Jack Richey
Compassionate, practical therapy for family concerns
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jack
Jack Richey is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and family concerns. He offers straightforward, practical support for adults facing relationship and parenting challenges. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps you can try between meetings.
He uses talk therapy that centers on the person and their goals. That means listening first, then shaping plans that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and make small changes that reduce distress. Jack draws on solution-focused tools when immediate problems need fast, usable steps. Those tools can be helpful for parenting struggles, communication breakdowns, and getting through particular crises.
His work reflects twenty years practicing in Illinois as an LCSW - licensed clinical social worker. In sessions he aims to be clear, direct, and respectful while adjusting methods to each person’s needs. He keeps language plain and practical so busy adults can apply what they learn.
Parents and adults who want to address family friction, caregiving stress, or life transitions will find concrete strategies and coaching-style guidance. The focus is on helping people find manageable changes that improve daily life and relationships.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist helps people set their own goals and supports them while they try new ways of handling problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, and stress that affect daily life.Solution-Focused Therapy targets immediate, solvable problems by identifying strengths and small steps that lead to change. It is useful when specific parenting, relationship, or work issues need direct action. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together; the therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to the client’s goals, needs, and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, while phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging offer flexibility for shorter check-ins or days when speaking live is hard. These options help people maintain consistency and use therapeutic tools between meetings.
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
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
Next step
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