- Guilt and shame
- Grief and loss
- Attachment issues
About Richard
Richard Crowell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Utah with 10 years of experience. He works with adults who are carrying heavy feelings from grief, trauma, anger, depression, and family conflict. He also helps people struggling with guilt and shame and questions about forgiveness.
He pays attention to the whole of a person's life. That includes relationships, faith when it matters, and the everyday circumstances that shape behavior. In sessions he talks through communication problems, attachment issues, and the strain of caregiving or illness. He also addresses abandonment, isolation, and life-purpose questions.
Crowell has experience supporting people after divorce and separation, and with trauma-related reactions such as dissociation and post-traumatic stress. He has worked with mood disorders and disruptive mood dysregulation, and he offers help around impulsivity and self-directed anger.
He also brings experience with concerns tied to chronic illness, cancer, and the stresses those challenges place on family life. He works with blended family issues and communication struggles that show up in those situations. His work includes support for those dealing with faith-related questions and identity concerns.
Sessions focus on practical conversations and skills people can try between meetings. He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address patterns that keep people stuck. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site's online flow.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical steps people can use to change difficult patterns. One common approach helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that fuel guilt or shame, then practices alternative responses to reduce reactivity and isolation. Another approach concentrates on relationships and attachment - it looks at how early connections shape current reactions and teaches different ways to communicate and repair ruptures.Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and the issues you bring, and together you will try methods that fit your needs. If a technique does not feel like the right match, adjustments are made over time until it does.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in at lunch, avoiding travel, or choosing a call that uses less bandwidth when connections are limited. Licensed professionals can use remote sessions to focus on talk, skills practice, and planning, all aimed at helping people manage guilt, shame, grief, and family stress while keeping sessions practical and usable in day-to-day life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Utah
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does he work with?
He works with family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and depression, and also helps with forgiveness, guilt and shame.
How does he approach feelings of guilt or shame?
He uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people talk through guilt and shame and to identify patterns that maintain those feelings.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has ten years of clinical experience as a therapist working with a range of mood, trauma, and family issues.
What are his credentials and where does he practice?
He is an LMFT licensed in Utah and practices with a focus on issues such as family conflict, trauma, grief, and related concerns.
Can I have sessions in other languages or from outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.