Rikki Bullard, LPC, LCMHC

Rikki Bullard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She brings 16 years of experience and a straightforward, client-focused style to sessions. She aims to help people manage anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and intimacy-related concerns. Rikki also addresses parenting stress, addiction struggles, ADHD, and life transitions including adoption and divorce.

Rikki uses a client-centered stance that starts by listening and following each person’s pace. That means sessions focus on the issues the client brings and shift as needs change. She blends ideas from attachment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused methods, and existential thinking to match interventions to the situation.

In practical terms she offers clear, empathetic conversation and skills practice. Clients can expect reflective questions, goal-setting, and hands-on strategies for coping with stress, anger, and persistent negative thoughts. She also helps people navigate communication problems, commitment concerns, and blended family dynamics.

Her background includes many years supporting people after trauma and abuse, and helping those with chronic health challenges, dissociation, or disruptive mood symptoms. Rikki draws on that experience to create steady, paced care for difficult issues like bipolar disorder and chronic pain.

People who work with Rikki often focus on finding small, manageable changes that improve day-to-day life. She encourages practical tools and grounded conversation aimed at increasing resilience and restoring more satisfying relationships.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Rikki blends client-centered work, attachment-based ideas, and cognitive behavioral techniques to structure online sessions in ways that feel useful and practical. Client-centered therapy emphasizes active listening and following the client’s needs, which helps sessions stay focused on the issues most important to the person. Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions, which can be helpful for intimacy-related concerns and trust issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches specific tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rikki will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, current struggles, and personal preferences. That may mean trying skills-focused CBT exercises for a while, then shifting toward attachment-focused conversations when relationship patterns come up.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, allow shorter check-ins on hectic days, or avoid travel time. Licensed professionals can guide exercises, communication practice, and coping strategies just as they do in person, helping clients build skills and make steady progress over time.