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Therapist in Claymont, Delaware Veronica Richards, Therapist

Gender Identity: Prefer not to say (She/Her)

Ages Served: 11-75+

Appointments: In-office and Online

Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only

Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Veronica Richards, Therapist

Veronica Richards, LMSW

Specializes In:

Domestic violence & abuse
Emotional abuse
Sexual trauma
Trauma & PTSD
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Veronica Richards helps individuals and families find steadiness, understanding, and practical ways to move forward, providing individual therapy at LifeStance Health for patients across Delaware. She works with children, adolescents, teens, adults, and seniors, offering a supportive and respectful space to address emotional concerns, life transitions, and ongoing mental health needs. Veronica’s style is thoughtful and collaborative, helping patients feel heard while building skills that support long-term wellbeing. Veronica is especially focused on helping patients manage anxiety, depression, and trauma-related concerns. She supports individuals who feel overwhelmed by emotional distress, past experiences, or major changes, and she works to help patients develop insight, resilience, and healthier coping patterns. Her approach emphasizes creating safety in the therapeutic relationship while helping patients regain a sense of control and confidence in their daily lives. In her work, Veronica draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support emotional regulation, behavioral change, and values-based decision-making. She also has experience working with individuals involved in adoption or foster care, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and first responders. In addition to her primary areas of focus, Veronica provides care for a wide range of other mental health concerns and life challenges. Outside of therapy, Veronica enjoys reading, watching television and movies, swimming, learning new things, and spending time with friends, family, and her pets. These interests reflect her appreciation for balance, curiosity, and connection, qualities she brings into her clinical work.

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Emotional abuse
  • Sexual trauma
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Ability status
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Aging
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Autism: generally independent
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body image
  • Bullying or harassment
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Chronic pain-related issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
  • Early adulthood: Starting college or career
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Empty nesters
  • End-of-life challenges
  • Ethnic identity
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • First responder stress
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Gender identity
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Hallucinations
  • Immigration/cultural status
  • Intellectual challenges: generally independent
  • Intense mood changes
  • Learning challenges
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Men's health/issues
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Military & veteran
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
  • Personality disorders
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Psychosis/issues with reality
  • Racial identity
  • Religion & spirituality
  • Retirement
  • Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social injustice
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress from ongoing health issues
  • Stress management
  • Unhealthy eating habits
  • Unusual thoughts or beliefs

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Widener University (Chester, PA)

FAQs

Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Veronica Richards. You can also call 302-546-6864 to have someone assist you.

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