About Richard
Dr. Richard Highland is a licensed professional counselor with 27 years of clinical experience. He practices in Tennessee and draws on long experience helping people face stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, and depression.
He approaches each person with respect for their strengths and personal story. He sees clients as the experts on their own lives and works alongside them. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps.
He uses straightforward conversations to help people notice patterns and try different ways of coping.
Background and approach
Dr. Highland uses approaches that teach skills and support change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors.
Mindfulness techniques teach paying attention to the present moment without judgment. Motivational Interviewing can help when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for what works now and builds on small successes.
These methods are used to address a wide range of concerns, including relationship strain, self-esteem, trauma, and substance use issues. He also has experience with aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, cancer-related concerns, attachment matters, and family of origin problems. Dr.
Highland aims to keep sessions practical, with clear steps clients can try between meetings.
Online approaches that teach skills and build momentum
Dr. Highland commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people change patterns that cause stress and anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to find small, practical changes that reduce distress. Motivational Interviewing focuses on understanding ambivalence and finding personal reasons to move toward change.He also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice present-moment experience and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practices are often short exercises that can lower tension and improve attention during stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together the client and therapist choose methods and adjust them as needed to fit the client's situation.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video can support in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a work break. Live chat and text allow shorter, written check-ins and can be used between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while using the same approaches and tools discussed in session.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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