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Larry Menzie LCSWR

Co-Executive Director and Founder, Queens Counseling for Change (QCC); Co-Executive Director and Founder, New York Counseling for Change (NYCC)

Eradicate Hate:
2023, 2024

Larry Menzie, LCSWR, is the Co-Executive Director and Founder of two New York, Queens-based agencies, Queens Counseling for Change (QCC), and New York Counseling for Change (NYCC). Receiving his MSW from Columbia University in 1994, he is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years of experience. In 2003, he and a fellow social worker developed QCC, an agency specializing in treating individuals accused of or at risk of engaging in community/family violence. As Executive Director and a Clinician, Larry has been involved in the care of thousands of individuals attending services for problematic sexual behaviors, anger/aggression, bias, intimate partner violence, and/or community/family violence. In addition, Larry has worked with several City and State agencies assisting them in developing practices and procedures related to the treatment and supervision associated with preventing and responding to sexual violence. Prior to his QCC work with community and family violence, Larry was a NYS Parole Officer for 10 years, worked part time in a NYC Pediatric and Adult Emergency Room, developed a LGBTQI+ community-based youth program, and led a team providing services for formerly homeless individuals in one of NYC’s largest SRO’s. Larry holds several leadership positions in organizations dedicated to preventing violent behavior including President of the NYS Alliance for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Executive Board Member of the State Chapter of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA).

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