About Richard
Richard Gilbert is a licensed clinical social worker in California with seven years of outpatient experience. He helps people facing grief and loss, parenting challenges, anger, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, and low self-esteem. He also supports those coping with life changes, ADHD, isolation or loneliness, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
Richard works in a direct, respectful way. He treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions are focused on practical steps that fit everyday life. He aims to make the first appointments easier to take. His approach draws from client-centered practices and cognitive behavioral ideas.
That means listening closely, reflecting what matters, and trying small changes to see what helps. He also brings existential perspectives for people thinking about meaning and purpose. In sessions Richard helps people name patterns, test new ways of coping, and practice skills between meetings.
He offers straightforward tools for managing strong emotions and rebuilding routines after loss or big changes. He also supports parents who want clearer plans for stress and anger. People meet him for short-term problem solving or longer-term exploration depending on their needs.
Richard is based in California and works in English. He encourages a collaborative relationship where goals are set together and progress is checked along the way.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what matters to each person. Online sessions let the therapist follow the client's lead, help clarify values, and support choices about next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions this can mean setting small experiments between meetings and reviewing results together. Existential therapy looks at questions of meaning, purpose, and choice, which can be discussed through conversation and written reflection during online work.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Richard will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and personal style. That collaborative way helps shape session plans and homework so the work feels useful and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls allow face-to-face connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports short updates or reminders. These options make it easier to keep consistent progress and to blend therapy into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English