Russell Richard, Lcsw, Cart Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas

* Facilitate training courses to educators and school leaders designed to enhance their social emotional competencies.

Houston, Texas And Lake Charles, Louisiana

• Individual, couples and group psychotherapy and coaching.• Shadow Work® coaching.• Creator and writer for the Awareness in Action blog. • Areas of clinical expertise include: major life transitions recurring emotional and behavioral patterns addictions depression and anxiety couples distress the family of origin grief and loss anger management and resolution men's issues emotional intelligence and mastery

Houston, Texas

• Lead and facilitate various educational and experiential processes such as group discussions, games, guided visualizations, journaling, and individual process work as staff member for the New Warrior Training Adventure weekend. • Coordinate logistical needs for staff and participants and other activities occurring before, during and after the weekend training.

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Provide individual and group psychotherapy to clients receiving PHP/IOP services.

Houston, Texas

• Individual, couples and group psychotherapy and coaching.• Facilitate staff trainings to enhance employee skill and effectiveness.• Developer, coordinator and instructor for the New Start program- a series of psycho- educational courses to enhance overall functioning in the lives of clients. • Instrumental in the expansion of services to youth at the facility; including the planning and implementation of the Children’s Activity program, Teen Initiative and New Journey Program.• Collaborate with New Hope chemical dependency recovery program to develop and facilitate holiday relapse prevention groups. • Instituted a twice weekly problem solving/process group for clients participating in the New Hope chemical dependency recovery program.• Lead semimonthly meetings of clinical staff to improve performance and clinical effectiveness.• Collaborate regularly with management and team members regarding organizational and employee improvement strategies. • Provide supervision support for interns receiving clinical training.

Houston, Texas

*Facilitate training courses to business professionals to enhance personal and professional effectiveness.

Houston, Texas

• Provide weekly home-based therapy to adolescents residing in therapeutic group foster homes.• Responsible for care of youth in two sites, treatment planning, monthly interdisciplinary staffing meetings and all necessary documentation to ensure compliance with state regulations.

Houston, Texas

•Created and presented programs related to the Rwanda genocide and the commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. •Served as Emcee of the 2006 Annual Juneteenth Ally Awards Banquet.

Houston, Texas

•Co-facilitated a series of diversity workshops for the staff and faculty of Houston Community College. Course content included defining various forms of racism and exploring the manifestations of homophobia, xenophobia, sexism.

Houston, Texas

•A positive motivational radio program dedicated to empowering men to reach their full potential. The intention of the show was to create a forum in which men (and women) can speak openly and honestly about the challenges facing men in the modern era. Programming was designed to educate, motivate, and inspire men toward the development of their intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual capacities.

Houston, Texas

•Provided individual and family counseling to adolescents and families in the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department. •Consulted with Juvenile Probation Officers regarding probationer status and general continuity of care.

Houston, Texas

•Collaborated with school personnel, community leaders and parents to implements school-based social services within HISD schools. •Instituted staff development trainings, parenting classes, case management services and adult ESL classes within the initial year of the project.

Houston, Texas

•Executed intake assessments, the discharge process and general case management functions related to patient care. •Provided supportive counseling and education to patients and their families.

Lafayette, Louisiana

•Administered screening and assessment protocols to children and prospective volunteers for one-to-one matching. •Conducted agency orientations and workshops for volunteers and families. Instrumental in the development of the Partners in Building Success school-based mentoring program.

Clinical Social Work Fellow, Social Work

Msw, Social Work

Bs, Psychology