About Rick
Rick George is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addiction, grief, and relationship challenges. He speaks plainly and aims to make therapy a practical step toward clearer choices and calmer days. Many come to him wanting help to change habits or to understand tough emotions, and he focuses on small, usable steps.
Rick draws on cognitive behavioral methods as a base. He also uses solution-focused and psychodynamic ideas to help people see patterns and try different ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions center on listening, understanding what matters to the person, and choosing methods that match their goals. With ten years of experience, Rick works with adults who are navigating life transitions, mood concerns, trauma, or issues tied to intimacy and sexual behavior. He also supports people dealing with process addictions, grief, hospice and end-of-life concerns, hoarding, and work or career stress.
His background gives him practical tools for these areas without assuming any single path fits everyone. Rick offers sessions in English and accepts international clients while practicing from Washington. He emphasizes collaboration - clients and therapist set the pace together.
The tone in sessions is direct but compassionate, focused on clarity and forward movement. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability. Rick uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and he offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet people where they are.
How Rick’s Approaches Work Online
Rick uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try specific behavior changes; this approach suits worries, sleeping issues, stress, and many mood challenges. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck about making a change - the therapist asks focused questions to draw out the person’s own reasons for change and build momentum.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rick will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose a way forward and adjust it over time so sessions respond to what’s actually working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let the therapist and client use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief exchanges, homework check-ins, or when written reflection feels helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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