Tricia Richards , LMFT

Tricia Richards is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Washington. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Tricia focuses on women's issues alongside concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, anger, relationship struggles, and parenting challenges.

She began her career in community mental health across two Washington regions. That work exposed her to many life situations, including abuse or neglect, reunification, grief, and everyday life transitions. This background informs her ability to handle a broad range of concerns with steady judgment.

Tricia uses a client-centered, goal-focused systems approach. She helps people set clear goals and looks at the different parts of life that affect them - work, school, family, and friends. The goal is practical change: learning new tools, strengthening coping skills, and improving relationships.

Her academic path includes a Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Central Washington University, followed by a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University. The LMFT credential indicates licensure in Washington.

Tricia is married and is a parent to twins. She draws on both professional and personal experience when supporting people through parenting stress, family of origin issues, guilt and shame, polyamory or non-monogamous relationship concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She invites curious people to reach out and begin a conversation about their goals.

Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options

Tricia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses is a systems-informed method that looks at how work, school, family, and friends shape a person's difficulties and strengths; this helps when the source of stress involves multiple life areas. Another core element is a client-centered, goal-focused approach that helps people set clear, achievable goals and learn new coping tools to manage anxiety, depression, anger, or parenting challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods as progress is made. This partnership helps make sure the work fits the person's life and values.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have a near face-to-face conversation when schedules or geography make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for frequent, brief check-ins and flexible support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working on goals from wherever a person is located in Washington.