Patrick Richoux

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and retired nurse with more than 25 years of experience in healthcare, social work, and behavioral health. Born in Texas and raised in Brazil and Chile, I’ve spent much of my life moving between cultures. I provide therapy in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and bring that multicultural perspective into my work.

I work with adults navigating anxiety and overthinking, depression, relationship difficulties, narcissism, grief and loss, caregiver stress, aging, identity concerns, and major life transitions. I also provide LGBTQ+ affirming therapy and help who want to create a meaningful life on their own terms and figure out what you want the next chapter of their life to look like.

I have a particular interest in helping people who have spent years being the dependable one—the partner, parent, caregiver, professional, or person everyone else turns to—and are beginning to ask, “What about me?”

My style is warm, practical, straightforward, and collaborative, with room for humor when it fits. I don’t believe therapy needs to feel stiff or overly clinical.

I draw primarily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and psychodynamic approaches. That means we may look at the thoughts and behaviors keeping you stuck, but we may also explore where those patterns came from and whether they still serve you.

I’m interested not only in what is happening, but in the “why” underneath it. Together, we can identify patterns, understand the role they have played in your life, and begin making choices that are more consistent with the person you want to be.

You can expect our sessions to be genuine conversations rather than lectures. I’ll listen, ask questions, sometimes challenge you, and help you slow things down enough to see what may be difficult to recognize when you’re in the middle of it.

My goal isn’t to tell you how to live your life. It’s to help you understand yourself better, separate what you can control from what you can’t, communicate more clearly, set healthier boundaries, and develop practical ways of responding to anxiety, relationships, grief, and change.