About Bruce
Dr. Bruce E Riecks helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addiction, ADHD, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also supports people facing trauma, sleeping or eating problems, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, and major life changes.
Dr. Riecks is a Colorado psychologist with three years of documented experience and provides care in English. His style is warm and interactive.
Sessions are respectful and direct. He avoids labels and focuses on what people actually need to feel better day to day.
How Bruce works
Dr. Riecks blends practical, evidence-informed methods with a person-centered attitude. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and DBT skills to teach emotion regulation and coping.
Mindfulness strategies are used to help people stay present during hard moments. Appointments may include talking through problems, practicing new coping skills, and setting small, doable goals. He adapts the approach based on each person’s situation and preferences rather than following a rigid plan.
People working with aging concerns, caregiver stress, personality-related struggles, addictions, loneliness, guilt, or questions about life purpose will find these topics within his focus areas. He aims to make therapy practical and relatable so someone can notice small improvements in daily life.
Bruce lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Bruce works with
The areas below are the ones Bruce selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
Training and background
| Register | CO Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use online
Dr. Riecks commonly brings cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness into online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help people stay present and reduce reactivity during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the first sessions. He will collaborate with each person to decide whether CBT, mindfulness practices, DBT skills, or a person-centered emphasis fits best. That decision is shaped by the client's goals, day-to-day challenges, and preferences for how to work together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a break from work. Live chat and messaging provide shorter check-ins and a way to share thoughts between longer sessions. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and to choose the format that matches practical needs and comfort.
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