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Episode Synopsis
In light of Human Trafficking Awareness month, Dr. Rhea sits down with Bob Williams, founder and CEO of Ranch Hands Rescue and Bob’s House of Hope. Bob shares his incredible and profound personal journey of trauma, resilience, and hope which led to the founding of his non-profit programs. He discusses the problem with human trafficking and sexual violence of boys and men. Many programs focus on women, but there were no programs that knew what to do with a male who experienced these same types of trauma. You don’t want to miss this episode.
Trigger warning: This episode contains themes of sexual violence and coercion, drug addiction, and homelessness.
Bob Williams is the Founder and CEO of Ranch Hands Rescue and Bob’s House of Hope, a non-profit human and animal sanctuary. Being a survivor of rape himself, Bob knew firsthand that there weren’t any programs for male sexual abuse survivors, and he endeavored to create a place for others like him.
After suffering a brutal beating and rape as a young man, Bob struggled to process his trauma and turned to drugs and alcohol to mask his pain. He was homeless at 20 and active in his addiction for 12 years. After years of treatment and counseling, Bob had a very successful career at Motorola where he went from an entry-level salesperson to part of the management team. Today Bob has been clean and sober for 33 years. When Bob suffered a stroke in 2007, he decided to retire from Motorola. After a year of rehabilitation, Bob felt called to start a not-for-profit organization that would rescue and rehabilitate animals and help people.
In 2008 Bob founded Ranch Hands Rescue, a non-profit farm animal sanctuary for animals with special needs. After discovering the healing power, the animals had on him, Bob and a team of clinicians founded the Ranch Hands Rescue Counseling Program, and the Equine and Animal Assisted Counseling was born. Bob's vision was to partner abused and neglected animals with individuals who do not respond to traditional therapy. His counseling program is the only program in the country that partners abused and neglected animals in mental health therapy. Bob's passion is helping innocent victims, especially children, who require a non-traditional approach to uncovering severe trauma. He assembled a team of counseling experts who are highly trained and certified in trauma and PTSD to be another resource in our community to help individuals who are suffering and see no hope. RHR fills a special niche in mental health counseling services in that they specialize in treating the more complex trauma cases, such as victims of sexual abuse, human trafficking, and Veterans with severe PTSD who are not making progress in their current treatment programs.
Bob serves on several State and local task forces, and it was on these taskforces that Bob learned that there was not a single treatment facility in the world for male victims of sex trafficking even though they make up nearly half of the victims. This galvanized Bob to remedy that issue and Bob’s House of Hope, the first safe house in the country for male victims of sex trafficking 18 years old and up, was opened in June of 2021, with an expansion in 2024, the new facility housed on 40 acres includes additional housing, offices recreation center, soccer field and house over 50 special needs animals. This innovative, wrap-around care program is unlike any other program that exists.
Trigger warning: This episode contains themes of sexual violence and coercion, drug addiction, and homelessness.
Bob Williams is the Founder and CEO of Ranch Hands Rescue and Bob’s House of Hope, a non-profit human and animal sanctuary. Being a survivor of rape himself, Bob knew firsthand that there weren’t any programs for male sexual abuse survivors, and he endeavored to create a place for others like him.
After suffering a brutal beating and rape as a young man, Bob struggled to process his trauma and turned to drugs and alcohol to mask his pain. He was homeless at 20 and active in his addiction for 12 years. After years of treatment and counseling, Bob had a very successful career at Motorola where he went from an entry-level salesperson to part of the management team. Today Bob has been clean and sober for 33 years. When Bob suffered a stroke in 2007, he decided to retire from Motorola. After a year of rehabilitation, Bob felt called to start a not-for-profit organization that would rescue and rehabilitate animals and help people.
In 2008 Bob founded Ranch Hands Rescue, a non-profit farm animal sanctuary for animals with special needs. After discovering the healing power, the animals had on him, Bob and a team of clinicians founded the Ranch Hands Rescue Counseling Program, and the Equine and Animal Assisted Counseling was born. Bob's vision was to partner abused and neglected animals with individuals who do not respond to traditional therapy. His counseling program is the only program in the country that partners abused and neglected animals in mental health therapy. Bob's passion is helping innocent victims, especially children, who require a non-traditional approach to uncovering severe trauma. He assembled a team of counseling experts who are highly trained and certified in trauma and PTSD to be another resource in our community to help individuals who are suffering and see no hope. RHR fills a special niche in mental health counseling services in that they specialize in treating the more complex trauma cases, such as victims of sexual abuse, human trafficking, and Veterans with severe PTSD who are not making progress in their current treatment programs.
Bob serves on several State and local task forces, and it was on these taskforces that Bob learned that there was not a single treatment facility in the world for male victims of sex trafficking even though they make up nearly half of the victims. This galvanized Bob to remedy that issue and Bob’s House of Hope, the first safe house in the country for male victims of sex trafficking 18 years old and up, was opened in June of 2021, with an expansion in 2024, the new facility housed on 40 acres includes additional housing, offices recreation center, soccer field and house over 50 special needs animals. This innovative, wrap-around care program is unlike any other program that exists.
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