Rikki Bullard, LPC, LCMHC
Experienced therapist focused on personal stories
Details
| Name | Rikki Bullard |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC, LCMHC |
| Based in | North Carolina |
| Licensed in | North Carolina, South Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 16 |
About Rikki
Rikki Bullard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing from North Carolina. She brings 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward, focused on practical skills that make daily life easier.
Rikki emphasizes a narrative outlook, encouraging clients to tell and reframe their stories. She mixes this with client-centered work that starts from where each person is.
Background and approach
That means sessions are shaped by a client's goals and adjusted as those goals change. She also draws on attachment ideas to look at how early relationships influence current patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools appear when thinking and behavior patterns are targets for change.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques help people name and work with strong feelings in relationship and intimacy concerns. Rikki has worked across many presenting concerns including trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, substance and behavioral addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
She also has experience with adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic pain and illness, and blended family dynamics. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Rikki uses straightforward questions and reflective listening to guide progress.
Prospective clients can expect focused, practical conversations aimed at clearer choices and steadier daily life.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse among the things Rikki works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Rikki among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Rikki directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Rikki directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Attachment Work Online
Rikki blends Narrative Therapy with Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to help people make sense of their lives. Narrative Therapy invites clients to tell and reorganize the stories they live by, which can reduce shame and open new choices for dealing with stress or trauma. Attachment-Based work looks at relationship patterns formed early in life and how those patterns show up now in intimacy and communication. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the focus on each person's goals by using reflective listening and guided questions to follow whatever matters most to the client.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as progress or needs change. Rikki uses short check-ins and reflective feedback to figure out what helps most for a person's situation and pace.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face work on relationship and emotion-focused material. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for ongoing coaching, quick problem-solving, or staying connected between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Rikki commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, and addictions among other concerns.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Rikki uses a narrative and client-centered approach that invites people to tell their stories and shape sessions around their needs.
How much experience does she have?
Rikki has 16 years of clinical experience working in individual counseling and related areas.
What credentials and location are on file?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions delivered?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
What does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Rikki?
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