Joaquin Feliciano.
Certified Anger Resolution Therapist
Leonard is
a native Houstonian. Married for forty six years, he and
his wife are the parents of two daughters. In 1969 he
founded and became CEO of his own insurance and financial
services agency, he worked in that Industry selling, recruiting
and managing for over 35 years. He worked extensively
for many years offering Tax Shelter/Retirement Programs
in the HISD system.
A graduate of the Dale
Carnegie Courses in effective speaking and human relations
he is adept at public speaking and has very strong communication
skills.
Over this same span of
35 – 40 years, Leonard has counseled many businesses and
individuals on both financial and personal affairs.
Active in the community
as well as the business world – Leonard has won many awards
for being a very active volunteer with the Boy Scouts
of America, several non-profit organizations and many
Houston Churches. He has also conducted many seminars
and workshops, which were open to the public. Working
as a parent volunteer he helped negotiate two contracts
for HISD through the Federal Government’s “Title One Program”
each in the amount of $ 500,000. He has also served as
a Summer Site Director for the City of Houston’s “Summer
Parks Program for Youth”.
In 1998, Leonard was trained
and certified by one of the nation’s premier counseling
organization to do pre-marriage, marriage and couples
counseling. A certified LBT (Licensed Belief Therapist)
he is a life skills counselor, has designed class curriculums,
instructed life skills groups and lead group counseling
sessions.
Leonard became a Pastoral
Care Specialist in 1999. Along with this training and
over 40 years of counseling people in different arenas
– he has seen the damaging effects caused by anger and
hurt issues in people’s lives. His desire to help people
with this problem was his reason for becoming a Certified
Anger Resolution Therapist.