Pete K. Navratil, Co-Founder

Co-Founder, LCSW-R, ACSW, CASAC

Peter K. Navratil, LCSW-R, ACSW, CASAC, is both a licensed clinical social worker and a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor. He received a B.A. in Sociology at Oswego State University (1978) and his MSW at Syracuse University (1980).

Currently Peter is the Vice President of Behavioral Health for Catholic Family Center (CFC) in Rochester, NY . Prior to coming to CFC he served as the Director of Mental Health Services at Rochester Rehabilitation Center, where he oversaw the outpatient mental health programs and services including a Mental Health Clinic, Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment Program (IPRT), a Continuing Day Treatment Program(CDT) program as well as the Men’s Education for Non-Violence Workshop (M.E.N.’s Workshop).

He also served as the Program Director at Delphi Drug & Alcohol Council in Rochester , NY where he directed substance abuse prevention education, school-based counseling and outpatient treatment services. He also assisted in developing a gender-based violence intervention program called the Domestic Violence & Abuse Course for Men (DVACM). As a result of this work, he co-founded a group in Rochester , NY called Stand Up Guys, working to create primary prevention strategies focused on involving men in ending Violence Against Women. (www.standupguys.org )

In addition to his prior work experience, he also serves as a board member on the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) CASAC Credentialing Board; he is an advisory committee member and core instructor for the NYS Victim Assistance Academy; member of Rochester/Monroe County Domestic Violence Consortium; member and speaker for Rochester Against Intoxicated Driving (RAID); active member of the Monroe County STOP-DWI Technical Advisory Board; steering committee member and consultant to the Monroe County “Family Treatment Court”, “Mental Health Court”, “Integrated Domestic Violence Court” (IDV), and the Rochester Drug Treatment Court. He also served as a member of the Attorney General’s Crime Victim’s Advisory Board.

His professional areas of interest focus on the intersection of the criminal justice system and victim services, offender accountability, substance abuse, mental health and co-occurring disorders, as well as interpersonal violence directed at women & children.