Our Team
United by a desire to bring our best — scientifically and relationally — to positively impact our community.
Taleshia Moss
DIRECTOR OF THERAPY SERVICES
Born out of healing from her own adverse childhood, Taleshia is a registered occupational therapist with a strong desire to provide high-quality, robust care to children and families. Her love for children led her to study and research brain development and sensory processing to promote neuroplasticity or rewiring of a child’s brain. Her unique approach utilizes a trauma-informed lens that is play-based and child-led, meeting each child where they are developmentally, cognitively, and emotionally. The belief that each child is created for a purpose and has the potential to lead a productive and successful life when provided with proper interventions such as love and community, is a passion that drives her work.
She is certified in sensory processing and received rigorous training from the Star Institute in Colorado and brings the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics TM developed by Dr. Bruce Perry to the Shalom therapy practice methodology.
The Neurosequential Network acknowledges that Taleshia Moss has completed NMT Training Certification through the Phase I level.
Jesse Chen
THERAPIST/DOCTORAL CANDIDATE
Born and raised in Michigan, Jesse is a doctoral candidate at Wayne State University in Counseling Psychology and is a doctoral temporary limited license psychologist in the State of Michigan. He began his journey to become a therapist after attending a year of law school just before the Covid pandemic emerged. He loves working with individuals, couples, and families and wishes to see them thrive in their relationships. He adopts an existential-humanistic approach to his clients, where the whole person is front-and-center.
He currently seeks to finish his doctoral program within about 3 years and hopes to become a fully licensed family and couples therapist in the future.
Christa Raju
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Christa brings a wealth of organizational, communication and creative experience to Shalom International. She spent a long career working as a Director of Creative Services at Wayne State University in Detroit before joining Shalom International.
Chris Ratcliff
FOUNDER
Chris founded Shalom International in 2025. He has a Master’s in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship at Moody Theological Seminary and has been accepted to Western Theological Seminary to pursue a Ph.D. in Spiritual Formation and Relational Neuroscience. Chris is a member of the Detroit Community Health Advisory Board and the lead pastor of Hope Community Church in Detroit. He and his wife, Amanda and their four children live in Detroit.