Rikki Bullard, LPC, LCMHC - Therapist in North Carolina

Client-centered approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Emotion-focused work

About Rikki

Rikki Bullard is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, practicing in North Carolina with 16 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues like parenting, grief, and addiction. Sessions focus on practical skills and clear steps clients can try between meetings.

Rikki uses a client-centered style that keeps the conversation focused on what each person needs. She listens with reflective questions and adjusts session direction as goals shift. That approach makes room for techniques from cognitive behavioral work and emotionally-focused methods when they help.

Her background includes long-term individual counseling across mood concerns, relationship struggles, behavioral issues, and life transitions. Rikki draws on attachment ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also brings existential ideas when people want to examine meaning, choice, and values.

In sessions she teaches practical coping tools and skills to manage ups and downs. That can include problem-focused strategies from CBT, communication work from emotionally-focused approaches, and attention to how attachment shapes reactions. She encourages clients to try new skills between meetings and to notice what changes.

Rikki works in English and practices in North Carolina. Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How Rikki uses approaches in online work

Rikki blends client-centered listening with specific therapeutic tools to address social anxiety, relationship worries, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people can name their own goals and take the lead in sessions. This helps when someone feels unsure about talking or wants steady, respectful support.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) adds practical skills that break down anxious thoughts and test them with real-world experiments. CBT is useful for people who want concrete steps to try between meetings and to reduce avoidance patterns.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current behavior and feelings. It can help people recognize repeated responses to being watched, judged, or rejected and practice new ways of relating in everyday interactions.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs, then adjust as you see what helps. That means sessions can shift over time if different tools seem more useful.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time. Many people find that practicing skills between sessions is simpler when meetings are easier to schedule.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Self esteem Depression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesGrief Intimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shame Impulsivity Infidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issues Mood disorders Multicultural concernsPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issues Workplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Listed in

North Carolina, South Carolina

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting, grief, addictions, and related concerns listed in her profile.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a client-centered approach with reflective questioning and adapts session focus to each person's needs.

How much experience does she have?

Rikki has 16 years of experience working in individual counseling across mood, relationship, behavioral, and transition issues.

What credentials and region are listed?

She is LPC and LCMHC licensed in North Carolina and practices there.

In which languages can sessions be held?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients supported?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I do to start a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.