About Rick
Rick Fulton is an LPC with 30 years of experience who works online from Texas. He combines a cognitive behavioral outlook with practical skills to help people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, ADHD, mood concerns, and relationship struggles. He aims to build a supportive alliance so clients leave sessions with something to try in daily life.
He holds a master’s degree in counseling from the University of North Texas in Denton.
Background and approach
Over three decades he has treated mental health and addiction concerns in inpatient and outpatient settings. His background includes work with grief, bipolar disorder, dual diagnosis, PTSD, and issues related to sexual orientation and intimacy. Rick favors clear, concrete strategies you can use between sessions.
That often means setting small goals, practicing new thinking patterns, and using motivational conversations to move forward. He can include Christian counseling when requested, and otherwise his practice is inclusive of all spiritual beliefs. His approach reflects experience with both addiction and mental health comorbidity.
He has taught caregiver-focused material and uses stages of change and motivational interviewing techniques to support people ready to make shifts. He emphasizes acceptance, compassion, and practical steps. Sessions are online only and follow a standard scheduling approach.
Messages sent outside his stated hours are answered the next morning, and he asks for notice if a live appointment will be missed to keep a steady rhythm of care.
Approaches for change used in online sessions
Rick uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through clear exercises and homework, which can reduce worry and improve daily routines. He also uses motivational interviewing to explore readiness for change, helping people clarify goals and move from thinking about change to taking steps toward it.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to a person’s goals and preferences, then collaborate on which methods to try first. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule regular work and to follow up on goals without commuting.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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