Richlyn Fletcher

Richlyn Fletcher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 29 years of experience in New York. She uses a practical, person-focused style to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and other life challenges. Her approach blends cognitive tools, mindfulness, and motivational techniques to support changes that feel meaningful to each person.

She trained at Fordham University where she earned a Master of Social Work, and earlier completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work at Buffalo State College. Much of her work has been in New York City, where she has supported people from many cultural and ethnic backgrounds. That experience shaped a flexible, holistic practice that values each person’s story.

In sessions she often incorporates creative methods like music, movement, or art when those tools help someone express themselves or try a new behavior. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Therapy, and Attachment-Based and client-centered ideas to shape practical steps. Conversations focus on skills, choices, and small experiments that build toward stated goals.

People come to her for help with grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and relationship stresses. She also addresses related topics such as abandonment, attachment issues, communication problems, and coping after disasters.

Richlyn describes therapy as a collaborative process. She works with each person to find what helps them feel more in control, calm, and connected to their aims. To start, a short questionnaire and scheduling step are used to match people to an appointment.

How core approaches guide online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early patterns influence current feelings and behavior. It helps people understand trust, closeness, and repeated reactions so they can try different, healthier ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete tools to test unhelpful beliefs and practice new behaviors for anxiety, anger, or low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques help with stress, sleep trouble, and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to choose or combine methods based on goals, needs, and preferences. Early sessions are used to set priorities and try techniques, then adjust what is most helpful over time.

Please confirm available session formats before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins between longer visits. It can also let someone use less bandwidth by turning off video or choose audio-only if that better fits their routine. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, and attachment-focused conversations to work well in remote sessions.