Profile / United States
Claudia Richards, LICSW
District of Columbia
LICSW in DC - Stress and Relationship Support
See online therapy options- CBT methods
- Mindfulness tools
- Addiction focus
About Claudia
Claudia Richards is a LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in the District of Columbia with 30 years of experience. She helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and life changes. She also works with people facing grief, addiction concerns, parenting challenges, ADHD, and career strain.
Claudia uses practical, structured approaches in sessions. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. She also uses client-centered listening, elements of dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally focused work, and mindfulness strategies when those fit a person’s goals.
Sessions focus on concrete skills and problem solving. Conversations typically include identifying thinking patterns, testing small behavior changes, and building routines that reduce distress. She pays attention to how relationship patterns and attachment issues affect daily life and decision making.
Her background includes long experience with addiction, trauma related to adoption and foster care, blended family and parenting concerns, codependency, and issues such as infidelity and divorce. She also has experience with first responder stress, HIV/AIDS related concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Claudia works in English in the District of Columbia. The practice uses a subscription billing model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the online booking flow.
How her approaches translate to online work
Claudia commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT sessions tend to focus on clear problems, short-term experiments, and homework tasks that can be practiced between meetings. Client-centered therapy shows up as attentive listening and guiding conversations so a person can set their own goals and priorities.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, especially when stress or strong emotions interfere with daily life. DBT skills training emphasizes concrete practices such as grounding, breathing, and stepwise problem solving that a person can use right away.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claudia will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That decision can change over time as issues evolve and as the person learns what helps them most.
Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule - for example, they reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or remove the need to be on camera if audio works better. These practical benefits help people try focused, structured work without large changes to daily routines.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
District of Columbia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she most often address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addiction, parenting issues, ADHD, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and structured, using cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered listening and mindfulness exercises.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and interpersonal concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in the District of Columbia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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