About Rica
Rica Miller-Gray is a licensed professional counselor in Mississippi with 19 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. Rica aims to make the first step easier by meeting clients with respect and compassion.
She tailors conversations and plans to fit each person's needs. Sessions focus on practical steps that people can try between meetings. Rica uses clear language and a calm, supportive manner so clients feel heard and understood.
Background and approach
Her work addresses blended family dynamics, codependency, and drug or alcohol addiction alongside more general family problems. She also recognizes seasonal patterns such as Seasonal Affective Disorder and helps people develop routines to manage those months. Rica draws on several therapy styles to match what each person prefers.
She combines client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness practices are added when they suit a client's goals. People who want straightforward guidance and a collaborative plan often find her approach helpful.
Rica aims to build skills for managing strong emotions and improving daily routines. She supports parents who want strategies for parenting stress and family conflict.
Therapy approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy emphasizes active listening and tailoring conversations to each person's concerns; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort priorities and feel heard. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and changing negative patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rica will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they set priorities and adjust techniques as progress is made or as challenges change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option or for lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins and regular contact between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, childcare, or travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English