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Richard Bishop

Assistant Professor of Graduate Counseling
817-531-7594
rmbishop@txwes.edu
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Education

  • Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Counseling, Texas Woman’s University, 1991
  • M.S. in Guidance and Counseling, East Texas State University, 1981
  • B.A. in Youth and Family Ministry, Lubbock Christian University, 1977

Mike Bishop, PhD., LMFT-S, LPC-S 

Dr. Bishop is Professor of Counseling at Texas Wesleyan University.  He is a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor for the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT).  He has served as the President of the Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (TAMFT) and previously served on the Board of Directors of AAMFT.  Dr. Bishop has served on the AAMFT Ethics Committee for four years and served two terms as Chair.   For six seasons, Dr. Bishop was the Athlete Assistance Consultant for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club and is presently a Mental Health Team Consultant for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team of the NBA, the Texas Legends, TCU Men’s Basketball, SMU men’s Tennis, and SMU Athletic Department. Dr. Bishop is a member of the Association for Applied Sports Psychology and a Certified Sports Performance Consultant (CMPC).  He has provided Couples and Family Therapy for over 35 years and specializes in executive and professional couple’s therapy and sports performance at  www.drmbishop.com 

 Courses Taught

  • Pre-practicum
  • Practicum Supervision
  • Family Systems
  • Ethics
  • Professional
  • Issues Group
  • Family of Origin
Presentations
  • Bishop, R., Barlow, L., Schooley, A., Messmore, C., & Weiss-Quittner, A. (2013). Updates in Ethical
  • Issues for MFT Practice. Florida Association for Marriage & Family Therapy, Boca Raton.
  • Bishop, R., Carrington, C., Carrington, D. & Pate, G. (2010). Surfing the Edge of the Wave: Training
  • MFTs in an Online Environment. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, San Antonio.
  • Bishop, R. (2010). Utilizing Technology in Practice. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, San Antonio.
  • Bishop, R. & Burney, P. (2000). Experiential Activities in Therapy. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference (Institute).
  • Bishop, R. & Burney (1999). Experiential Activities in Therapy. Texas Association for Marriage & Family
  • Therapy State Conference (Institute), San Antonio.
  • Bishop, R. & Burney, P. (1998). Creating Experiential Activities. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, Austin. 
  • Bishop, R & Burney, P. (1997). Experiential Therapy on a Shoestring II. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, Houston.
  • Bishop, R. & Burney, P. (1996). Experiential Therapy on a Shoestring”.  Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, Austin.
  • Bishop, R. &  Burney, P. (1995). Taking Therapy to a Higher Plane. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference (Institute), Dallas.
  • Bishop, R. &  Pate, G. (1995). Serious Humor and Ethical Thinking. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, Dallas.
  • Bishop, R. &  Burney, P. (1994). Ropes: An Experiential Therapy of Groups and Families. Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, San Antonio.
  • Bishop, R. (1993). Ropes and Family Therapy (1993). Texas Association for Marriage & Family Therapy State Conference, Houston.
  • Bishop, R. (1989). Short Adventures in Family Experience. Texas Council on Family Relations State
Publications
  • Bishop, R.M. 1998. “Adventure based experiential therapy”. Excerpt in Going outside the therapy room. In L. Metcalf, Solution Focused Group Therapy.  New York: The Free Press.