Richard Goldin, LCSW

Richard Goldin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 23 years of experience in mental health and addictions counseling. He brings a practical, values-driven approach to therapy and focuses on helping people shift unhelpful thinking to improve daily life. Many clients find his style direct and hopeful as they work on stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes.

Goldin began his career in business and education before moving into counseling in midlife. That personal transition shapes his work; he often draws on his own experience of overcoming depression after a business failure. This helps him relate to people facing career setbacks, grief, or major transitions.

His main methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which he uses to help people challenge self-defeating thoughts and build practical coping skills. He also incorporates mindfulness and motivational techniques to support emotional regulation and clearer decision making.

Clients come for a range of concerns, including addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting struggles, attention difficulties, and identity matters such as LGBT concerns. Goldin also lists additional focus areas like aging and geriatric issues, codependency, and matters related to kink and alternative sexual cultures.

He emphasizes identifying personal values and using those values to guide change. The work tends to be active and collaborative, with an emphasis on skill building, perspective shifts, and returning to more positive emotions over time.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Richard primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and beliefs, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical mental habits. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills, which can help with impulsivity, anger, and relationship challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences rather than prescribing one fixed path. Over the first sessions, approaches can be adapted as the work progresses to focus on values, coping skills, or behavioral change.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow a quieter check-in during a lunch break or between appointments. It also makes continuity possible when life events or travel might otherwise interrupt care. Licensed professionals can guide how to use the time most effectively, whether the focus is skill practice, perspective work, or planning next steps.