Richlyn Fletcher
Empathetic, experienced clinician focused on practical change
LCSW New York
- Experience
- 29 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Richlyn
Richlyn Fletcher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 29 years of clinical experience in New York. She combines a client-centered attitude with practical methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people build coping skills and work toward personal goals.
Background and approach
Richlyn emphasizes a holistic, strengths-based approach and integrates expressive tools such as music, movement, and art when these methods can support emotional expression and change. Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep difficulties, relationship issues, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and parenting challenges.
Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, body image, cancer-related concerns, and other complex presentations. Richlyn works with each person to identify realistic goals and to tailor interventions that fit their values and life context.
Clients can expect collaborative care that attends to cultural and individual differences cultivated over decades working with diverse populations in New York. She encourages a respectful therapeutic relationship and a process-oriented path toward better coping and emotional well-being.
Integrating evidence-based approaches into online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for managing symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relational patterns and early bonding experiences to address difficulties with trust, abandonment, and close relationships. Client-Centered Therapy foregrounds the individual's strengths and experience, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space to explore goals and make changes.
Choosing the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals and then tailor a combination of methods that fit the person’s situation. Adjustments are made over time so the plan remains responsive to progress and changing priorities.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit therapy into busy lives, and access support from home or another convenient location while still working with a licensed professional.
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Experience
29+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English