- Systems oriented
- Goal focused
- Tool based
About Tricia
Tricia Richards is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Washington. She focuses on practical goals and clear steps to help people manage stress, anxiety, self esteem concerns, depression, relationship strain, and life changes.
She began her career in community mental health, working in two different areas of Washington. Those roles exposed her to many situations, including abuse and neglect, reunification efforts, parenting challenges, loss, and general life stressors. That background shaped a straightforward style that values real tools over jargon.
Tricia uses a client-centered, goal-oriented systems approach. She helps each person name their goals and then focuses sessions on meeting them. She pays attention to the systems around a person - work, school, family, and friends - and how those systems affect daily life.
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’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University. She holds the LMFT credential and brings 12 years of therapy experience.
Outside of work she is married and is a parent to twins. She aims to create a practical, down-to-earth therapy experience where clients learn tools they can use between sessions and over time to handle challenges more confidently.
She began her career in community mental health, working in two different areas of Washington. Those roles exposed her to many situations, including abuse and neglect, reunification efforts, parenting challenges, loss, and general life stressors. That background shaped a straightforward style that values real tools over jargon.
Tricia uses a client-centered, goal-oriented systems approach. She helps each person name their goals and then focuses sessions on meeting them. She pays attention to the systems around a person - work, school, family, and friends - and how those systems affect daily life.
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’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University. She holds the LMFT credential and brings 12 years of therapy experience.
Outside of work she is married and is a parent to twins. She aims to create a practical, down-to-earth therapy experience where clients learn tools they can use between sessions and over time to handle challenges more confidently.