Hazel Richards , LCSW, CSW

Hazel Richards is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience working across family, child, and adult services. She holds the credentials LCSW and CSW - LCSW meaning Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CSW meaning Certified Social Worker - and has applied that training in child welfare, special education settings supporting children with special needs, hospital environments, and mental health rehabilitation for adults.

Currently employed with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, she works with veterans dealing with PTSD, depression, anxiety, and addictions. Over the course of her career she has supported parents, children, families, and individuals in navigating complex life challenges and transitions.

Hazel emphasizes a collaborative, goal-oriented approach that helps people articulate and clarify their objectives while identifying obstacles that stand in the way. She places equal importance on recognizing and building personal strengths and on connecting clients with available resources. Her practice is focused on helping individuals understand and meet their personal life goals by drawing on their strengths and the supports around them.

Approaches, Collaboration, and Online Care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the individual's experience and emphasizes empathy, active listening, and support for personal growth. This approach helps people clarify their own goals and build self-directed solutions for issues such as stress, relationships, and life transitions.

Solution-focused therapy is brief and goal-oriented, centering on practical steps and strengths that move a person toward measurable change. It can be especially useful for clients looking to address specific concerns like anxiety, coping strategies, or adjusting to new circumstances.

Jungian therapy explores personal meaning, patterns, and symbolism to deepen self-understanding and promote psychological integration. It can be helpful for clients interested in exploring identity, life purpose, and deeper emotional material.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Hazel works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility in how care is delivered - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules and to maintain continuity of care across distance.