About Richard
Richard Gantt is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Kentucky with 24 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, addiction, and relationship or intimacy struggles. He takes a direct, practical approach aimed at everyday problems and choices.
Richard favors straightforward conversation and practical steps. Sessions look at current thinking and behavior, and how those patterns affect daily life.
How Richard works
He also explores how past experiences shape present feelings when that helps explain a problem or unlock change. He draws on several approaches to match each person’s needs, including client-centered work that emphasizes personal responsibility and empowerment. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Dialectical strategies help with emotion regulation and coping when feelings feel overwhelming. Over his career Richard has helped people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anger, and major life transitions. He also works with issues such as body image, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, and communication problems.
His style aims to be practical, respectful, and goal-oriented. Clients can expect clear discussion about goals and options during early sessions. Richard uses the approaches that make the most sense for each person and focuses on small, achievable steps that build toward lasting change.
Richard lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Richard works with
The areas below are the ones Richard selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Approaches and online care that focus on real problems
Client-centered therapy centers on the person and their goals. It creates room to talk, weigh options, and build responsibility for change. This approach is useful for people who want support deciding next steps and gaining confidence.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts shape feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises and behavioral experiments to shift thinking and reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping when stress feels overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Richard will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. The plan can change as progress is made and new issues come up.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit ongoing support, brief updates, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and maintain continuity between appointments.
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