Personal Statement

Richard is personally trained, licensed and appointed by Dr. John Gray (world renowned author and speaker). Richard is the Director of the first Mars & Venus Counseling Center in Bergen County and Northern New Jersey. He has been serving Bergen County as a practicing counselor/psychotherapist for more than 35 years.

The Mars & Venus Counseling Center is a small group private practice of talented and experienced counselors who are trained to address a wide range of presenting concerns. Each specializes in different areas of counseling, coaching, and psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, children, families, addiction, and couples. Each has their own distinct interests and has developed unique counseling styles that best enable them to connect with clients to reach their personal and interpersonal goals.

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Client Focus (Age)

  • Children (6 to 10)
  • Preteens/Tweens (11 to 13)
  • Adolescents/Teenagers (14 to 19)
  • Adults
  • Elders (65+)

Therapy Specialties

  • Alcohol Use
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Child or Adolescent
  • Coping Skills
  • Entitlement
  • Grief
  • Life Coaching
  • Narcissistic Personality
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Women's Issues

Treatment Orientation

  • Coaching
  • Eclectic
  • Gottman Method
  • Imago

Modality

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family

Accepted Insurance Plans

  • Aetna
  • AmeriHealth
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross
  • BlueCross and BlueShield
  • Cigna
  • Health Net
  • Highmark
  • Horizon Healthcare
  • Magellan
  • Oxford
  • UMR
  • United
  • United Behavioral Health
  • UnitedHealthcare

Years in Practice

20+ years

Videos

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Licenses

License Name License State Year
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) 44SC00040600 NJ 1994

Education

School Degree Major Year
New York University MSWSocial Work1979
Pennsylvania State University BSPsychology

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Office Address


Mars & Venus Counseling Center

Mars & Venus Counseling Center

691 Cedar Ln

Teaneck, New Jersey 07666

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