- Client-centered
- Systems approach
- Practical tools
About Tricia
Tricia Richards is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Washington. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Tricia writes goals with the people she sees and focuses on simple, usable tools to help with daily challenges.
She began her career in community mental health across two Washington regions. That work exposed her to many different life situations, including anxiety, depression, loss, abuse and neglect, reunification, parenting difficulties, and stress. Those early roles shaped a flexible way of working that adapts to each person's life circumstances.
Tricia uses a client-centered, goal-oriented systems approach. That means she helps clients choose concrete goals and looks at how school, work, family, and friends affect those goals. Sessions tend to focus on practical strategies you can try between meetings and on clearing the small obstacles that get in the way of progress.
Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Central Washington University, and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University. Tricia draws on that training together with hands-on experience to keep therapy grounded and useful.
She is married and is a parent to boy/girl twins born in 2018. Tricia aims to make therapy approachable and workable for people juggling family and life changes. She invites prospective clients to start a conversation about manageable goals and next steps.
She began her career in community mental health across two Washington regions. That work exposed her to many different life situations, including anxiety, depression, loss, abuse and neglect, reunification, parenting difficulties, and stress. Those early roles shaped a flexible way of working that adapts to each person's life circumstances.
Tricia uses a client-centered, goal-oriented systems approach. That means she helps clients choose concrete goals and looks at how school, work, family, and friends affect those goals. Sessions tend to focus on practical strategies you can try between meetings and on clearing the small obstacles that get in the way of progress.
Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Central Washington University, and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University. Tricia draws on that training together with hands-on experience to keep therapy grounded and useful.
She is married and is a parent to boy/girl twins born in 2018. Tricia aims to make therapy approachable and workable for people juggling family and life changes. She invites prospective clients to start a conversation about manageable goals and next steps.
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