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DICK'S BIO

Dick Wulf, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Psychotherapist
Marriage and Family Skills Trainer and Coach
Team and Small Group Effectiveness Trainer, Consultant and Coach

Dick has over 43 years of experience as a psychotherapist and in small group and team leadership. He helps families, marriages and individuals.

Dick came to know the Lord Jesus Christ personally in 1960 while a freshman at the University of California at Berkeley. His B.A. from Cal was in Social Welfare. He then went on to get his Masters Degree in Social Work from the Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City, where his major course of study was Group Work.

Dick's work with groups was presented to all the professional group work community of New York City in 1967. It was then published in the book The Practice of Group Work edited by William Schwartz, the originator of the small group work model Dick teaches.

Dick has used the small group leadership skills he learned to break ground in many other areas, including stopping homosexual rape completely for four years at the military prison at Leavenworth. A few years later, as an administrator and eventually the Program Director of the Pikes Peak Mental Health Center, Dick utilized his small group leadership skills in program design, supervision, and project management to help with the building of that agency from one office to twenty-six. He has consulted where small group dysfunction threatened either survival of the company or large lawsuits.

Dick and his wife Jean own and operate a business to help families, marriages and kids through 15 Tool Kits. The business goes under various names to reach and help as many people as possible: The Great Relationships Store & hope2help.com & faith4real.com. One of the tool kits is being used throughout the whole state of Wyoming to teach families to communicate better.

Dick voluntarily directs The Lamb's Bride Project and operates a free Internet service to help pastors and small group leaders worldwide.

Dick has been an elder in the church for over 25 years. NavPress published his book Find Yourself - Give Yourself in 1983. It went through three printings and was one of the top five finalists for the best book written in 1983 in the category of "doctrine and theology". The book was published in Indonesia in 1985 and again this year, 2004. Dick served 3 years on the Board of Trustees of Covenant Seminary in St. Louis where he was also a popular guest lecturer. For two years Dick was the President of the Colorado Springs Association of Evangelicals. He has consulted to, among other Christian churches and organizations, including Youth for Christ, the Navigators and Campus Crusade for Christ. Dick Wulf is quoted in the Parents Resource Bible published by Tyndale House Publishers in 1995, page 1043, bottom of first column.

Dick is also the designer of the Christian game DragonRaid which is the opposite counterpart to secular fantasy role-playing. This game has helped bring an estimated 15,000 – 20,000 kids to the Lord and helped over 100,000 teenagers grow in their faith and mature into courageous Christians.

Dick is a professional Christian counselor and psychotherapist, a clinical social worker with over 42 years experience, especially in working with small groups. As stated earlier, he was the Program Director of one of America's largest mental health centers for many years. He has served on many community councils, boards and governmental committees, usually as the chairperson. He is the president of his neighborhood association where he is spearheading a deeper sense of community and neighbor helpfulness.

Dick has been president of the Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Association in Colorado Springs twice: back in the 70's and presently. He has also been active in church leadership positions for over 30 years.

Dick and Jean married in 1965. They have three daughters and three grandsons.



WHAT I LIKE TO DO THE VERY BEST

  • Help people overcome mental health problems and leave unhealthy diagnoses behind.
  • Help people believe in themselves either again or for the first time.
  • Help people stop thinking divorce and begin to really enjoy one another.
  • Help families understand and enjoy their times together.
  • Help parents do the right thing when faced with confusing situations or difficult teenagers and young adults.
  • Help angry people use that anger in a constructive way to help themselves and others.
  • Help people really enjoy life and be all they can be.

MY STRENGTHS AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED

  • Good at understanding pyschological and sociological dynamics of a person's problem situation.
  • Good at getting resistant people to work on their problems and relationships.
  • Good at problem-solving.  Known for my creativity.
  • Good at getting people to believe in themselves.
  • Good at lightening the load by viewing problems a bit more light-heartedly because they mean something, can be solved, and are useful for becoming a better and smarter and more effective person.
  • Sense of humor (we will laugh some).

MY WEAKNESSES

  • Not patient enough with clients who come primarily for emotional support rather than growing and solving problems.
  • Do not work with children under age 8. 
  • No specialty in addictions counseling. 
  • No morning appointments due to morning sickness caused by gall bladder removal years ago.
  • Sense of humor can be a little bizarre once in a while.

MY FAVORITE PASTIMES

  • Road trips with my wife Jean.
  • Doing things with my grandsons and visiting my daughters.
  • Sitting by streams and lakes in the mountains while writing or creating.
  • Creating things that might help people.

 
 

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