
Inner Balance brings youth and parents together through fun and engaging activities as well as proven group discussion and therapeutic techniques.
Our mission is to strengthen youth through connection, relationships, self worth and therapeutic approaches to create inner balance. We strive to equip today's youth with the proper tools to successfully navigate their teen years and succeed as mindful, motivated and balanced adults.
Erin Harper- CEO and
Activities Director
Inner Balance was started by Erin Harper. Erin earned a degree in Family, Consumer and Human Development. Prior to becoming a mother, she worked in youth residential treatment centers and in the Utah Government's Early Head Start program as a Family Educator.
Through years of working with troubled youth she noticed a lack of tools and programs around learning communication, self balance, and the importance of giving kids the proper tools before they get in crisis. This realization grew personal when Erin became a parent herself and saw the constant trials that youth, even before their teen years, are facing today. She decided to seek out partnerships as well as a therapy curriculum that might help with this problem.
Eventually this passion project aimed at helping her own daughter, transformed into Inner Balance which strives to help parents and youth work together to build strong relationships and build the mental resilience they need in the world today.
Cassaundra Bess- CEO and
Therapy Director
Cassaundra Bess, LCSW has been a clinical mental health therapist for over 15 years. She started by focusing her Master’s degree in working with youth 12-18 years old. Since then, her work with youth and young adults in residential treatment, school settings and private practice has continued to drive her passion to help in fostering healthy connection between youth and their parents and community. It is her belief that we all are able to thrive as we learn to connect in healthy ways with ourselves, others and a greater purpose beyond ourselves. Cassaundra has written curriculum for suicide prevention programs, presented for many youth and parent gatherings, founded a company focused on parent coaching, and continues to look for ways to prevent and address the mental health struggles that we face here in our area and in the world abroad.
