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18 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 2010 AN INTERVIEW WITH IVANNA RICHARDSON by Irena Pyskir - Bilak (Oleksiuk) Ivanna (Martyniuk) Richardson is a licensed Professional Counselor and a Marriage and Family Therapis t. She is a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and numerous other professional organizations and has published articles and presented papers related to her work. Dr. Richardson was a long - time member of UNWLA Branch 51 in Mil waukee, Wisconsin, and served as branch president twice (1985 – 1989; 1995 – 1996). While residing i n Chicago she was a member of Branch 101. She currently resides in Virginia. Irena Pyskir - Bilak’s email interview with Dr. Richardson was conducted in September 2010. The interviewer, a member of Chicago Regional Council’s Branch 29, has known Dr. Richardson since the two were teenagers. Why did you choose the profession of psychologist and counselor? Well, it was not as if one day I said to myself: “Yes, I’m going to be a counseling psychologist!” My educational journey brought me into the field by stages. I was teaching high school English when I decided to go back to graduate school. Then I applied for and was awarded an NDEA (National Defense Education Act) Fellowship. The fellowship was for three years of doctoral study at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Because I was already an educator, I chose to apply to the College of Education with Counseling and Student Per - sonnel Administration as my m ajor. There was a cooperative program between the Education and Psychology Departments, and it was through my course work that I discovered I had an interest and affinity for working with people as a counselor. My internship at the Texas Tech Counseling Ce nter motivated me to pursue coursework in that specialty. There was another reason I continued to pursue this professional path. When I moved to Arkansas, I was employed as Director of Research and Planning for the Arkansas Department of Juvenile Services , a branch of the Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services. In this capacity, I saw first hand the needs of troubled young people who had to be placed in a state Training School for Juveniles, often at a very young age. The depart - ment developed pr ograms to aid youth and families in need, and counseling was an important com - ponent of these programs. I became a member of several professional organizations and was granted licensure as a Professional Counselor by the state of Arkansas. After my family and I moved to Wisconsin, I became active in Ukrainian community life. When the time was right, I began updating my credentials by taking courses at Marquette University and subsequently landed a job at a world - renown ed Mental Health Clinic in Milwaukee. T his experience was instrumental in opening up many doors for me, including dual licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Counselor in Wisconsin. I am also a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AA MFT). Your counseling is in varied fields but is mostly centered on the sacredness, safety, and security of the family. How and why do you consider this to be important in today’s society? I believe that the family is the foundation of a stable society. For most people, especially children, the family is a source of safety and security. This used Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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