Thomas D. Ritchie, LPC-S

Thomas is the founder of Life Within Counseling Group and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). He is on a mission to deliver a service to the community that will inspire hope, build courage, and restore healing to the life within all of us. It is his belief that every person who walks into his office deserves absolute love, mercy and grace.

 The primary focus of his career has been working with children and families. Whether in the homes of families or the classrooms with children, he is passionate about seeing children and families succeed. Recently he has expanded his practice to see adults.

 Thomas provides therapy with issues related to trauma and other disorders resulting from stress. He works with foster families and children as well as families in the adoption process. He is trained in various approaches to improve attachment and also clinically proven treatments for trauma, TF-CBT and EMDR-II.

 In his free time, you can find Thomas enjoying the outdoors, dreaming big ideas and being with his family.

Harding University
Bachelors of Business Administration in Information Technology, 2005
Masters of Science in Education, emphasis Behavioral Sciences, 2008
Educational Specialist in Professional Counseling, 2012

Additional Training:
TF-CBT
EMDR-II
Brainspotting