Rikki Bullard, LPC, LCMHC

Rikki Bullard uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and trauma. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - LCMHC practicing in North Carolina. Her style is direct and compassionate and aimed at helping people find more balance in day-to-day life.

With 16 years of experience, Rikki draws on methods that include cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment-focused work, and client-centered techniques. Sessions often focus on improving coping skills, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, and strengthening emotional awareness. She also addresses concerns such as addiction, grief, intimacy-related struggles, and parenting stress.

Rikki adapts the pace to each person. She listens first and uses reflective questions to clarify what matters most. From there she offers concrete strategies people can try between sessions, along with gentle encouragement as they practice new habits.

She also works with people facing life transitions, career uncertainty, chronic illness, and challenges tied to adoption or blended family dynamics. Rikki includes ideas from emotionally-focused and existential approaches when deeper meaning, attachment patterns, or values come into play.

The overall aim is to help people tolerate hard feelings, repair relationship patterns, and build routines that support daily functioning. Her goal is to help clients move toward greater calm, clearer decisions, and more satisfying connections with others.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Rikki commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors to change how someone feels and functions. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with mood or coping.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas, which look at how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional responses and closeness. This work can help people understand recurring relationship patterns and build healthier ways of connecting. Alongside those methods she uses a client-centered stance that emphasizes listening, respect, and tailoring sessions to each person's needs.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, try different techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps you most. Decisions about which approach to use are made together and can change as needs evolve.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you use visual cues and more in-depth interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer voice only. Live chat and text-based messaging let you check in more frequently or fit brief sessions into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.