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Richard Gilbert, LCSW

  • Experience7 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Grief, and Parenting
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Richard

Richard Gilbert is a California-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with seven years of experience supporting people through grief, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, anger, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions including challenges related to ADHD.

Background and approach

He approaches each person as an expert on their own life, helping them identify strengths and practical strategies to navigate parenting concerns, family dynamics, feelings of isolation, and end-of-life issues tied to hospice and bereavement.

Using a collaborative, respectful stance, Richard blends client-centered principles with evidence-based methods to address daily coping and deeper questions about life purpose and self-love. His work often focuses on helping clients build skills for emotion regulation, reframe unhelpful thought patterns, and clarify values to move forward from loss or major change.

He encourages new clients that taking the initial step to begin therapy is meaningful, and he aims to make that first contact straightforward and supportive.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Richard integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into his online practice. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping clients draw on their own strengths to clarify values and goals, which can be useful for issues like self-love, isolation, and life purpose. CBT offers practical tools to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, supporting work on anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, and everyday coping skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy itself; he treats the selection of methods as a collaborative process. Together with each person he assesses needs, preferences, and goals to decide whether to emphasize reflective, growth-oriented conversations, structured skill-building, or a mix of both, adjusting over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more accessible and flexible for varying schedules and comfort levels. These formats allow consistent work on goals like grief processing, parenting strategies, emotional regulation, and managing ADHD-related challenges without the need to commute, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
He works with grief, depression, anxiety, stress, anger, addictions, family and parenting issues, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and ADHD, plus hospice and end-of-life counseling and themes like isolation and life purpose.
What therapeutic style can I expect?
The approach is collaborative and client-centered, emphasizing the client's expertise in their own life while integrating structured techniques when helpful.
How much clinical experience does he bring?
He has seven years of professional experience working as an outpatient therapist in California.
What credentials and location does he hold?
He is licensed as an LCSW in California, listed as CA LCSW 75591.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and he is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
Appointments can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

GriefParenting issuesAnger managementDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsSelf esteemCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Hospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeSelf-love

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English

What Richard can help with

Richard Gilbert works with clients on grief, parenting issues, anger management, and depression.

Richard works with clients coping with grief and loss, parenting issues, anger management, and depression.

How Richard approaches therapy

Richard's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Existential Therapy.

Experience and training

Richard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California, with 7 years of clinical experience.