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Richard Beck, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAGPA
is a Psychotherapist in Private Practice in New York City.

Areas of expertise include:

Relationships
Trauma
Grief Counseling
Couples Therapy
Group Therapy
Incest & Sexual Abuse
Substance Dependence and Abuse
Organizational Consultation

Richard has conducted well over 1000 hours of disaster trauma groups after September 11th and Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita. Richard trains therapists in the treatement of trauma and also has presented on Therapist's Secondary Trauma.

Trauma has many faces in peoples lives: It is the face of a couple struggling with their relationsip; it is the face of a student struggling with their acedemic issues; it is the face of dealing with a loved one after their accident or one's own accident and readjustment to life; it is the face of not being heard or understood by ones loved ones, parents, friends or colleagues. It is the face of abuse that children suffered in silence as they grew up.
It is the face of someone using substances to deal with overwhelming feelings.

In the course of therapy, these experiences are worked on at each person's pace, and put into a context that can allow that experience not to define the person, but become part of their history.

Therapy is a process, and working through all of these traumas involves developing a sense of trust and safety during the course of treatment with me.

Richard's Faculty Positions included the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health,the Training Institute for Mental Health, the Long Island Consultation Center and the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society;
Community Outreach Co-Chair, AGPA
Editor of the Affiliate Society Column of the AGPA Group Circle;
Managing Editor of ISSUES in Group Psychotherapy;
Publishes contemporary articles in the field of psychotherapy and trauma;
Moderated in 2004 an International Symposium on Bereavement in Group Following Traumatic Events;
Authored an AGPA Module on the Treatment of Trauma in Group
Richard has authored a Trauma Training Module on the Treatment of Trauma in Group,
Co-authored a Trauma Protocol on the Treatment of Witnesses, Survivors and Family Members of Traumatic Events
His journal article entitled, "In the Belly of the Beast: Traumatic Countertransference" received the Alonso Award for the best paper in Group Therapy in 2007.

Richard also organized national and international conferences on Individual and Group Psychotherapy.

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