Ricky Jones, LPC-MH - Therapist in Delaware

About Ricky

Ricky Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health (LPC-MH) with 34 years of professional experience. He works from Delaware and focuses on practical help for common and painful problems. Ricky aims to make the first steps toward change feel clear and doable for worried parents and adults.

He listens with respect and sensitivity and shapes conversations to each person's needs. Sessions are aimed at real-world coping skills and clearer thinking rather than jargon.

Background and approach

Ricky supports people through stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and substance concerns using straightforward methods. Clients can expect a collaborative tone. Ricky helps identify immediate goals and then pieces together a plan to reach them.

That plan often uses evidence-based techniques adapted to daily life and family situations. Ricky has experience addressing relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem challenges, and mood disorders. He also works around longer-term concerns such as attachment patterns, blended family problems, and coping with major life transitions.

His background includes approaches for trauma and post-traumatic stress. Therapy sessions are shaped to the client rather than fitting the person to a single method. Ricky explains options and helps choose skills and strategies that fit each family or individual.

The pace is steady and focused on usable change rather than quick fixes.

How Ricky Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online

Ricky commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when practical problem-solving is needed. He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR for trauma work, which aims to reduce the emotional intensity of painful memories through a guided process. EMDR can help when past events keep affecting day-to-day functioning.

Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Ricky explains each option and helps clients decide what fits their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions are collaborative and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation from home. Phone sessions are available when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy family or work schedule while keeping focus on practical change and emotional support.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

EMDR

A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does he address?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and related mood or behavioral concerns.

What is his therapy style like?

Sessions focus on practical skills, clear goal-setting, and respectful listening. The tone is collaborative and solution-oriented.

How long has he been practicing?

He brings 34 years of professional experience to his work with clients.

What credential and location should I know about?

He holds the LPC-MH credential listed as DE LPC-MH PC-0011441 and practices from Delaware.

Which languages are used for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online work.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 34 years
Licensed: Delaware
Languages: English

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