Pocket Fuse with Richard Keelan

Our host for Pocket Fuse is Richard Keelan, a mental health specialist with a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counselling. He has decades of experience serving adults, youth, children and their families. 

Presently, Richard is a Mental Health Community Care Navigator of the Central and Northwest NHS Trust.

He’s also worked in social work and mental health at Gasilano Children’s Hospital in Southwest Florida; directed a youth advocacy programme in New York; a systems advocate and clinician for Pediatric Behavioral Health; systems advocate and psychological consultant for North Worcester Psychological Consultants; social worker at St.Vincents Hospital for Psychiatry; clinician for assessment of those experiencing homelessness and living in shelters, systems, children and families advocate and pediatric primary care at the University of Massachusetts Medical School; advocate and clinician in schools, court, probation, outpatient therapy and psychiatry, and residential treatment programmes. All in New York, Massachusetts, and Florida. 

Richard is a seasoned speaker and teacher. He specializes in family systems and youth with autism spectrum disorders and Asperger’s Syndrome. He has developed and implemented award winning anti-stigma mental health campaigns in the United States. Richard found Unitarianism nearly 30 years ago and is a member of our Golders Green Congregation.