updated as of January 2018

1. RICHARD A. GRIGGS, M.S., L.P.C. (#0013996)
Certified solution focused practitioner
Phone: (847) 254-7102
E-mail: richard.griggs@my.rfums.org
EDUCATION
2012: M.S. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL
Major- Psychology: Clinical Counseling
2009: B.S. Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Major- Psychology
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
June 2016-current Full-Time Clinical Therapist
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center- Outpatient Services, Chicago, IL
Behavioral Health Services provides clinical intakes and outpatient services to children,
adolescents, and adult populations within the Chicagoland community. Primary
responsibilities include: facilitating individual, family, and group therapy, performing
case management and utilization review duties, conducting psychosocial assessments,
providing treatment for crisis counseling, evaluating risk and determining appropriate
level of care, supervising interns and externs across services, and actively participating in
team meetings, consultations, and continued professional development and training.
2015-2016 Full-Time Therapist
Norwegian American Hospital- Inpatient Adult Treatment, Humboldt Park, IL
Norwegian American inpatient care facilitates adult and geriatric populations in
recovering from mental health crises. Patients commonly present with symptoms of
depression, anxiety, bi-polar, schizophrenia, and substance use. Primary responsibilities
include: leading therapeutic, skills, and psychoeducational groups, individual counseling,
conducting psychosocial assessments, physical and verbal de-escalation, direct patient
care, participating in daily multi-disciplinary team meetings, and milieu management.
2012-2015 Full-Time Mental Health Counselor
Alexian Brothers Hospital- Inpatient Youth Services, Hoffman Estates, IL
Alexian Brothers inpatient youth services assists adolescents ages 11-18 who are in need
of mental health stabilization. Patients commonly present with symptoms of depression,
anxiety, bi-polar, schizophrenia, oppositional defiant, school refusal, and substance use.
Responsibilities included: implementation of DBT materials and DBT skills group
programming to the unit, leading therapeutic and skills groups, individual counseling,
brief family counseling, physical and verbal deescalation, direct patient care, proactive
communication with treatment team, clinical documentation, co-facilitating medication
education, intake assessments, and milieu management.

2. 2011-2012 (800 hours of experience) Internship
Vista West Hospital, Psychiatry Department, Waukegan, IL
Vista West provides inpatient and outpatient services for adults and adolescents in the
Lake County area. Patients commonly presented with diagnoses of depression, anxiety,
bi-polar I & II, schizophrenia, oppositional defiant, and secondary substance use. Both
inpatient and outpatient services focused on helping the patient establish mood
stabilization and increase functioning. Responsibilities included: intake assessments, case
management, creating and implementing treatment plans with clients, co-leading group,
individual, and family counseling, discharge planning, and leading psychoeducational
groups.
2011-2012 (265 hours of experience) Internship
Head Start Program, Waukegan, IL
Head Start is a program of the United States department of Health and Human Services.
Head Start programs provide education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement
services to low-income children and their families. Children range from the age of three
to five years old. The goal of an extern is to test children using a development assessment
to screen for a potential for delay. Additionally externs will observe children who have
been flagged for further observation and come up with behavioral plans. Responsibilities
included: administering the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning 3
(Speed Dial); writing behavioral assessments of children receiving the Speed Dial; assist
in direct school interventions and prepare behavioral plans for referred children; and
assessment of teachers using the CLASS teaching protocol.
Certifications
2017: Certified Solution Focused Practitioner
Teaching Experience
2008- 2009: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant; Physiological Psychology
Professional Affiliations
2011-2012: Vice-President of Graduate Association for Students in Psychology
2008-2009: Member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
2007-2009: Member and Vice-President of Psi Chi, National Psychology Honor Society
2005-2009: Member of Pi Kappa Alpha Social Fraternity

