Richlyn Fletcher , LCSW

Richlyn Fletcher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 29 years of experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. She earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Buffalo State College and a Master of Social Work from Fordham University in New York City. Her long career in New York has included work with clients from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, which informs a holistic, culturally aware practice.

Richlyn blends talk-based therapies with creative methods such as music, movement, and art when these tools can aid expression and promote change. Clinically she draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness Therapy while emphasizing each personâs individual strengths as a foundation for growth. This combination is used to strengthen coping skills and to support recovery and healing from depression, anxiety, addictions, grief, post-traumatic stress, and other mental health conditions and physical illnesses.

She works with individuals, couples, and families and approaches each relationship as unique, aiming to build a collaborative working alliance. Together with clients she identifies practical, personalized steps toward their goals and toward whatever wholeness looks like for them.

Approaches That Guide Online Sessions

Richlyn uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. She incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to teach present-moment awareness and stress management techniques that can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.

Motivational Interviewing is another tool she employs to support people who are ambivalent about change, such as those working on addictions or health behavior goals. Each approach is offered flexibly and tailored to the client's needs, and Richlyn works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their goals and preferences.

Online therapy with Richlyn can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals without rearranging major parts of daily life, and they allow the therapeutic work to continue in a way that fits each client.