Richard Banton, LCSW

Richard Banton is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with 25 years of experience and practices in New Mexico. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, low self-esteem, and other life changes. He also lists work with ADHD, bipolar issues, and compassion fatigue among his areas of focus.

Richard frames his work from a mental wellness perspective rather than a mental illness model. He asks for clients who want to move toward greater mental wellness and who are open to a different view of their difficulties. His approach invites people who have been told they are broken or damaged to consider alternatives to that story.

In sessions he talks about how thought, mind, and consciousness shape moment-to-moment experience. He guides people to notice patterns that create distress and to experiment with different ways of responding. That practical attention to daily experience is used alongside therapies such as ACT, CBT, DBT, EFT, and client-centered techniques.

People who work with him can expect clear, direct explanations and exercises aimed at changing unhelpful patterns. He describes this as learning to stop creating painful experiences so calmer responses become possible. The focus is on developing skills and perspectives that support greater contentment and steadiness.

Richard’s background across multiple states and long clinical career inform a pragmatic style. He encourages clients to test new ways of relating to thoughts and feelings, and to notice the effects in everyday life.

How his approaches translate to online work