About Fredric
Dr. Fredric Richmond is a licensed psychologist practicing in Pennsylvania who focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and mood concerns. He brings 43 years of experience working with adults who face difficult emotional and behavioral challenges.
He listens carefully and helps people find practical steps to reduce immediate distress. He trained at Temple University and the University of Michigan and has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That background shaped a straightforward, practical way of working.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what the person is experiencing now and on tools they can use between meetings. Dr. Richmond uses a client-centered stance that keeps the person's goals in view.
He also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thinking and change patterns that keep problems going. He combines these methods so sessions feel collaborative and goal-oriented. People typically leave sessions with clear steps to try at home and a plan for what to address next time.
He pays attention to relationships, grief, trauma, sleep and eating concerns, parenting stress, career strain, ADHD, and other areas named by the person. The work aims to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day coping. If someone is ready to begin, the usual path is to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
The focus in early meetings is listening closely, making a plan together, and setting achievable goals.
Approaches that fit online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on understanding what matters most to the person. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is shared, and helps the person set personal goals and priorities. This approach is useful when someone needs a steady, respectful space to sort feelings and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It helps people test unhelpful thoughts and try concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or phobias. CBT often includes homework tasks that can be done between sessions to build new habits.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match the client's goals, needs, and preferences. Early sessions focus on listening, forming a plan, and agreeing on practical steps to try together.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is low or the person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, coaching-style work, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 43 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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