Richard Banton, LCSW
New Hampshire · 25 years in practice
Richard Banton is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Hampshire
- 3109 · expires December 2027
- LCSW, New Mexico
- C-11434 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1184165722 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Richard
Richard Banton is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. He works from a mental wellness perspective and focuses on helping people move toward greater calm, confidence, and everyday functioning. He sees many concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and problems with sleep or eating.
He encourages clients to question stories that say they are broken or defective. Instead he helps people notice how thoughts, consciousness, and mind shape moment-to-moment experience.
Background and approach
When people recognize those patterns, they often gain more choice over how they respond to stress and emotion. Richard uses practical, down-to-earth conversation and exercises rather than jargon. He draws from Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside approaches such as acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered skills.
Sessions focus on building awareness, identifying helpful actions, and practicing new ways of handling difficult feelings. He also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting concerns, and career stress. Additional focus areas include attention difficulties, caregiver strain, body image, chronic illness, and addiction-related struggles.
He frames challenges as solvable problems to work on together. Richard practices in New Mexico as an LCSW. He offers therapy in English and can work with international clients.
Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the chosen format.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Richard lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Richard names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Emotion-Focused and Acceptance Work Translate Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name their emotions and the patterns those emotions create in relationships and daily life. It often focuses on what people feel in the moment and how those feelings shape behavior and connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without fighting them and choosing actions that align with personal values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs and goals. That might look like trying a few techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting over time to match what feels useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice in-the-moment emotional work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, homework support, and flexible touchpoints between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different locations while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional growth.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does he help people with?
He works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, grief, addictions, intimacy and relationship concerns, parenting, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, bipolar, career strain, and related issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a mental wellness perspective and practical conversation. His style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas with ACT, CBT, DBT, and client-centered methods to build awareness and new coping skills.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He brings 25 years of professional experience working with a wide range of life challenges and emotional concerns.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is an LCSW practicing in New Mexico and holds licenses in New Hampshire and New Mexico as listed.
In which languages can someone work with him?
Sessions are offered in English and he is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
He conducts sessions by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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