Guy S. Strawder, LMFT, LPC
Guy Strawder is the Co-founder and Managing Member of Revelations Counseling & Consulting, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. He has more than 35 years of operations, policy and leadership experience within the federal healthcare sector with specialization in the Military and Veteran Health Systems. Guy is a current Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Supervisor for residents at the company’s clinical practice where he applies family systems theory and cognitive-behavioral interventions for individual counseling (ages 13 years and older) to treat anxiety, depression, addictions, and relational problems in the counseling of families and couples. As a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army with prior combat deployments, Guy often counsels military service members and veterans regarding adjustment disorders, acute stress, post-traumatic stress, and other mental health issues. The company was founded for the specialized care of populations that serve in the Armed Forces, law enforcement, fire and rescue, and other hazardous occupations—including the care of the family system. In addition to his counseling practice, Guy also provides professional consulting to several client organizations in the following market areas: mental health counseling services; clinical services delivery; health information technology; military family quality-of-life services; veteran social services; career transition and employment; wounded warrior care; and support to one of the country’s largest academic health centers. His previous commercial sector experience includes assignment as a lead corporate executive for one of the nation’s largest occupational health services firms, and vice president for a program management company in the National Capital Area where he was responsible for the oversight of several Department of Defense health programs.
Before his retirement from the Army in 2006, Guy was Director of TRICARE Prime Operations, the agency responsible for providing healthcare to enrollees in the Defense Department’s managed care health plan. From 2001 to 2004, he was the senior military advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) where he assisted in strategic medical planning for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, interagency planning for the nation’s defense against chemical and biological terrorism, and health plan administration and benefits design for the nine million beneficiaries of the TRICARE health plan. Guy served with the 82d Airborne Division and commanded the largest medical company in the XVIII Airborne Corps during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and he was also an operations and intelligence officer for the planning and execution of numerous contingencies, including Operations Golden Pheasant (Honduras and Nicaragua) and Just Cause (Panama). Due to his diverse experiences from military service, public service, and private sector assignments, he was invited in 2007 to present conceptual solutions to the President’s Commission on the Care of America’s Returning Wounded Warriors (Dole-Shalala Commission). He has also published and contributed to several articles related to military medicine in journals that include Joint Forces Quarterly, Proceedings, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and Army Logistician. He is the recipient of three Telly awards and an international videographer award for his work on training and education films sponsored by the DoD. His military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Bronze Star, and the Meritorious Service Medal (3).
Guy now resides in Fredericksburg, Virginia where he and his spouse often work as co-therapists in treatment of couples. In addition to a Master of Arts in marriage and family therapy from Liberty University, he also holds a Master in healthcare administration from the University of North Carolina, and he is a resident graduate of the US Army Command & General Staff College. He is a certified medical laboratory scientist with the American Society of Clinical Pathology, and a board-certified healthcare executive with the American College of Healthcare Executives.
You can reach Guy at:
540-602-2545
or
contact@revelationscounseling.org
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