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 41 years of experience as a psychotherapist and in small group and team
leadership. He helps families, marriages and individuals.
Dick
received his B.A. in Social Welfare from the University of California at Berkeley
in 1965. His Masters Degree in Social Work is from the Columbia University School
of Social Work in New York City (1967), where his major course of study was Group
Work.
Dick's
work with groups in the South Bronx of New York City was the one student example
of group work 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 group work model Dick teaches.
Dick
has used the group work skills he learned to break ground in many areas, including
stopping homosexual rape completely for four years at the military maximum security
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He also used group work (therapy) to help
the angriest, most assaultive prisoners leave solitary confinement and get on
with their lives.
Dick
Wulf moved to Colorado Springs in 1969 to be a group therapist at the Pikes Peak
Mental Health Center. Soon, Dick became the Program Director of the Pikes Peak
Mental Health Center, supervising the clinical programs of all 26 offices.
While
at Pikes Peak Mental Health, Dick also served on many community councils, boards
and governmental committees, often as the chairperson. Dick has consulted to many
organizations, often where team dysfunction threatened either survival of a company
or huge lawsuits.70's and presently.
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.
In
1983, Dick authored a book titled Find Yourself - Give Yourself. It went
through three printings and was one of the top five finalists for the Gold Medalion
Award by the Christian Booksellers Association.
Dick
is also the designer of the game DragonRaid, a role-playing game that teaches
Christian principles, helpful behavior and problem-solving skills.
Dick
and his wife Jean, also a psychotherapist, have The Great Relationships Store
which publishes and sells 13 relationship-building products.
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.
- Design
ways to get things done
for the betterment of
people.
- 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
early 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.
