Dr. Ricardo Gillispie, PhD, LCSW
Experienced social worker focused on family challenges
- Experience
- 51 years
- Licensed in
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ricardo
Dr. Ricardo Gillispie, PhD, LCSW helps people and families deal with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting concerns, addictions, trauma, and relationship problems. He brings a practical, steady presence and long experience to sessions.
He practices from Mississippi and offers services in English to national and international clients. Dr. Gillispie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW, and he has worked in clinical, correctional, and program development roles over many years.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward talk and proven therapy methods. Sessions focus on problem solving, building skills, and improving everyday coping. He draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
Attachment-based ideas help when relationship patterns and family dynamics are involved. With 51 years of experience, Dr. Gillispie has served in independent practice and in leadership roles for behavioral health programs.
He has developed outpatient programs for older adults and consulted on mental health services in correctional and hospital settings. Much of his work has included program design, staff training, and clinical practice. In sessions he aims to be direct and practical.
Parents and adults can expect a focus on concrete tools for stress, sleep, parenting, anger, and coping with life changes. He also addresses issues like compassion fatigue, career concerns, and intimacy-related difficulties. Care is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
He recommends starting with a short matching questionnaire so you and he can plan initial sessions that fit your needs.
How his approaches work well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and commit to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce symptoms like insomnia, anger, or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and family dynamics to improve communication and emotional connection.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to address parenting concerns, relationship patterns, or individual coping skills.
Online formats allow flexible access to therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and use brief check-ins when helpful. The focus remains on practical tools and steady support delivered by a licensed professional.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 51 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Ricardo
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