Teya Dahle, MSW, LICSW, IMH-E®, is a licensed clinical social worker with a Certificate in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) from the University of Minnesota. For more than 25 years, Teya has committed to “holding” the experiences of young children, their caregivers and community helpers in equitable ways through IECMH direct practice, psychotherapy and reflective consultation/supervision in both rural and urban settings. Teya currently manages the State of Minnesota’s Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation System, is an IECMH course instructor for the University of Minnesota, a Diversity Informed Tenets facilitator and continues to provide mental health consultation to community partners including those in education, child protection/child welfare, public health and mental health.