I am licensed in California with 40 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with coping with addictions, relationship issues, intimacy related issues, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Anger management, Career difficulties, Depression, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Control issues, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Imago Relationship Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
CA LMFT 19896
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Richard is an outstanding therapist. He listens without judgment, understands things deeply, and has a way of helping me see situations with clarity and calm. I always feel safe, heard, and supported in our sessions. He’s helped me make real progress in my healing and self-understanding, and I’m genuinely grateful to work with someone so skilled and compassionate.
Written on Oct 16, 2025 after therapy with Richard for 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd
Richard is an amazing therapist who listens to me and helps me think through my issues. He’s a very easy-going, respectful, and professional therapist.
Written on Aug 08, 2025 after therapy with Richard for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and compassion fatigue
Very insightful and professional
Written on Jul 28, 2025 after therapy with Richard for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Richard is the best therapist I have ever had. He listens to me and gives the best advice. He is even willing to work with my psychiatrist. Thank you, Richard!
Written on Jul 08, 2025 after therapy with Richard for 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, and self esteem
Richard is everything one could hope for in a therapist. Diligent, curious, thoughtful, rigorous and kind. I would recommend him wholeheartedly
Written on Nov 13, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 1 year and 9 months
Richard gets to the heart of the issue
Written on Jun 30, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, eating disorders, self esteem, and adhd