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William Richert, LMHC

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

William is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

5.0 stars
Clients are very satisfied with William. View 52 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Washington, Oregon, and 1 more

Recent reviews

Will is great with asking questions that help with understanding the situation. Usually the issues are very tangled and unclear, and Will is able to ask the right questions to help realize what I’m missing. Greatly recommend!

Reviewed November 2024

William is professional and courteous. He listens, makes note of specific concerns that come up, and then repeats those concerns in closing as items to be addressed in the future. He shares relevant articles and information that meet with issues being addressed. He acknowledges actions that are courageous and successful, and offers alternatives to actions that are counter-productive. Overall, this has been a worthwhile choice in helping me work through some very new and very old issues.

Reviewed September 2024

More about William

  • 15 years' experience
  • Male
  • LMHC, LPC

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington state and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the states of Oregon and Wyoming. I’m a good fit if you want a therapist who both accepts your process when you need to talk things out, but who will also coach you in specific tools and techniques for feeling better, performing better, and flourishing. Clients tell me that they like that I balance accepting their process with patience whilst actively providing the tools for change and the push for change when needed.

I specialize in applying the tools, techniques, and knowledge of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Positive Psychology to assist adults with fostering better relationships, improving quality of life, and increasing capacity for resilience in the face of setbacks and trauma. I also assist my clients to access their unique character strengths, experience more positive emotions, and deepen their sense of meaning, and engagement in their daily lives.

I believe that people change and grow by developing opportunities and resources more than by merely managing problems. Treatment may assist you to identify, build, and utilize your strengths. Treatment may also help you to improve your relationships and your ability to relate to other people and to yourself.

What you do outside of treatment in your daily life will be as important in fostering change and promoting healing as the work we do in our meetings.

METHODS AND THERAPEUTIC ORIENTATION

- DBT-informed treatment: DBT consists of the technology of change (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) and the technology of acceptance (skills for building awareness, commonly referred to as "mindfulness").

- Positive Psychology: clinical tools, techniques and interventions derived from the empirical study of well-being, attachment, meaning, flourishing, resilience, and achievement.

- Interpersonal Neurobiology: Many clients find it easier to understand skills for managing stress, emotions, addictions, and relationships when these are explained within the context of the brain works; you might find it easier to relate to therapy when it is explained in terms of the brain and the nervous system.

- EMDR: EMDR promotes the efficient and safe processing of disturbing memories and emotions.

Effective counseling depends on the quality of the relationship that a counselor establishes with you. As a counselor, I commit to the following: to seek to understand your perspective; listen for your most important concerns; accept you without judgement; respect your freedom and autonomy; follow you in determining the goals of your recovery; honor your ideas, your timing, and your pace of change especially when you have moments of doubt and indecision.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes Addictions Relationship issues Family conflicts Grief Sleeping disorders Anger management Career difficulties Coaching Compassion fatigue Codependency Commitment issues Family of origin issues Forgiveness Guilt and shame Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisis Mood disorders Panic disorder and panic attacks Post-traumatic stress Self-love Sex addiction Social anxiety and phobia Workplace issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Licenses

William Richert's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043537103.

  • LMHC · Washington · 60196775 · Expires April 2025
  • LPC · Oregon · C2609 · Expires April 2025
  • LPC · Wyoming · LPC-1900 · Expires April 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for William Richert

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

5.0

52 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Listens Helped Understand Helpful Recommend Grateful Great listener Amazing Helping

Will is great with asking questions that help with understanding the situation. Usually the issues are very tangled and unclear, and Will is able to ask the right questions to help realize what I’m missing. Greatly recommend!

Reviewed November 2024

William is professional and courteous. He listens, makes note of specific concerns that come up, and then repeats those concerns in closing as items to be addressed in the future. He shares relevant articles and information that meet with issues being addressed. He acknowledges actions that are courageous and successful, and offers alternatives to actions that are counter-productive. Overall, this has been a worthwhile choice in helping me work through some very new and very old issues.

Reviewed September 2024

Will listens with such a discerning ear and finds ways to help me understand how to best help myself. His counseling experience and knowledge of how the brain works has been instrumental in guiding me as I've navigated through periods of depression. Will is truly exceptional!

Reviewed August 2024

Very solution focused. Not only a sounding board but someone who gives good feedback and provides useful tools and readout to help me in my own mental health goals too.

Reviewed July 2024

I don't like typing., but I felt he was honestly listening and gave critical feedback that I was looking for. Thank you William

Reviewed May 2024

Patient, encouraging, great listener, reliable, practical, and he uses my values to relate important messages. Very thankful for Will.

Reviewed May 2024

William is welcoming, insightful and perceptive. He listens well, suggests helpful options for overcoming challenges and is grounded in practical solutions that get results. He is a pleasure to talk with and puts you at ease to make your session productive and effective. Highly recommended!

