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.