Derrick Prichard, LCMFT, LMFT
Compassionate therapist focused on practical change
About Derrick
Derrick Prichard is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Kansas. He helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Derrick focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more in control. He brings 22 years of professional experience to sessions.
Derrick listens first and adapts the conversation to each person's needs. He treats everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while working toward clear goals.
Derrick uses several counseling approaches to guide work in session. He relies on Client-Centered techniques to build a trusting relationship and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
He also draws on systemic ideas and relationship-focused tools when patterns involve family or close relationships. People meet with him when they need help coping after a loss, rebuilding confidence, or managing ongoing worry.
He also supports work on attachment concerns, communication problems, codependency, and issues around separation or infidelity. Sessions are tailored so people leave with specific strategies to practice between meetings.
Derrick emphasizes clear steps, steady progress, and a supportive atmosphere as clients work toward better day-to-day functioning.
How Derrick’s Methods Translate to Online Therapy
Derrick often uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in his online work. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting connection so clients can talk without judgment; it helps when people need to feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, stress, and shifts in daily routines.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Derrick will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try approaches together to see what fits best. That may mean focusing on problem-solving in one period and on attachment or relationship patterns in another.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face to face from different locations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps maintain progress between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Florida
- Languages
- English