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John Richie, MHC-LP, is a Mental Health Counselor in New York State. He holds an MA in Mental Health Counseling from Baruch College and a BA in Mass Communications from the University of New Orleans. Mr. Richie entered the psychotherapy field after a career making documentaries with PBS and the Endowment for the Humanities with a focus on social issues and gained a deep understanding of human struggles. Mr. Richie is an accredited level one Gottman Institute and Relational Life Couples Therapist.

Mr. Richie works with individuals and couples. He specializes in working with men navigating social isolation, depression, and anxiety. He helps couples when communication is broken, facing a life transition or when they are at a crossroads that feels too emotionally complex. His approach is centered on psychodynamic therapy - observing patterns, past experiences, and inner conflicts that shape feelings and relationships to others. He also draws on cognitive behavioral tools for practical, day-to-day change, and draws on somatic approaches that help the body settle trauma triggers and anxiety. The work is shaped around the client and their needs instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.

Mr. Richie brings lived experience to the challenges that often go unspoken. He supports clients through struggles, crises, big changes in career and relationships. He helps people heal from trauma and PTSD, manage anxiety triggers, navigate the hopeless, ambivalence of depression, resolve conflict, and build the resilience and coping skills that make lasting change possible. His aim is to create an environment grounded in acceptance, openness, curiosity, and real collaboration.