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Sex Addiction Specialists Team

Robert Hirsch, MSW, LCSW

After five years of counseling experience with private, public and state agencies in California, Massachusetts and Washington, Robert Hirsch opened his present practice, Hirsch Counseling and Consulting, in Greater Seattle in 1991.

While he specializes in the treatment of sexual addiction and deviance, he also performs parenting evaluations, anger assessments, and sexual deviancy evaluations for the courts. Robert's general practice includes individual, family and couples counseling.

As seminar leader, lecturer and consultant, his presentations have covered parenting issues, team building, crisis management, cultural diversity, stress management, addictions, sexual deviancy evaluation and treatment, and family reunification.

Performing emergency services, Robert has worked with Jewish Family Services in Seattle, has served as Crisis Counselor and Outpatient Therapist for the Island Counseling Center in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, was a therapist for Starting Point, in Hayward, California, where he assessed and treated adolescents and adults in the outpatient chemical dependency treatment program.

Education
M.S.W. 1985 with Honors, University of Michigan
Fields of Specialization: Sexuality, Family & Group Work

Certifications
ACSW. Member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers
LicSW. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Washington #LW4952,
since 1991
Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider, State of Washington #FCI02,
since 1991

Randy Green, MA

Hirsch Counseling and Consulting Associate Randy Green returned to private practice a year ago, following six years as Clinical Director for Relationships Toward Self Discovery, a community protection program in Arlington, Washington. He has offices in Arlington and Mukilteo and visits clients at Twin Rivers Correctional Facility in Monroe, WA.

As Relationships Clinical Director, he provided a wide variety of services. These included individual and group therapy for adults and adolescents with mild developmental disabilities and secondary mental health diagnoses, consultation and training for staff, compliance oversight, training and consultation for community protection agencies. He also attended and testified in court proceedings.

Randy's earlier experience includes serving as a mental health specialist for the adolescent psychiatric unit at Overlake Hospital, Bellevue, and practicing privately as a therapist with Kairos Counseling Center in Snohomish, where he provided individual and group treatment for adolescents and adults with sexual issues, survivors of sexual abuse and family therapy. He has also worked as a volunteer for Northwest Treatment Associates in Seattle and as Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor at Echo Glen Children's Center and Echo Glen's Nisqually Cottage in Snoqualmie, conducting group and individual treatment for adolescents.

Education
M.A. 1993 Psychology, Antioch University, WA
B.A. 1985 Sociology, University of Washington
A.A. 1978 Sociology, College of the Redwoods, CA

Certifications
Licensed Mental Health Counselor: #MH30003166
Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider: #FC00000176

Erik Bracht, MA

A graduate of Antioch Univeristy with a Master's degree in Psychology, Erik is a licensed mental health counselor with six years of experience working in the field of mental health counseling and addiction.

Underlying that experience is a fundamental aware- ness of the dynamics that create addiction as well as the systemic impact that addiction has on the people that matter most to the person struggling with addiction. As the coordinator for the Men's Resource Center at Western Washington University, Erik has thorough knowledge of and experience with the challenges unique to men.

Despite the challenges of the human condition, Erik brings an optimistic and positive approach to helping individuals meet the challenge that is personal growth. Through a combination of psychodynamic theory, family systems theory and cognitive behavioral methods, Erik is comitted to helping clients reach awareness of the dynamics that create imbalance and replace those behaviors with positive coping skills, and behaviors that establish a life lived in balance with contentment and joy.

Education
M.A. in Psychology, Antioch University

Certification
Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Francesca Licciardi, MA

Francesca has been a practicing psychotherapist in Seattle for the past four years. In her practice she supports clients who struggle with sex addiction, anxiety, depression, psychosomatic conditions and psychological vulnerabilities. Her approach helps discover what the core self is trying to express through its symptomatic behaviors.

Francesca works to support her client's authenticity by implementing various modalities of therapy. She utilizes an integrative approach by applying eclectic interventions such as motivational interviewing, gestalt therapy, CBT, existential, talk-therapy, and present-centered interventions. Using this approach better equips her to achieve a unique treatment style for each client, providing optimal bio-psycho-social growth.

Ms. Licciardi is Licensed as a Mental Health Counseling Associate (LMHCA) by the State of Washington and is a board certified Behavioral Specialist. Her MA in Integral Counseling from CIIS and a B.S. in Health Psychology from Bastyr University have equipped her with the skills necessary to address the complexities of mental health issues from a holistic and integrative perspective.

Education
MA, Integral Counseling, CIIS
B.S. in Health Psychology, Bastyr University

Certification
Licensed Mental Health Counseling Associate (LMHCA) State of Washington
Board Certified Behavioral Specialist

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