About Richard
Richard Gantt is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Kentucky. He has 24 years of experience helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, mood concerns, addiction, and relationship struggles. He works with adults across the lifespan and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical.
Richard prefers a hands-on approach that matches the person in front of him. He uses client-centered ways to build trust and encourage people to take responsibility for change.
Background and approach
He also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help clients notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions often focus on clear goals. People learn skills to manage intense emotions, set boundaries, and improve communication.
For someone coping with loss, mood swings, or addiction, Richard helps break problems into smaller steps that are easier to handle. His background includes long-term work with mood disorders, grief and mourning, anger issues, substance use and dual diagnosis, trauma, and intimacy-related concerns. He has worked with adults and older adults and brings that range of experience into each session.
Richard aims for practical progress and steady learning. He encourages questions about how therapy will work and what to expect in early sessions. The goal is to leave each session with something useful to practice between meetings.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Richard uses client-centered methods to create a supportive, accepting space where people can talk through what matters most. Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping the person take ownership of decisions and actions.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify patterns of thought that lead to distress and teaches practical skills to change those thoughts and behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it gives clear exercises to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Richard discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts techniques as needed. He will work together with clients to find which strategies help most for their specific concerns and daily life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone calls can fit into a busy schedule or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter skills practice, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit around work, caregiving, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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