About Rica
Rica Miller-Gray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi with 19 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, or struggling with relationship and family dynamics. Her work includes support for parenting concerns and issues that affect self-esteem.
She treats each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions are tailored to the individual, so conversations and plans match what the person needs right now.
How Rica works
Rica emphasizes practical steps alongside listening and support. Her approach draws on several evidence-based methods to fit different situations. She uses client-centered work to build trust and understand the person’s goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also integrates mindfulness practices to reduce stress and improve emotional awareness. Solution-focused techniques guide short-term goal setting and small changes that add up.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change, especially around issues like substance use. Rica has worked with blended family issues, codependency, drug and alcohol addiction, general family problems, and Seasonal Affective Disorder. She adapts methods to fit each person’s background and concerns.
The focus is on clear, manageable steps toward better day-to-day functioning.
Rica lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Rica works with
The areas below are the ones Rica selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding your goals. Online sessions using this approach create space to talk through concerns and shape the work around what matters most to you.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, involves identifying thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and practicing small changes. In remote sessions, CBT can include exercises between meetings and structured work during video or chat interactions to track progress.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve emotional awareness. These techniques work well over phone or video and can be practiced during short text check-ins to reinforce new habits.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Rica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts plans as progress is made and as needs change.
Online formats offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions fit when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and keep work moving forward between meetings.
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A practical next step
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