Reviewed April 2024

Will is an extraordinary therapist. He listens carefully when I speak and offers insights that help me deal with whatever situation I am currently working through. Will has helped me find ways to support myself so that I no longer feel like a victim of my emotions, living at the whim of Depression. I am extremely grateful for all that I have learned since working with him!

Reviewed March 2024

William is very knowledgeable and supportive. He makes me think, he listens and he helps in many different ways. He gives me different perspectives, exercises and forms to help me in my emotion needs.

Reviewed March 2024

I appreciated my time with William. He asked good questions about my life and experiences to help me through some difficult life circumstances. I felt supported during the sessions and got actionable advice on how to make progress towards my goals.

Reviewed January 2024

William Richert has been helping me through some of the most difficult times of my life. He's very attentive and respectful. He has so much knowledge and gives me lots of resources.

Reviewed September 2023

William listens really well and is very observant of things that I may have missed while talking to him. He is very kind and very supportive. He also offers many different resources for more help in between sessions. I have found William very helpful for me and it has been very nice being able to talk with someone who really seems to care.

Reviewed August 2023

William is amazing! He's kind and has a great sense of humor. He listens when needed and give great feedback with tools to help.

Reviewed July 2023

Exceptional. I was provided with numerous new tools and perspectives that helped me reach my therapy goals in a matter of months with William. All I have is the deepest gratitude.

Reviewed July 2023

Will is very understanding, easy to talk to and so helpful!

Reviewed June 2023

William is awesome. He not only listens to what you have to say but also asls relevent questions and offers solutions to how you are feeling, and how to start your journey on fixing/conquering what is going on. He explains very well why the brain does what it does and how it applies to you. 10/10 would recommend him.

Reviewed May 2023

William is easy to speak with, and provides well thought out feed back with big impact.

Reviewed March 2023

Will is exceptional. He is kind and validating when appropriate but also challenges me as needed. He invites new perspectives and creates a very safe space for very difficult topics. I feel really supported by his partnership in my healing journey.

Reviewed March 2023

Will has been the only therapist I’ve trusted so far and have continued to see. He doesn’t force his view points on you, he listens to what you say and helps you shift your perspective. I’m continuing to see Will and talking with him once a week has been fantastic.

Reviewed April 2023

I don't think I could have been matched with a better therapist to work through grief after my father's passing. Will is very consistent, kind, calm, and is a great listener. He offered thoughtful insight, but never pushed a personal agenda. It made it very easy to be open from the start and I feel that I gained a new helpful outlook to move forward with. Thanks Will!

Reviewed February 2023

Offers new ways to think situations, helpful in encouraging boundaries and how to establish them, and provides simple ways to regulate self during stressful situations.

Reviewed January 2023

Will is a true professional. He listens, assesses the situation and makes recommendations based on the patients personality and preferences. Will makes the conversations pleasant, down to earth and meaningful.

Reviewed November 2022

He is very caring and professional.

Reviewed September 2022

William is awesome. He listens really well. Gives great feedback. Provides great tools to help me in my everyday life. Thank you William!!

Reviewed August 2022

Amazing therapist, highly recommended

Reviewed August 2022

William is a wonderful rhetapist. He listens and acknowledges your concerns and works with you to address those in ways that work best for you.

Reviewed August 2022

We all go to physicians twice annually to check up and make sure that we are doing well. I cannot understand why we are not also regularly checking up with a mental health counselor in the same way. My life is magnitudes better since starting therapy. I was reticent to try online therapy, but I believe I found the perfect person for working with me here. I would (and just yesterday did) recommend general mental health counselling for everyone. If it hadn't been for therapy, I would not have come to understand myself. I would have continued bumbling through life trying to force myself to fit the world instead of being who I really am.

Reviewed July 2022

Will is amazing. His listening and understanding skills combined with his knowledge of the brain brings an emotional and scientific approach to my Borderline which is amazingly healing. I cannot speak for others, but his ability to understand and address what I am going through in my life has been the difference between my personal success and failure.

Reviewed July 2022

I had Will as a therapist for two years. I had gone through so much, had so much pain and sadness inside me. I currently cannot afford BetterHelp, but can read through our messages. My heart aches for the woman I was before therapy, but also is so warm from the fact that Will helped me find myself again. I don’t think I could be more grateful.

Reviewed June 2022

William is a great listener. He provides good feedback and challenges me to read and do exercises to better my emotional health.

Reviewed April 2022

Will is the best therapist I’ve ever had the opportunity to work with. I’ve been through a few people over the years and it’s always been awkward getting started but not with Will. He listens intently and always is sure to be considerate of how I am adjusting to therapy. So far he has been very helpful with some trauma I’ve experienced and tbh, I was surprised how quickly the therapy started helping me. He is kind, patient and also able to be direct. Definitely would recommend him as a therapist!

Reviewed April 2022

William is great! I really appreciate him and love working with him. He has helped me a lot in our sessions.

