DR. KAREN BERGSTROM
Press kit, 2026 · drkarenbergstrom.com

NAME
Dr. Karen Bergstrom on first reference, Dr. Bergstrom after.

BIOGRAPHY FOR ORGANIZATIONS, ABBREVIATED
Dr. Karen Bergstrom is a psychologist, executive coach and professor with 35 years of practice. As Director of Leadership at Townsend Leadership Group, she trains and certifies leaders in the TPRAT and helps executives and teams grow through safe relationships, truth and the steady development of character.

BIOGRAPHY FOR ORGANIZATIONS, EXTENDED
Dr. Karen Bergstrom is a psychologist, executive coach and professor who helps leaders grow in character and in relationship. For 35 years she has worked alongside executives, leadership teams and boards, with organizations ranging from Taco Bell and Microsoft to five state human services departments across the West.

As Director of Leadership at Townsend Leadership Group, she trains and certifies facilitators in the TPRAT, the Townsend Personal and Relational Assessment Tool. The TPRAT measures four life capacities, attachment, separation, integration and adulthood, and was validated in a study of 1,145 participants that streamlined it from 64 questions to 20. She leads year-long TLP cohorts, executive group coaching and experiential workshops that turn what leaders learn about themselves into lasting change.

Her work rests on a simple conviction: people do not grow in isolation. Most of her talks pair with a follow-up workshop, so what people see on the day becomes growth. She is the creator of the Relational Quotient (RQ) and is based in Orange County, California.

BIOGRAPHY FOR CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES, ABBREVIATED
Dr. Karen Bergstrom is a psychologist, executive coach and professor who has spent 35 years helping pastors, church staffs and ministry leaders grow in character and in relationship. As Director of Leadership at Townsend Leadership Group, she trains and certifies leaders in the TPRAT.

BIOGRAPHY FOR CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES, EXTENDED
Dr. Karen Bergstrom is a psychologist, executive coach and professor who has spent 35 years walking alongside leaders as they grow in character and in relationship. Pastors, church staffs and ministry leaders make up much of that work, in churches and ministries such as Mariners Church, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Cru and Bethany Christian Services.

As Director of Leadership at Townsend Leadership Group, she trains and certifies facilitators in the TPRAT, an assessment of four life capacities: attachment, separation, integration and adulthood. Its theoretical base draws on neuroscience, object relations, cognitive behavioral theory, leadership research and spiritual growth models.

She believes people do not grow in isolation. They grow through safe relationships, truth, repair, boundaries and the steady development of character. She speaks at churches, retreats and leadership gatherings, and leads cohorts and workshops for church staffs and ministry teams. She is based in Orange County, California.

INTRODUCTION FOR HOSTS (read aloud, about 30 seconds)
Dr. Karen Bergstrom is a psychologist, executive coach and professor who has spent 35 years helping leaders grow in character and in relationship. She is Director of Leadership at Townsend Leadership Group, where she trains and certifies leaders in the TPRAT. Please welcome Dr. Karen Bergstrom.

SIGNATURE TALKS
1. The four life capacities
2. Boundaries for leaders and pastors
3. Relational health in organizations
4. Growing through failure and loss
Formats: keynote, retreat, leadership day, follow-up workshop.

QUOTES
"People do not grow in isolation. They grow through safe relationships, truth, repair, boundaries, and the steady development of character."
"We become more fully human in the presence of people who know how to see us, draw us out, and give us what we need to grow."
"I don't want to just see something in people while speaking places and say 'bye,' but want to help them see it and also how to grow."

BOOKING
drkarenbergstrom.com/#contact

MARKS
TPRAT and the TPRAT materials belong to Townsend Leadership and Dr. John Townsend. RQ and Relational Quotient are marks of Dr. Karen Bergstrom.
