About Richard
Richard West is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington who helps people manage stress and anxiety. He aims to make the first step feel less daunting and to support clients as they work toward more satisfying days. He focuses on practical conversation and clear goals.
Sessions are tailored to each person, with attention to whatever feels most urgent - whether it is anxiety, depression, grief, or problems with intimacy and relationships.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward tools and collaborative planning so clients know what to expect between sessions. Richard draws on several approaches to shape the work. He centers the client's experience and priorities, uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking, and brings mindfulness into moments of overwhelming emotion.
These methods are chosen to fit the issue and the person's pace. He also addresses addiction, trauma and abuse, anger, parenting stress, career concerns, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, blended family challenges, and communication or control issues.
With nine years of professional experience and the LMHC credential, Richard aims to treat people with respect and sensitivity. He offers a supportive presence while helping clients build skills and make practical changes that fit their lives.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experience, with the therapist following the client's lead and adjusting the conversation to what matters most. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to sort through feelings and make decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and introduces concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and many mood concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and ground people during distressing moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Richard will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That process can include trying techniques in session and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quicker check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options offer flexibility so therapy can match a person's schedule and communication style.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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