Dr. Percy Ricketts is a Parenting Consultant and Nationally Certified Counselor, who operates a private practice in Pembroke Pines, Florida. He is an alumnus of Virginia Tech, Nova Southeastern and Argosy Universities, with a Master of Science Degree in Mental Health Counseling and a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology. He has authored books on parenting and fatherhood. He teaches the mandatory parenting class for divorcing couples in the state of Florida. He also facilitates fatherhood groups, psycho-educational groups for children of divorce, using the internationally famous Sandcastles approach, and for separated parents and those contemplating divorce.