Maurice Byrd
Trainer
Maurice Byrd (he/him), LMFT, of the Harm Reduction Therapy Center (HRTC), has worked as a harm reductionist since 2004. At HRTC, he is the Director of Training and Business Operations, provides therapy, is a clinical supervisor, and has collaborated in the development and implementations of community programs for people experiencing chronic mental health disorders, substance use disorders, and experiencing homelessness.
During his career, he has worked with adults and adolescents. He has provided mental health services in middle schools, high schools, in private practice settings, in the San Francisco Jail system, in San Quentin prison, in homeless drop-in centers, at needle exchanges, and on the sidewalk with people experiencing homelessness. He specializes in teaching about facilitating groups. He also led a Harm Reduction Marijuana Group for young adults that he facilitated for 8 years.
Maurice has been trained in MDMA for PTSD with MAPS and ketamine assisted therapy. He has also provided individual and group ketamine-assisted therapy. He trains, teaches, supervises, and consults with both clinical and non-clinical staff at several non-profit agencies around the country, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, and specializes in teaching harm reduction groups and the fundamentals of Harm Reduction Psychotherapy. He has taught in the MFT program at Holy Names University in Oakland, CA focusing on Substance Use interventions and Community Mental Health. He is a published author, cowriting the chapter Dealing with Drug Use After Prison: Harm Reduction Therapy in the book Decarcerating America.
