About Kasimu-Richard
Kasimu-Richard Harley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 27 years of experience. He draws on a long life of personal and professional experience to help people facing anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and trauma. He writes from the perspective of someone who has been a husband, father, and veteran, and he brings that practical viewpoint into sessions.
He spent many years as a mental health therapist in outpatient and residential settings.
Background and approach
He has worked with people struggling with substance use and mental wellness, and he has supported students whose emotions got in the way of learning. He also coached teachers and administrators on stress reduction and work-life balance. Kazimu-Richard uses a mix of approaches rather than a single method.
He draws on client-centered work, cognitive techniques, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices. He aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths. In sessions he focuses on concrete problems like relationship tensions, parenting strain, anger, and addiction challenges.
He also addresses deeper issues such as abandonment, attachment wounds, shame, and isolation. He frames therapy as a partnership to help people move forward after hard events. He often emphasizes practical steps and coping skills alongside time to process emotions.
Clients can expect an approach that balances real-world tools with attention to personal meaning and growth. His goal is to help people reclaim a sense of agency and confidence in daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's perspective. The therapist creates space for people to talk about what matters to them and helps them build on their strengths and values. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy uses attention to the present moment and simple practices to reduce rumination and increase calm, which can help with worry and emotional regulation.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest a plan that combines practical skills, motivational support, and space to process difficult experiences. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods as progress is made.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is wanted. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates or work through small steps between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on real-world coping and emotional growth.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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