Richelle Kramer, LICSW, LCSW
Compassionate therapist for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Richelle- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota, Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Richelle
Richelle Kramer is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of professional experience. She practices in Minnesota and offers a calm, straightforward style that aims to make therapy approachable for busy parents. Richelle focuses on practical steps that fit real life rather than abstract theory.
Her work centers on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and parenting concerns. She also supports people facing grief, relationship strain, addiction issues, and career or life-change challenges.
Background and approach
She brings experience with adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and postpartum depression among other focused areas. Richelle favors a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate tone in sessions. She shapes conversations and plans to the needs and goals each person brings.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and grounded, with clear strategies to try between meetings. Her approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. That mix helps with mood, coping skills, managing difficult thoughts, and making realistic changes.
Richelle adapts methods to what the person prefers and what fits their life. Clients can expect practical tools and steady support while they work through hard moments. Richelle describes the first steps as courageous and focuses on helping people move toward a more satisfying life.
She frames therapy as an empowering process with concrete goals and ongoing adjustments.
What Richelle works with
Everything Richelle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Richelle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coaching
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intellectual disability
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Richelle lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment and helps the person set goals that matter to them. This approach is useful for building trust, sorting priorities, and shaping a plan that fits daily life.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks problems into manageable steps and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and parenting-related stress by offering tools to try between appointments.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness practices to manage stress and strong emotions. Short breathing and noticing exercises can reduce reactivity and improve focus when life feels overwhelming.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Richelle will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and daily routines. She adjusts techniques as progress unfolds so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls let people have a fuller conversation and use visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers written conversation. These options aim to increase flexibility and make ongoing support more accessible.
Questions people ask about Richelle
What concerns does Richelle commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue among other areas.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Richelle uses a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate approach that centers the client's needs. She tailors conversation and treatment plans to practical goals and everyday life.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Richelle holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are sessions delivered online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for therapy with her?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with Richelle?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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