01/30/2026
✨Therapist Spotlight ✨ Meet Rich Ford, CPSS, LAPC
Rich is a mental health professional who has spent over 20 years helping people navigate life’s challenges and is excited to bring that experience into a dedicated counseling role. His career has taken him from leading large behavioral health teams to sitting one-on-one with individuals and families, always with the same goal: to listen without judgment, offer practical tools, and create a space where people feel truly heard.
He has worked in settings ranging from residential treatment centers to community programs and medical clinics, supporting people through trauma, chronic illness, recovery, and major life transitions. Along the way, he has learned that real change happens when we focus on strengths, build trust, and collaborate as partners in the healing process.
Rich’s training and practice include trauma-informed care, working with both perpetrators and survivors of domestic violence, and crisis intervention. He also has experience in addressing deviant sexual behavioral problems, is trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, brief solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing, and peer support supervision. But more than anything, he brings compassion, curiosity, and a belief that everyone has the capacity to grow.
