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Person-focused counseling with practical tools

Shemeah Richardson, LPC

12 years in practice · based in Colorado · sessions in English · 7 methods listed · online only

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About Shemeah

Shemeah Richardson offers a person-focused approach that centers each session on the client's needs. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience and uses straightforward talk and practical tools to help people cope. She speaks English and practices from Colorado.

Shemeah believes each person knows their story best. Sessions begin by listening carefully to what matters most and building on existing strengths. She aims to make therapy a place where people can name what is hard and try ways to feel better.

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Background and approach

Her work often addresses trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions. Attention to ADHD, identity questions such as gender dysphoria, and LGBT concerns are part of her focus areas.

Shemeah draws from several practical approaches, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques. That means sessions can include listening, problem-focused skills, and noticing thoughts and patterns that get in the way. She has helped people for over a decade and keeps the process simple and direct.

She works with people on real-life problems like communication struggles, caregiver stress, feelings of emptiness, and coping after loss. The goal is clearer thinking and more usable ways to handle everyday challenges.

Practical approaches for online counseling

Shemeah uses client-centered work to focus sessions on what matters most to each person, creating space to tell their story and identify strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps by naming unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behavior to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple awareness skills so people can notice stress and choose how to respond rather than react.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to concerns, try methods that fit the client's goals, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most useful over time.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, reflection between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work consistently from different locations.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

Shemeah works with trauma and abuse, grief, stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues. She also focuses on relationship and family problems, parenting strain, ADHD, and identity concerns including gender dysphoria and LGBT matters.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She uses a person-centered style that combines listening with practical tools. Sessions often mix problem-focused skill work, mindfulness, and storytelling to change unhelpful patterns.

What is her professional background?

Shemeah has 12 years of professional experience helping people with a wide range of social and emotional struggles. Her approach emphasizes building on each person's strengths.

Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?

She practices from Colorado and holds the LPC credential, listed as CO LPC and GA LPC in her documentation.

Which languages are supported and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Shemeah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription. The subscription can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

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