Dr. Richard Highland, LPC-MHSP, LPC

Dr. Richard Highland is a licensed counselor with 27 years of professional experience. He practices as an LPC-MHSP and LPC and works from Tennessee. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, and relationship concerns, and he emphasizes supporting people through life changes.

He approaches sessions with the belief that each person knows their own story best. He helps clients identify strengths they already have and use those to meet current challenges. Dr. Highland describes the first step as a brave one and aims to offer steady support while people try new ways of coping.

In practical terms he blends structured and conversational methods. That includes tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. He also uses mindfulness practices to build awareness and reduce reactivity in stressful moments.

Motivational interviewing techniques are part of his work when people are weighing changes, such as cutting back substance use or shifting relationship patterns. Solution-focused steps are used to set small, concrete goals and track progress between sessions.

People come to him for a broad range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, caregiver stress, attachment worries, and issues around communication and commitment. He aims to make therapy feel practical and purposeful while respecting each person’s pace.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Dr. Highland commonly uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice thinking patterns that keep anxiety or low mood going. CBT tools tend to include simple exercises and homework that people can use between sessions to test new ways of thinking and behaving.

He also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people stay grounded and respond less reactively in stressful moments. Mindfulness often means short breathing or attention practices that are easy to practice at home and during daily routines.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which methods seem likely to help. Together you can try approaches and adjust what you do over time to match what works best for you.

Confirm current session options before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, shorten travel time, or choose a quieter hour for a focused check-in. It also allows use of shared digital worksheets and in-session coaching on practical tasks, which can help transfer new skills into daily life.