Richard’s background is in ministry; he trained for pastoral ministry in the 1980s and ended up as senior pastor of a multi-staff church in suburban Brisbane in the first decade of this century. Richard completed a Masters in Counselling in 2012 and established his own private practice in 2013.

As well as working in private practice, Richard is an Ambassador of the Centre for Men and Families Australia (www.cfma.org.au).

He is a clinical member of CCAA and PACFA.

Richard has done specialised training in a very powerful trauma therapy (The Richards Trauma Process), neuropsychotherapy, in relationship counselling and working with men.