Richard Gonzalez, LCSW

Richard Gonzalez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 12 years of experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting pressures, and major life changes. He speaks English and Spanish and helps people who are coping with grief, trauma, mood disorders, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and codependency-related patterns.

He uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods to help people identify what isn’t working and try practical changes. Sessions focus on clearer thinking, manageable behavior changes, and setting short-term goals. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and to build useful habits.

Client-Centered Therapy is another strand of his work, which means conversations begin with the person’s experience and priorities. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want help finding their own reasons to change. Existential approaches are brought in for questions about meaning, purpose, or life direction.

He has experience with people who face multicultural or cross-cultural stress and with those in caregiving roles or healthcare contexts, including cancer-related concerns. He also helps people dealing with substance issues, domestic violence aftermath, and problems with intimacy or communication.

Practical goals often include improving boundaries, reducing people-pleasing behavior, coping with depressive or bipolar symptoms, and managing workplace or family stress. To begin, users follow the site’s matching steps to schedule an initial session and explain their priorities.

How Richard Uses ACT, CBT and Client-Centered Work Online