Tom Barthel was an honor roll student in high school with national citizenship awards. In one brief year, he descended into drugs, alcohol, and crime. His peer group regularly made the news with illegal activities and stunts they pulled off as young adults. After a 3-year period of being a well-known drug dealer and the center of over 300 troubled and addicted youth, Tom became severely mentally ill and tried to commit suicide. After a unique chain of events, help from an unexpected source, special involvement from his parents, and a gifted psychologist Tom was able to become sober, healthy, employed, and buying his first home within 3 years. Today, Tom imparts these insights to proactive parents while providing guidance to youth to attend therapy and treatment.
Tom’s experience and qualifications include:
With a wealth of experience and knowledge, Tom works with clients to develop and implement strategies that build on the successes of previous families before them. Customizing effective templates for families that have a track record of successfully changing the direction of a youth’s life 180 degrees.
To successfully change a young person’s behavior, the opportunity awaits simply copying what many other successful parents have done in the past.
-Tom Barthel