Reviewed March 2022

I’ve only been meeting with Will for a few weeks but I can already tell that he has my best interest at heart.

Reviewed March 2022

Working with Will is exactly who I needed to work with and I'm so grateful to work with him. This is my first time taking steps for therap, as an adult. I tried a few other therapists and it wasn't the right fit. I'm recommending everyone work with Will! I feel listened to and validated. He provides a safe space to share. He's very knowledgeable and uses extremely effective techniques. I'm finally feeling free of situations that were keeping me stuck for years. It's incredible to have his insight about situations I'm experiencing and he's helping me move forward. I'm so happy with the progress I'm seeing and feeling within myself because of these sessions. Absolutely, an amazing therapist and even better human being. Thanks for working with me, Will!

Reviewed March 2022

Best therapist I have ever had in my life. I had my reservations about voice/video sessions versus in person. But he was very hands on and responded promptly to any text, as well as offered material or worksheets that helped explain what a person might be going through.

Reviewed January 2022

Will is even-keeled and thoughtful. He validates my experiences and anxieties and helps me to honor them too. I have gained an incredible number of skills and coping strategies through my sessions with him. I would recommend him to anyone.

Reviewed November 2021

Will is a great listener and I always feel comfortable talking to him about anything.

Reviewed August 2021

William is a very empathetic therapist who will make sure you feel like you’re being listened to and sometimes that’s all someone needs. He is very good at what he does, it feels like I’m talking to someone I’ve known for years.

Reviewed July 2021

Best counselor I’ve ever had

Reviewed June 2021

I am so grateful to have found a counselor that not only makes me feel comfortable being myself, but allows me to navigate my mind in a safe place. Taking the step to finally put my mental health first and address my PTSD, was the best decision I ever made. William has helped me so much on the path to recovering. And while I have a long road ahead, I am stronger and more ready than I ever have been.

Reviewed April 2021

William has been wonderful to work with. Probably the best counselor I’ve ever had! He takes his time to understand his patients well and suggests the most effective ways of calming down.

Reviewed January 2021

My time with Will Richert has been extremely beneficial. Although somewhat short as I may be canceling soon because of the inability to continue to afford better help it has helped me tremendously! I am very thankful to being matched with Will! I love the things he has taught me and he is a great listener who is gentle in his teaching and instruction! He has given me much good advice for my recovery program and future walking in sobriety and controlling my anger etc... Thankful for him

Reviewed January 2021

William has been completely wonderful. I think it was about a month before we actually had a phone call, but he always responded to my messages in a timely manner and listened to my point of view. I was nervous about using BetterHelp instead of finding an in person therapist initially, but after all of our conversations, I’m more than happy to talk to him here. There are times I’m nervous about my appointments, but they are always good and thought provoking. I feel like I have been able to do more inside work with his help than I have in a long time.

Reviewed January 2021

I’ve been very grateful to have Will as my therapist. Smart, kind, and very skilled, I have made an unbelievable amount of progress due to his ability to understand me as an individual through multiple different lenses.

Reviewed December 2020

I really needed some quick emotional coaching and I felt like he provided good advice, insights and strategies, so thank you!

Reviewed November 2020

He’s a great counselor really supportive and empathetic

Reviewed November 2020

William is kind and compassionate. He is patient and thoughtful. He has really helped to validate my experiences and I feel heard and respected.

Reviewed November 2020

From the very start William has been very proactive in sending me resources, worksheets and exercises throughout the week. He always responds on the same day with thoughtful feedback that gives me the boost I need between sessions. I also appreciate that he is available on weekends and evenings.

Reviewed November 2020

Will has been a tremendous help. He is the first counselor I’ve ever worked with that I have felt a connection with. We have already made leaps and downs within two sessions. He deserves a raise for all he does

Reviewed November 2020

Will is my second counselor on Better Help. The first day that he and I were linked, we had more conversation that I did with the first counselor in a week. He responds in a timely manner and has send many documents to try and gauge where I’m at and what I need help with most. I recommend him to anyone.

Reviewed September 2020

William has helped me understand the inner workings of my mind better than I ever could have hoped for. Thanks to him, I’m beginning to see possibilities of real change in my life.

Reviewed September 2020

This is my first time doing any sort of counseling/therapy and I think I was matched up perfectly with William. He lets me ramble and go off on tangents while still understanding the root of what I'm saying and offering great take aways. I'm loving my experience so far.

Reviewed August 2020

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Frequently asked questions

Does William Richert offer telehealth visits?

Yes. William Richert works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does William Richert speak?

William Richert speaks English.

How many years of experience does William Richert have?

William Richert has 15 years of experience.

Where is William Richert licensed to practice?

William Richert is licensed to practice in Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming.

Does William Richert accept clients outside of the United States?

No, William Richert does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does William Richert offer?

William Richert offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with William Richert?

William Richert can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with William Richert?

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