3. Research Experience and Interests
2010 – 2011: Assisted Helen Wilson, PhD., in continuing to research violence exposure
in urban African American women. Responsibilities included reviewing academic articles
and assisting in obtaining IRB approval. Also assisted Tiffany Brakefield, M.A., in
conducting structured interviews and entering/managing data for her study on sleep and
obesity in an urban, African-American adolescent population.
2007- 2010: Assisted Timothy Koeltzow. PhD in establishing an animal research
laboratory at Bradley and participating in research focused on drug abuse. My
responsibilities included: Animal care, self-administration surgeries, behavioral testing
(open field, T-maze, black/white chamber), heparin flushing, and cocaine self-
administration.
2006-2007: Assisted Marjorie A. Getz, MA, MPhil, in collecting and analyzing data from
four studies related to childhood injuries and neonatal nutrition.
Awards and Scholarships
2009: Carl E. Smith Award for Outstanding Graduate Bound Student
2008: Sherry Endowment for Collaborative Student/Faculty Projects in Liberal Arts and
Sciences. Awarded up to $600.00 for travel to the Society for neuroscience Annual
Meeting, the Tristate undergraduate Psychology Conference, and the Midwestern
Psychological Association meeting.
2007: Psychology Department Travel Award: $100.00
2007: Bradley Special Emphasis Grant: $1,200.00 for a summer research stipend.
2008: Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Grant of $789.70 to assist in completing senior
thesis project. “The Effects of continuous versus intermittent methylphenidate
administration on cocaine self-administration in a rat model of ADHD.”
2007: Sherry Endowment Grant for Collaborative Student/Faculty Projects in Liberal
Arts and Sciences. Awarded $600.00 for travel to the Annual Meeting of the Council for
State and Territorial Epidemiologists to present a paper, “Not rocket science? Factors
associated with correct installation of child safety seats.”
2005-2009: Continuing Student Excellence Scholarship, $1,500.00 each year
2005-2009: Bradley University Scholarship, $4,000.00 each year

4. Publications, Abstracts, and Presentations
Griggs, R., Weir, C., Wayman, W., and Koeltzow, T.E. (2010). Intermittent
methylphenidate during adolescent development produces locomotor hyperactivity and
an enhanced response to cocaine compared to continuous treatment in rats.
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 96, 166-174.
Griggs, R., Tiberi, N.L., Taylor, D.K., Wayman, W., Kotwica, K., Weir, C., and
Koeltzow, T.E. (2009) Continuous Methylphenidate Administration During Development
Results in Decreased Cocaine Self-Administration in Rats. Presented at the Society for
Neuroscience Annual meeting, Chicago, IL.
Tiberi, N.L., Griggs, R., Southard, M., Weir, C., and Koeltzow, T.E. (2009)
The Behavioral Effects of Continuous Versus Intermittent Methylphenidate During
Development in the Spontaneous Hypertensive Rat. Presented at the Society for
Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Taylor, D.K., Kotwica, K., Wayman, W., Griggs, R., Weir, C., Henderson, R. and
Koeltzow, T.E. (2008). The effects of environmental and social enrichment on the
acquisition and reinstatement of cocaine self-administration in rats. Presented at the
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Koeltzow, T.E., Griggs, R., Weir, C., Wayman, W., Taylor, D.K., Kotwica, K. and
Henderson (2008). The effects of continuous infusion of methylphenidate during
development in an animal model of ADHD. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience
Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Griggs, R. Weir, C., Wayman, W. Taylor, D.K., Kotwica, K., Tiberi, N., Henderson, R.
and Koeltzow, T.E. (2008). Repeated Methylphenidate administration during adolescence
produces hyperactivity, impulsivity and enhanced cocaine-seeking behavior. Presented at
the annual meeting of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Weir, C., Griggs, R., Wayman, W., Gomez, L. and Koeltzow, T.E. (2008). The effects of
Continuous versus Intermittent Methylphenidate in Rats. Presented at the 18th
Annual
Tri-State Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Platteville, WI.
Taylor, D.K., Wayman, W., Griggs, R., Weir, C.W. and Koeltzow, T.E. (2007).
Establishing a cocaine self-administration procedure at Bradley University: Assessing the
effects of SKF 81297 on cocaine-seeking behavior in rats. Presented at the annual
meeting of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Griggs, R., and Getz, M.A., (2007). Not rocket science? Factors associated with correct
installation of child safety seats.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council of State
and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlantic City, NJ

5. REFERENCES
References available upon request.