About Richard
Dr. Richard Highland brings 27 years of clinical experience to his work in Tennessee. He is licensed as an LPC-MHSP and an LPC and focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, depression, and issues related to identity and trauma.
He emphasizes the strengths clients already have and supports them as they take steps toward change. He approaches sessions with straightforward conversation. He listens for what is causing daily strain and helps set small, achievable goals.
How Richard works
He uses techniques that help people change unhelpful thoughts and build new habits that ease symptoms over time. Many people seek him out for help with relationship strain, low self-esteem, and major life transitions. He also works with concerns tied to aging, caregiving, cancer, and substance use.
When trauma or past family patterns are part of the problem, he helps clients understand how those patterns affect current choices. Therapy sessions are collaborative. He asks questions, offers practical skills, and checks progress together.
For someone overwhelmed by anxiety, stressed by caregiving duties, or dealing with recovery from addiction, the work focuses on immediate coping and longer-term change. Dr. Highland encourages clients to take the next small step.
He helps people build routines that reduce stress, improve communication, and restore a clearer sense of direction. The aim is steady progress that fits each person's life and goals.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC-MHSP, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How specific approaches work online
Dr. Highland uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that feed anxiety and depression. CBT focuses on practical exercises and short-term goals that can reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people explore their own reasons for change and to build readiness for steps like reducing substance use or changing health behaviors. This approach relies on listening and guided questions to strengthen motivation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked in the past. Together they decide whether to focus on thought change, motivation, or short-term solution work and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls work well for deeper conversations that need visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity and to fit therapy into a busy life.
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