About Ricardo
Dr. Ricardo Gillispie, PhD, LCSW helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addiction, and parenting challenges. He also works with issues like trauma and abuse, sleep problems, self-esteem, anger, career concerns, and ADHD.
He practices from Mississippi and speaks English. He brings five decades of clinical and leadership experience to the room. He trained in social work and completed a PhD focused on psychotherapeutic social work.
Over his career he led and developed behavioral health programs, consulted on geriatric outpatient services, and helped design correctional mental health programming.
How Ricardo works
In sessions he uses practical, people-centered methods. He draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment work, attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavior strategies, and skills from dialectical behavior work. He focuses on clear goals and steady progress rather than jargon.
Dr. Gillispie emphasizes collaboration and real-world tools. He helps clients identify values, change unhelpful patterns, and practice skills that fit daily life.
He also offers coaching-style support for career and life transitions. His background includes time as a clinic director, program developer, consultant, and educator. That mix of clinical practice and program work informs a solution-oriented style.
People looking for experienced clinical judgment and a practical approach often find his long experience useful.
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
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 51 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on valued actions. It supports work on anxiety, depression, life transitions, and motivation by teaching acceptance and behavior change tools.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and effective communication. These skills help when anger, intense emotions, or relationship conflict get in the way of daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions can blend techniques to focus on what is most helpful for the individual.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat or text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or travel routines while maintaining consistent care.
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