- Years in practice
- 40
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Ronald
Ronald Wussick is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience in California. He focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. Ronald uses a respectful, calm style and adapts conversations to each person's needs.
He works in plain language and aims to make the first steps less intimidating. Over his 40-year career he has supported people through grief, trauma, mood changes, and difficulties with intimacy or self-esteem.
Background and approach
He also helps those coping with career transitions, compassion fatigue, and process or substance-related addictions. His practice includes attention to aging and geriatric issues and end-of-life concerns. Ronald blends practical strategies with a warm, listening approach.
He draws on methods such as acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking, client-centered listening, and cognitive tools to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also uses emotion regulation skills to manage intense feelings. Sessions emphasize clear goals and real-life steps.
Conversations often include skill practice, problem solving, and ways to shift everyday patterns that get in the way. Ronald matches his work to what a person says they want to change. He offers sessions in English and provides several online formats like video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
Costs vary by location and sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, the process starts with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling.
What Ronald works with
Everything Ronald lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ronald helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
Approaches Ronald lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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 translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without letting them drive behavior and then act on chosen values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which often helps with mood, sleep, and anger issues. Attachment-Based ideas look at how past relationship patterns shape current reactions and help rebuild healthier ways of relating to others.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ronald will talk with each person about needs and goals and then choose methods together. That collaborative process helps shape sessions so they feel practical and relevant to everyday life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and skill coaching, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports quick updates or homework between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family routines and changing schedules.
Questions people ask about Ronald
What issues does this therapist help with?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and related issues such as anger, self-esteem, and sleep problems.
What is Ronald's therapy style like?
He uses a respectful, down-to-earth style that combines listening with practical steps. Sessions focus on clear goals, skills practice, and real-life changes.
What kind of experience does he bring?
He has 40 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns across the lifespan.
Where is he licensed and located?
He is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California and provides services from that jurisdiction.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with him?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session based on the therapist's availability.
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