Richelle Burney, LCSW
Compassionate, practical support for parenting and life stress
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Richelle
Richelle Burney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and parenting challenges. She works with adults who are managing relationship and family strain, grief, trauma, and big life transitions. Richelle communicates in plain language and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and practical.
She takes a client-centered approach and adapts sessions to each person's needs. That means the conversation stays focused on what feels most urgent to the client, whether that is coping skills, safety planning around substance use, or practical steps for parenting challenges.
Background and approach
Sessions balance problem-solving with emotional support. Richelle has five years of clinical experience in Virginia and has worked with people affected by adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, blended family issues, and caregiver stress. She has also supported clients dealing with domestic violence, separation and divorce, and disruptive mood dysregulation concerns in family settings.
Her background includes helping people connect to community resources when those services can help recovery and stability. People who meet with her can expect clear goals and a focus on everyday change. She draws on evidence-based techniques tailored to the person rather than a single rigid method.
Richelle offers in-person work in Virginia as well as online options for those who need flexible scheduling. She welcomes questions about how therapy would fit into a client's life and encourages a first conversation to see if the approach feels like a good match.
What Richelle works with
Everything Richelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Richelle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that translate to online care
Richelle uses evidence-based techniques that are practical and teachable during remote sessions. One common approach emphasizes skill-building for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and planning skills that people can practice between sessions to reduce symptoms and increase daily functioning. Another focus is on relapse prevention and coping strategies for addictions, which involves identifying triggers, creating step-by-step plans, and strengthening supports to manage cravings and risky situations.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their life, and adjust techniques over time. Clients are invited to offer feedback so sessions stay useful and focused on real-world progress.
Online therapy with Richelle is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and skills practice, phone can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is helpful for ongoing coaching and quick updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and changing schedules.
Questions people ask about Richelle
What kinds of concerns does Richelle address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, relationship and family problems, and related issues such as attachment and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered approach that focuses on each person’s goals, combining problem-solving with emotional support and practical steps you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Richelle has five years of practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving people in Virginia and online during that time.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Virginia and provides services based in that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients as well.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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