- Addictions
- Attachment work
- Relationship focus
About Richard
Richard Alongi is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 36 years of experience. He works with adults facing addiction, relationship strain, intimacy concerns, motivation and self-esteem struggles, stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. He also helps with career questions and compassion fatigue. Sessions are in English and aimed at practical problem-solving and clearer next steps.
His approach centers on understanding how early attachments and current relationship patterns affect feelings and behavior. He uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how connections with others shape responses to stress and closeness. He draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Imago Relationship Therapy when relationship issues and intimacy come to the fore, helping people name emotions and shift interaction patterns.
Richard practices with a client-centered stance, listening and adjusting the conversation to what matters most to each person. He also brings ideas from Jungian therapy when exploring deeper patterns and meaning helps clarify life direction. That blend is used to address practical problems like addiction, grief, or coping with big changes in work or health.
Care is practical and conversational. He helps people talk through immediate challenges, weigh options, and try different ways of relating and coping. For someone feeling stuck after a breakup, a job change, or a health event, he focuses on clear steps and tools to move forward.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session through the service button provided.
How his therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current bonds shape emotional responses and closeness. Online sessions can help identify patterns that make relationships feel stuck and offer new ways to respond to conflict and distance.Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name core emotions and change interaction cycles that maintain disconnection. In remote sessions, this approach can be used to practice new conversations and observe shifts in feeling and behavior between meetings.
Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person's experience and pace. The therapist listens, reflects, and adjusts the work to what the client brings each week. Together they decide which approach or combination will best address goals like recovery from addiction, grief processing, or deciding on a career change.
Finding the best approach is part of the therapy process. He will work with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort with online sessions. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - shorter check-ins, meetings between commitments, or not needing to travel to an office. These practical benefits often help people keep regular contact and apply what they discuss to everyday situations.
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Experience
36+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he address?
He works with adults on addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, career questions, and coping with life changes.
How does he approach feeling stuck or directionless?
He uses attachment and emotionally focused approaches alongside client-centered conversation to identify patterns and practical steps. Sessions emphasize naming emotions and testing new ways of relating.
What is his professional background?
He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 36 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of concerns.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is licensed as an LMFT in California and practices with that credential in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does he work with international clients?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and cost varies with location.
How do I begin work with him?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.