Biography of Robert Heard, MA, BCETS

Robert Heard has been involved in many ‘leading edge Programs’ during his Career from suicide to family therapy, from addictions to sexual assault and sexual abuse. During his career he has many distinctions;

• Appointment to Advisory Committee For The Minister of Community Welfare for
  South Australia
• Initiator and first Executive Director of CHIMO Personal Distress Intervention and Suicide counseling Service
• Participated in the committee that actuated the Caring Place
• Participation in the committee that eventually formed the first transition home
  for women (Nova Transition House).
• Co-led a multifamily group, the first of its kind in Western Canada.
• Reduction of completed suicides among adolescents in Western Canada.
• Resurrected Surrey/Langley Suicide Counselling Service and South Fraser
  regional Crisis Line.
• Invited to work with Sept 11, 2001 survivors in New York.
• Has worked successfully with many thousands of clients whom he has taken a great deal of pride in.

Mr. Heard earned his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Psychology, he earned his Masters of Arts Degree in Psychology. He is a Certified Addictions Therapist, a Certified Sexual Abuse Therapist and a Certified Family and Marriage Therapist. He has worked in most facets of the therapeutic system in included working in Australia for two Years. Further he has attended voluminous workshops and in-services training sessions of a multitude of related topics.

Robert Heard is married and has two children. He is very often described as a very caring and empathetic individual with a heart of gold.