Rick Mendzef is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master's degree from Syracuse University. He is also a proud United States Army Veteran. Rick has over 30 years of experience across a wide variety of clinical settings ranging from Emergency Management to outpatient support and most recently supporting students and their families within the local public school system. Rick's approach to therapy is systems based and focuses on understanding the cognitive, emotional and behavioral patterns that block healing. In his free time, Rick enjoys staying active with his family, dogs and fostering rescue pups.