About
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- Grief and loss
About Rick
Rick Clements is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Utah with 25 years of experience. He focuses on common life stresses including anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strains, relationship concerns, addiction, and issues tied to trauma. He works with adults who are carrying heavy responsibilities at home or at work and looking for ways to regain control and direction.
Rick looks to understand what matters most to each person he sees. He helps people identify their most pressing concerns and then explores practical steps and tools to address them. Sessions include regular check-ins to see how those steps are working and whether anything should be adjusted.
He frames difficulties as the result of many things - past experiences, relationship patterns, traumatic events, and sometimes choices made along the way - and focuses on where someone is now and what can be done next. That approach aims to reduce shame and make progress feel manageable.
Rick has worked with a wide range of people over his career, including those dealing with parenting stress, adoption and foster care questions, fatherhood issues, family of origin concerns, and attachment difficulties. He also supports people facing career pressure, midlife transitions, and purpose questions.
Practical tools and steady support are central to his work. He offers coaching-style help when useful and checks progress regularly so the plan can change as life changes.
How sessions work
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Rick draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help adults manage relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and trauma. One common approach he uses focuses on identifying patterns from past relationships and current habits, then trying small, practical changes to how someone responds. This helps when people are stuck repeating the same conflicts or feeling overwhelmed by emotions.An additional approach centers on teaching concrete coping tools for stress, sleeping problems, anger, and anxiety. These tools can include step-by-step practices and short exercises clients can use between sessions to notice progress and reduce distress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss options, listen to client goals, and adjust methods as needed so the plan fits the person’s needs and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may change over time as progress is checked.
Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can also use different ways of working to match a client’s needs, whether that means concentrated weekly sessions, coaching-style conversations, or periodic reviews to track progress.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Utah
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does he address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addiction, trauma and related struggles.
What is his approach in sessions?
He focuses on understanding the most pressing concerns, offering practical tools and regular check-ins to see how those tools are working.
How much experience does he have?
He has 25 years of experience working with a wide variety of adults on issues like parenting, family of origin problems, and life transitions.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is an LCSW licensed in Utah and provides services from that location.
Does he offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can he work with international clients?
He accepts international clients; confirm any regional details before booking.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.