- Years in practice
- 29
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Richlyn
Richlyn Fletcher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 29 years of experience. She practices in New York and brings a practical, creative style to sessions. She uses everyday tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, and more.
Her sessions blend talk therapy with expressive methods when helpful. She may invite music, movement, or art to help someone name feelings and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Richlyn draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Therapy, and client-centered ideas to shape each plan. She focuses on improving coping skills and building on people’s strengths. That can mean learning tools for anger, working through trauma and abuse, addressing sleep or substance concerns, or finding steadier routines around mood and bipolar symptoms.
She also helps with relationship and communication problems and issues like abandonment or attachment challenges. Her background includes social work training from Buffalo State College and a Master of Social Work from Fordham University. Decades of practice in New York City exposed her to many cultures and belief systems, which she uses to adapt approaches to each person’s life.
People who work with her can expect a collaborative pace. She partners with clients to set goals and tries different interventions until they find what fits. The emphasis is on practical change and on building skills clients can use between sessions.
What Richlyn works with
Everything Richlyn lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Richlyn helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Richlyn lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that fit your life
Richlyn often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and practical coping. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy ideas, which focus on listening closely and letting a person set the goals and pace of work.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods over time. That collaborative process makes it easier to try approaches that feel right and to change course when something isn’t helping.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for longer conversations and demonstrations, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setting helps, and text or chat can provide brief check-ins or ongoing support between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school routines.
Questions people ask about Richlyn
What concerns does Richlyn commonly help with?
She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, sleep problems, parenting strain, and issues related to trauma and abuse.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining talk therapy with practical tools from CBT, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 29 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in New York and has worked with diverse cultural backgrounds.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and practices from New York.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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