Terry Douglas Keepers

Terry Keepers was a tinkerer, a watcher of clouds, and lover of prairie vistas. After he retired from a thirty-five year career as a clinical psychologist, he filled his time writing, creating silver and gold jewelry, making drums and talking to the spirits. Terry's writing included poetry and books on psychology, but his favorite was his last book, Homesteading the Soul, A Spiritual Apprenticeship with a Prairie Grandfather. Terry, whose Ph.D. was from Case Western Reserve University, was the founding director of the Colorado Family Center. He conducted a private psychotherapy practice for twenty-five years. His interests, both professional and personal, included the study of spirituality in human development, shamanism, the exploration of dreams, and the role of shame in self-esteem. He loved art--including anything he could create with his hands--and music, both classical and the blues. His friends at St. John's Episcopal Church in Boulder were a special source of inspiration and strength for him during his long final illness.

Born in 1937, he was a native of Colorado and lived in Boulder with his wife, Sylvia. The two were married for 55 years.

Terry is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia Keepers, their son, Michael Crawford Keepers, and his sister, Karen Keepers Ward.