About Ricardo
Ricardo Romero-Andrade is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, mood concerns, and addiction-related struggles. He works with clients on relationship and family matters, intimacy questions, sleep problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, career stress, and life changes. Ricardo uses straightforward conversation to figure out what matters most to each person.
Ricardo respects that each person knows their own story. He focuses on strengths and practical steps people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Meetings are conversational and goal-oriented, with room to talk about upsetting events, patterns in relationships, and coping strategies for day-to-day life. His practice includes support for people dealing with trauma and abuse, bereavement, chronic illness or pain, caregiving stress, body image and identity concerns, and challenges that come from blended family dynamics.
He also addresses issues like codependency, communication struggles, control issues, and separation or divorce. Ricardo has five years of experience and carries an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He provides care to people in Nevada and offers sessions in English.
Sessions aim to be practical and paced to the individual. Ricardo helps clients pick strategies that fit their life and tests what works. The focus is on small, achievable changes that build toward steadier emotional footing.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Ricardo draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical steps. One approach emphasizes building coping skills for stress and anxiety by teaching breathing, grounding, and thought-challenging exercises to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on mood management for depression and bipolar-related concerns, helping clients track patterns, recognize triggers, and test small behavior changes to lift mood and stabilize routines.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ricardo works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their values, and adjust the plan as needed. He encourages feedback so the approach changes if something isn’t helping.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let conversations feel more personal while keeping travel time minimal. Phone sessions or live chat can be easier on low-bandwidth connections or when someone prefers not to use video. Text-based messaging supports quick check-ins and ongoing skill practice between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or treatment for health challenges.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Nevada
- Languages
- English