About Richard
Richard Broach is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. He speaks English and Spanish and offers straightforward, calm support for those trying to make sense of hard changes. He aims to make sessions feel like real conversations where people can find their own momentum for change.
He takes a whole-person view. Problems are often made of many parts, so he helps lay those pieces out like a puzzle to see how they fit together.
Background and approach
That can include current stresses, relationships, past hurts, work, health, or identity concerns. He encourages simple, practical routines around sleep, activity, nutrition, and exercise that often make daily struggles easier to manage. Richard blends methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered techniques to match what a person needs.
He uses mindful practices and emotion-focused work when helpful. Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on concrete steps and coping skills. He has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, LGBT issues, gender dysphoria, aging and geriatric topics, hospice and end-of-life counseling, immigration concerns, multicultural stress, and process addictions.
People come for help with self-esteem, purpose, and handling prejudice or discrimination. Richard practices in Wisconsin and draws on long experience to keep conversations practical and grounded. He focuses on helping people notice small changes that add up to clearer thinking and better day-to-day functioning.
How his approaches fit into online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where direction and meaning matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and new behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience, using empathic listening to help them find their own solutions and build self-trust.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Richard treats therapy as a collaboration and will help determine which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. Together they set small, achievable steps and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video sessions are close to an in-person meeting and allow visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people share between sessions and use brief messages for support or tracking progress. These options increase flexibility and help people maintain consistency with therapy.
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- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English, Spanish