Ursula Rice, LCSW

Ursula Rice is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 23 years of practice. She focuses on helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Ursula pays attention to how mental, emotional, and physical health interact, and she aims to help people find practical ways forward.

Her background includes work in hospitals, schools, long-term care facilities, private practice, and telehealth programs. Those varied settings shaped her skills supporting adults through medical issues, caregiver stress, and aging-related concerns. She also focuses on trauma, attachment and abandonment wounds, and family-of-origin problems.

Ursula takes a warm, collaborative approach in sessions. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive behavioral tools, solution-focused methods, and strengths-based work to help people set goals and try new coping strategies. Sessions emphasize clear steps and small experiments to test what helps.

She often supports women facing identity shifts, relationship changes, and recovery from past abuse. Ursula also helps clients managing bipolar symptoms, ADHD-related struggles, chronic illness or pain, and the emotional load of caregiving. Her style centers on listening, practical tools, and steady support.

If you want a therapist who will help you clarify next steps and build everyday coping skills, Ursula offers an experienced, compassionate presence. To begin, follow the site's Start Therapy process and complete the brief matching questionnaire to schedule according to therapist availability.

How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy

Ursula uses several evidence-based techniques in her work. Cognitive behavioral tools help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Solution-focused methods concentrate on small, achievable goals and on what is already working, which is useful for stress, parenting challenges, and relationship concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The biography notes experience with telehealth but does not detail specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and providing access from different locations. It can also make scheduling around medical appointments or caregiving tasks simpler. Licensed professionals will help match the approach and session rhythm to what fits each person’s daily routine.