About Ricardo
Ricardo Bolton helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and questions about identity and intimacy. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with nine years of clinical experience. Ricardo speaks English and practices from Texas.
He uses straightforward conversation to map out what feels most urgent to you. Sessions focus on practical skills and small steps that reduce overwhelm. He also helps people untangle how past hurts shape current reactions and relationships.
How Ricardo works
Ricardo’s background includes work with veterans and running groups for substance use and domestic violence when appropriate. That experience informs how he handles trauma, complicated grief, and the effects of chronic stress. He aims to help people rebuild a sense of self beyond painful experiences.
In sessions he draws on several approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-focused ideas, and acceptance-based practices. Those methods are used to change unhelpful patterns, improve communication, and manage intense emotions. He adapts tools to each person’s day-to-day life.
People can expect a collaborative tone in therapy. Ricardo listens first, then suggests doable strategies and new ways to practice them between sessions. He helps set goals for better sleep, healthier coping with anger or cravings, and clearer decisions about work and parenting.
He also supports concerns around ADHD, caregiving stress, blended family issues, and chronic illness. The work is paced to each person’s needs and focuses on measurable progress over time.
Ricardo lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Ricardo works with
The areas below are the ones Ricardo selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Ricardo’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions influence each other and teaches tools to shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with depression, sleep, and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating and can be helpful for intimacy and communication issues.Picking the right approach is part of the work. Ricardo will talk with you about your goals and try methods that fit your needs. He adjusts techniques over time and reviews progress so the plan stays useful and realistic for your life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy convenient. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and emotional work. Phone sessions or chat can be easier when bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Text-based messaging supports frequent, brief touchpoints and written exercises between sessions.
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