Faculty/Staff

• Chair, Professor, Department of Counseling, School Counseling Program (Graduate)
• Chair, Professor, Department of Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Graduate)
• Chair, Professor, Department of Counseling

Biography:

Dr. Brent Richardson, Chair of the Department of Counseling, is a licensed clinical counselor and a licensed school counselor, holds a doctorate in Counselor Education from the College of William and Mary. He is the author of Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Way (2001). Dr. Richardson has worked for over 20 years as a counselor, therapist, and administrator with at-risk youth and families in a variety of diverse settings including a treatment foster care agency, an inner city emergency shelter, a rural high school, a family counseling center, a psychiatric hospital, and a residential special education school. For the past several years, he has conducted numerous local, regional, and national workshops related to challenging youth.

 To view Dr. Richardson's vita, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on RESUME.