Licensed to practice in California and accepts 30 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Trauma and PTSD, ADHD and 10 more.
Richard Sypniewski
New to Grow
About me
Are you looking to create a new life narrative-story rooted in your strengths? My life and work experiences working with adults and children experiencing emotional disorders, trauma, anxiety, and life barriers hopefully can help us collaborate on building that new resilient story together. Outside of work, I enjoy various forms of exercise: HIIT workouts, yoga, nutrition topics, science, music , gardening, and traveling. I have an avid interest in learning about other cultures and have lived and studied abroad in Ecuador, South America.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Looking forward to hearing your personal story and collaborating on a best new narrative to empower you on our life journey.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
Key Clinical Counseling Experience & Background: Southern California Secondary, College, and Military Specialties, Metro Detroit Native Born & Raised, Cultural Awareness & Competence.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
Are you looking to create a new life narrative-story rooted in your strengths? My life and work experiences working with adults and children experiencing emotional disorders, trauma, anxiety, and life barriers hopefully can help us collaborate on building that new resilient story together.Key Clinical Counseling Experience & Background: Southern California Secondary, College, and Military Specialties, Metro Detroit Native Born & Raised, Cultural Awareness & Competence.
Specialties
Top specialties
ADHD
Anxiety
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Career Counseling
Grief
Insomnia/Sleep Issues
Learning Disabilities
Life Transitions
Military/Veterans
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Phobias
School Issues
Identifies as
Black / African American
Man
Person of Color (POC)
Licensed in
California
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
Amerihealth Administrators
Anthem
Blue Cross
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Arlo
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Sutter Health Plan
IHSS Healthy Workers
Cash - $150 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
Evernorth
GTEB
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
Scripps Health Plan
Tufts Health/Cigna
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Narrative
Over the past 20 years, I have applied narrative therapy across public school and clinical settings to support children, adolescents, college students, and adults in reshaping problem-saturated stories. I help clients externalize challenges, identify unique outcomes, and strengthen preferred identities, with a focus on developmental appropriateness and cultural context.
Integrative
My integrative approach combines CBT, narrative techniques, and solution-focused strategies tailored to individual needs. Within EAP settings, I have used a brief, solution-focused model to help adult clients rapidly identify goals, leverage strengths, and implement actionable steps to address workplace and personal stressors.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have utilized CBT to help clients across all age groups identify and restructure maladaptive thought patterns, improve emotional regulation, and build practical coping skills. In school settings, this included academic stress, behavioral concerns, and social challenges; in clinical work, I addressed anxiety, depression, and life transitions using structured, goal-oriented interventions.