Rate My Professor Brent Richardson

Dr. Brent Richardson is a Professor in the Department of Counseling at Xavier University, a role he has held since 2012, following positions as Associate Professor from 2002 to 2012 and Assistant Professor from January 1997 to 2002. He served as Chair of the Department of Counseling from 2010 to 2019. Dr. Richardson earned an Ed.D. in Professional Counseling from The College of William and Mary in February 1996, an Ed.S. in Professional Counseling from the same institution in July 1994, an M.Ed. in Counselor Education from Virginia Commonwealth University in July 1989, and a B.A. in Business Administration, cum laude, from Emory and Henry College in May 1985. Licensed as a professional clinical counselor-supervisor and school counselor in Ohio, he has maintained a private therapy practice in Cincinnati since August 2000, providing individual and family therapy primarily for at-risk adolescents and families. His extensive clinical career spans over two decades in diverse settings, including clinical director at Lutheran Family Services of Virginia (February 1994 to December 1996), adolescent therapist at Colonial Hospital and Recovery Center (December 1993 to February 1994), school counselor at King George High School (August 1988 to July 1991), and residential counselor and assistant director at Oakland School (August 1985 to August 1987).

Dr. Richardson's scholarly contributions center on counseling challenging youth, adolescent self-injury, foster care, and related interventions. He authored the book Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Way (Brunner-Routledge, 2001) and its revised edition Working with Challenging Youth: Seven Guiding Principles (Routledge, 2016). Key publications include Minimizing Social Contagion in Adolescents who Self-Injure: Treatment Considerations for Group Work, Residential Treatment, and the Internet (Journal of Mental Health Counseling, April 2012, with K.A. Surmitis and R.S. Hyldahl); Key considerations for using no-harm contracts with clients who self-injure (Journal of Counseling and Development, Winter 2011, with R. Hyldahl); Parenting Attitudes and Moral Development of Treatment Foster Parents: Implications for Training and Supervision (Child and Youth Care Forum, 1998, with V. Foster and C. McAdams); and Responding to the rise in self-injury among youth (Counseling Today, November 2014, with K.A. Surmitis). He has delivered refereed presentations and workshops, such as at the American Counseling Association Conference (March 2013) on minimizing social contagion in self-injuring adolescents and the Ohio Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors Annual Conference (April 2010) on no-harm contracts. Awards include the Star of Excellence Award for development and supervision of a Multisystemic Therapy program (2005) and the NCACES Outstanding Professional Teaching Award.