Rikki Bullard, LPC, LCMHC

Rikki Bullard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She draws on 16 years of experience to help people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Rikki uses a person-focused style to meet people where they are and guide conversations toward realistic coping skills.

Her work often centers on relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and substance-related issues. She also assists with grief, intimacy-related matters, career transition, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Rikki pays attention to how past attachments and current patterns shape a person’s choices and feelings.

In sessions she blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and emotionally-focused methods. She asks reflective questions and helps people try out new ways of thinking and behaving. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes, so she supports clients through small, concrete steps.

Rikki has experience with adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric concerns, autism spectrum considerations, blended family dynamics, chronic illness or pain, codependency, and divorce or separation. She also works with people facing dissociation, dissruptive mood dysregulation concerns, and other complex challenges.

Her style is open, direct, and compassionate. Rikki aims to build a practical plan that fits each person’s life and values. She invites people to begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session to see if it feels like a good fit.

How therapy approaches shape online care

Rikki uses client-centered work to begin, which focuses on listening and following each person’s lead so sessions reflect what matters most to them. This approach helps when life changes or relationships feel unsettled by letting the client set priorities while the therapist offers support.

She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to break problems into smaller parts and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood shifts, and managing stress because it produces specific tools people can practice between sessions. Emotionally-focused ideas help when relationship pain or attachment patterns are central, by identifying emotional responses and trying new, more helpful ways of connecting.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try methods that suit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. Clients help decide what feels most useful and when to try different techniques.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to schedule sessions around work, childcare, or medical appointments, and it can reduce travel time. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or for sessions that do not require being on camera, depending on the available formats. Licensed professionals aim to fit therapy into everyday life so people can practice changes between meetings.