Gregory Rico
Compassionate, practical therapy that meets you where you are
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Gregory
Gregory Rico is a licensed professional counselor who offers straightforward, respectful care for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and LGBT-related matters. He works with clients who need help with intimacy and sexual issues, parenting stresses, substance concerns, grief, and life changes. Sessions are aimed at practical steps and clearer thinking rather than long lectures.
Gregory emphasizes simple, compassionate conversation that meets people where they are. Gregory brings 15 years of work in Texas to his practice as an LPC.
Background and approach
He adapts conversations and plans to each person’s situation instead of using one-size-fits-all solutions. He draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a calm, accepting space and uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when patterns of thought and behavior need to change. He also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set small, achievable goals and build momentum.
In sessions Gregory focuses on clear communication and realistic steps. He helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and tries practical alternatives. For concerns like attachment, body image, caregiver stress, or control issues he works to identify immediate next steps clients can try between sessions.
Gregory also supports people dealing with more specific challenges such as gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS related stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and intellectual disability issues. He aims to be sensitive to identity and life context while working toward measurable progress. People can expect a collaborative working style that balances listening with active problem solving.
Gregory tailors the pace and tools to each person’s needs and revisits the plan as progress is made.
How Gregory’s Methods Work Online
Gregory uses Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions feel respectful and collaborative, focusing on understanding each person’s experience and priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a calm place to talk through identity, stress, or relationship concerns.He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and actions tie together and teaches practical ways to change habits. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and for shifting patterns that cause repeat problems. Solution-Focused Therapy rounds out his approach by keeping work short-term and goal-oriented, concentrating on small changes that add up over time.
Choosing the right method is part of the work. Gregory approaches treatment as a collaboration and will help figure out which approach fits a person’s goals and preferences. He adjusts plans as progress is made and checks in regularly about how things are going.
Online therapy with Gregory offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around school, work, caregiving, or travel and let people keep momentum between meetings. Many people find this flexibility helpful when juggling busy family and life schedules.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
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