About Richard
Richard West helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, or relationship and intimacy concerns. He is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, practicing in Washington. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical change so people can feel steadier day to day.
He adapts sessions to each person's needs and goals. Conversations are guided by what matters most to the client rather than a rigid plan.
How Richard works
That can mean short-term problem solving, developing coping skills, or working through deeper patterns that keep repeating. Richard draws on several approaches to shape sessions. He uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client's lead and build trust.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety or depression and replace them with more helpful habits. He also brings Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to address painful relationship patterns and improve emotional connection. Mindfulness exercises are used to manage strong feelings and stay grounded in the present.
With nine years of clinical experience, Richard has worked with many concerns including parenting stress, career strain, chronic health challenges, and addiction recovery. He focuses on clear goals and small steps that add up to lasting change. If someone wants straightforward support and an empathic guide, his approach is practical and person-centered.
Richard lists 7 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Richard combines Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that translate well to online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the person, which helps build trust even over video or phone. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and those exercises are easy to practice between sessions.He also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas when relationship patterns and emotional connection are the focus. EFT helps name emotions and shift how people respond to each other, and this can be discussed and practiced through video sessions or messaging support.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods as work progresses. Clients are invited to try different techniques and give feedback so sessions stay useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or when writing out thoughts helps. These options make it easier to fit help into a busy schedule and keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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