Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington state and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the states of Oregon and Wyoming. I’m a good fit if you want a therapist who both accepts your process when you need to talk things out, but who will also coach you in specific tools and techniques for feeling better, performing better, and flourishing. Clients tell me that they like that I balance accepting their process with patience whilst actively providing the tools for change and the push for change when needed.
I specialize in applying the tools, techniques, and knowledge of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Positive Psychology to assist adults with fostering better relationships, improving quality of life, and increasing capacity for resilience in the face of setbacks and trauma. I also assist my clients to access their unique character strengths, experience more positive emotions, and deepen their sense of meaning, and engagement in their daily lives.
I believe that people change and grow by developing opportunities and resources more than by merely managing problems. Treatment may assist you to identify, build, and utilize your strengths. Treatment may also help you to improve your relationships and your ability to relate to other people and to yourself.
What you do outside of treatment in your daily life will be as important in fostering change and promoting healing as the work we do in our meetings.
METHODS AND THERAPEUTIC ORIENTATION
– DBT-informed treatment: DBT consists of the technology of change (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) and the technology of acceptance (skills for building awareness, commonly referred to as “mindfulness”).
– Positive Psychology: clinical tools, techniques and interventions derived from the empirical study of well-being, attachment, meaning, flourishing, resilience, and achievement.
– Interpersonal Neurobiology: Many clients find it easier to understand skills for managing stress, emotions, addictions, and relationships when these are explained within the context of the brain works; you might find it easier to relate to therapy when it is explained in terms of the brain and the nervous system.
– EMDR: EMDR promotes the efficient and safe processing of disturbing memories and emotions.
Effective counseling depends on the quality of the relationship that a counselor establishes with you. As a counselor, I commit to the following: to seek to understand your perspective; listen for your most important concerns; accept you without judgement; respect your freedom and autonomy; follow you in determining the goals of your recovery; honor your ideas, your timing, and your pace of change especially when you have moments of doubt and indecision.
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William Richert is a licensed mental health clinician who combines acceptance with practical coaching to help adults feel better, perform better, and flourish. He is credentialed as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington and holds state professional counseling licenses in Oregon and Wyoming. Based in Wyoming, he brings 15 years of clinical experience to work with individuals facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, anger management, low self-esteem, career difficulties, and coaching needs.
His approach integrates the tools and skills of Dialectical Behavior Therapy with interventions from Positive Psychology to support stronger relationships, greater well-being, and increased resilience after setbacks or trauma. He also uses principles from interpersonal neurobiology to explain stress, emotion, addiction, and relationship patterns in terms of how the brain and nervous system function, and he employs EMDR when appropriate to help process distressing memories and emotions.
Richert views growth as the result of building opportunities and resources rather than merely managing problems. Treatment focuses on identifying and cultivating personal strengths, increasing positive emotion and engagement, and deepening a sense of meaning. He expects the work done between sessions to be an important part of change and healing, and he supports clients in applying skills into daily life.
Effective therapy depends on a strong therapeutic relationship, and he commits to seeking to understand each person’s perspective, listening for core concerns, accepting people without judgment, and respecting individual freedom and autonomy. He collaborates with clients to set goals, honors their timing and pace of change, and follows their lead while offering tools and encouragement when appropriate.
Many people wonder whether remote counseling truly helps. For a wide range of common concerns – including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions – online therapy has been shown to be as effective as traditional in-person care.
One of the main benefits is flexibility. Individuals can meet with a therapist in the format that suits them best: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or in-app messaging. This flexibility makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to maintain continuity of care.
All participating clinicians are licensed professionals, and clients may change therapists at any time if they prefer a different fit. Online therapy offers an accessible, adaptable way to pursue support while using evidence-based approaches tailored to common mental health needs.
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