About Richard
Richard Watson uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people facing mood and substance concerns. He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, with nine years of experience working with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and related issues. He writes plainly and keeps work focused on small, doable steps that add up over time.
Richard centers therapy on collaboration. He treats the person in the room as the expert on their life and helps them set clear goals.
How Richard works
Sessions aim to build useful skills for managing strong emotions, improving sleep, and reducing compulsive or impulsive behavior. His approach draws heavily on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness techniques. That means identifying thought patterns that get in the way, practicing new responses, and learning to live with difficult feelings without being driven by them.
He also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas to support change when substance use is a concern. Richard has worked with a broad range of issues including depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, grief, anger, intimacy-related concerns, and caregiver stress. He also helps people struggling with guilt, shame, codependency, isolation, and life purpose questions.
He takes a trauma-informed stance and respects each person's resilience and history. Sessions are available in English and he accepts international clients. People who choose to work with him can expect straightforward feedback, collaborative goal-setting, and tools they can practice between sessions.
Richard lists 6 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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches delivered online
Richard commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. CBT helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety, depression, or compulsive actions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches skills to accept difficult feelings while choosing actions that match personal values, which often helps with trauma, mood disorders, and addiction.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to understand goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Together they track progress and pick methods that fit the person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat works well for quick check-ins or brief support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, travel, or busy family schedules while keeping the focus on practical change.
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