Richard Komm
Compassionate psychologist with pragmatic care
- Credentials
- AZ Psychologist PSY-003642
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Richard
Richard Komm is a licensed psychologist in Arizona with 40 years of professional experience. He focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and issues related to sexual orientation. He also addresses parenting concerns and mood disorders.
He approaches people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and aims to make the first step feel manageable for those seeking help. He adapts conversations and treatment to fit each person's situation.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to meet specific needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. Richard listens for what matters most and then works with clients to set clear, practical goals. Over four decades of practice have exposed him to a wide range of concerns.
He has worked with trauma and abuse, panic and phobias, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and chronic health-related issues. He also has experience with anger, impulsivity, hoarding, and midlife transitions. His background includes helping people navigate communication problems, guilt and shame, and challenges tied to aging and geriatric issues.
He responds to LGBT-related concerns and to complex mood disorders such as bipolar disorder. He draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques suited to each problem. People who reach out can expect a calm, straightforward approach.
The goal is to create an actionable plan and steady progress through steady conversation and appropriate techniques. He encourages anyone taking the first step to recognize that reaching out itself is meaningful.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Richard draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns; this helps with panic, social fears, and low mood. Another approach centers on processing trauma in a paced way, helping people tell their story and reduce its ongoing impact on daily life.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what is not.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, keep continuity during life changes, and maintain contact between appointments. Licensed professionals can provide the same step-by-step planning and practical techniques through these remote formats, making therapy more accessible for many people.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Richard
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