Ricardo Eldridge

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• • Born 1971

• • U.S. American with japanese roots

• • Married

• • Father of two children (adult son, school aged daughter)

• • Extensive experience in the area of child and youth welfare in stationary setting under §34 SGB VIII (Fosterhome and residential school)

• • Extensive experience in the area of non-residential youth care services under §30 SGB VIII (educational wardship) as well as §35 SGB VIII (Intensive social education and individual care)

• • Freelance work as pedagogue for youth Services

• • Freelance work as systemic consultant

• • Non-medical practitioner for psychotherapy

• • Lecturer at the Academy for Psychotherapy in Schwetzingen

• • Member in the association of free psychotherapist, non-medical psychotherapy, psychological counsellors

Qualifications
Vocational Training

• • Dual training to youth educator (2000-2003) – Catholic technical college for social affairs in Heidelberg. After the successful completion of the training in 2003, I received the state certification from the regional council Karlsruhe.

Advanced training

• • Systemical consulting – University of Mannheim by Prof. Büschges-Abel (2009)

• • Systemical therapy – Academy for psychotherapy Schwetzingen (2016)

• • Non-medical practitioner for psychotherapy – Academy for psychotherapy Schwetzingen (2016)

• • Licence to practice medicine, in the field of psychotherapy, issued from the district administration Karlsruhe (2016)