My name is Richie. I am a dad of two amazing men , I have been married to my best friend for 35 years, I love my family, I love to travel, I love my dogs and I love doing therapy.

Prior to my calling as a therapist and life coach I spent a majority of my life running my technology consulting business. Since then, I have had the pleasure of supporting and helping clients from all walks of life for the last several years. I received my Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from University of Massachusetts Boston. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I received my life, health and wellness coach certification from the Health Coach Institute. I am trained in Relational Life Therapy, CBT, DBT and Pragmatic Experiential therapy.

My first exposure to working in the human services field was with an organization called Parents Helping Parents where I developed parenting support programs and trained volunteers to deliver support groups to parents across the country. I provided support for parents in prisons and sober homes. Working with parents from all stages of life helped me understand what their needs were while trying to support them in understanding how their experiences in life and the challenges that they are facing impact not only their own mental health but their relationship and mental health of their children.

I also come with years of experience working with children and families at a clinic in Plymouth, MA providing family therapy to families that were in need. I also spent time working in one of the most prestigious psychiatric hospitals in the world and had the opportunity to help and support adults that were struggling with a variety of mental health challenges who were in crisis.

Over the past couple of years I have been focusing on couples counseling and marriage counseling. I have been with my beautiful and amazing wife for almost 38 years. Therefore, I feel it is safe to say that I have some experience with relationships. I learned a lot of lessons over the years and we are still learning. I bring my experiences good and not so good (there are quite a bit of those) into my couples counseling sessions to help normalize what my couples are experiencing and we work as a team to overcome whatever challenges they are having.

Finally, I am an author and have spent several years of my life studying and trying to figure out how grief and loss affect our mental health, physical health and relationships. My wife and I speak at national conferences about grief, loss and relationships and support individuals that have lost loved ones that have become stuck in their grief and have no hope for the future. I love travelling the world with my amazing wife of 35 years and spend time with my beautiful dogs.

Through my work and my own losses I have found that there is no one size fits all approach to moving forward through our pain. We need to be met where we are and having a guide that can provide a safe space with good energy is great place to start. Connecting with your therapist is the key to healing and moving forward to discover your Happily Ever After!

My wife and I also enjoy doing work through our son’s foundation. The Richie Pryor foundation and supporting children in need all over the world. https://www.facebook.com/richiepryorfoundation