Kathy Richardson, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kathy Richardson is a native of South Jersey who has lived in Lancaster, PA since 2001. She has worked in social services for over 20 years in a variety of roles including a case manager for people living with HIV and AIDS, an in-home counselor working with families involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, and as a school based therapist in the Harrisburg City public school district.

In addition, she spent many years working as a clinical therapist and supervisor in community mental health, supervising a number of new graduates through the licensure process. She is currently working in a private practice where she sees children as young as 2 years old along with teenagers, adults, couples, and families. She has taught at the graduate level at as both a Teaching Assistant at Loyola University Maryland and as an Adjunct at Shippensburg University.

Dr. Richardson is a Registered Play Therapy-Supervisor and incorporates expressive and play therapies into all areas of her work. She adheres to a Humanistic approach to treatment, viewing clients as whole persons: mind/body/spirit, rather than a sum of their symptoms. A long-time adherent of Trauma Informed Care, she is passionate about this way of working with others and advocates for community systems of care to respond in a more trauma-sensitive manner.

Contact Information

kathleen.richardson@rosemont.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Counselor Education and Supervision; Pastoral Counseling focus
- Loyola University
MA, Counseling
- Montclair State University
BA, English
- University of Connecticut

Professional Certification and Licensure

Registered Play Therapist, Supervisor (RPT-S): March 2011
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC): January 2005
Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)): October 2004

Professional Organizations

American Counseling Association (ACA)
Association for Play Therapy (APT)
Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)

Publications

Fenzel, L.M., & Richardson, K.D. (2018). Use of out-of-school time with urban young adolescents: A critical component of successful NativityMiguel schools. The Journal of the International Society for Educational Planning, 25, 25-32.
Fenzel, LM, & Richardson, K.D. (2019) Supporting continued academic success, resilience, and agency of boys in urban Catholic alternative middle schools. Journal of Catholic Education, 22, 1-23.
Walsh, D., Richardson, K.D., Tyslova, M., Guri, W., Brown, I.T., & O’Grady, K.A. (2020). The death of an academic department: Senselosing and sacred loss. (Awaiting publication in the Journal of Catholic Education; 2020 publication was delayed due to COVID 19).