About Richard
Richard "Rich" Yeager helps people who are worn out by stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma, anger, and depression. He writes plainly and directly, and he encourages clients to stop pretending they are fine and begin honest work toward feeling better. Rich is a Licensed Professional Counselor, which he earned while building ten years of clinical experience in Colorado.
He works with adults and older teens to address problems like people-pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, and pain from past abuse or trauma.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real change rather than quick fixes. Rich combines practical clinical tools with deeper personal work. That can include learning to communicate clearly, rebuild trust after hurt, and practice healthier ways of relating to others.
He also helps people explore attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and complicated grief such as guilt and shame. He is familiar with issues that co-occur like dissociation, disruptive mood dysregulation, and patterns linked to dependent or avoidant tendencies. Rich uses a grounded, straightforward style in sessions.
He aims to be direct but empathic, helping clients set goals and practice new skills between meetings. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. People who want to stop repeating the same patterns and rebuild relationships or self-worth may find his approach useful.
He offers sessions from Colorado and works with English-speaking clients, including international clients when appropriate.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Rich uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine practical skills with deeper healing. One common focus is trauma recovery, which helps people process past hurt and reduce how much it shapes current relationships and emotions. This work can include grounding skills and paced processing to lessen intense reactions and build emotional regulation.Another area is relationship-focused work that emphasizes communication skills and boundary setting. That approach teaches concrete ways to speak up, listen, and negotiate needs so interactions feel safer and clearer. A third strand addresses mood and anxiety by teaching coping strategies and behavioral changes that reduce worry and lift mood over time.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs, preferences, and pace. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked and new concerns arise.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth work and seeing nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and brief check-ins work well over chat or text for between-session support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and reach people who live outside the therapist's immediate area.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English