Rich Nicastro, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with over twenty-five years of experience working with individuals and couples, leading therapy groups, and supervising other therapists. He provides individual and couples teletherapy to clients throughout the United States.
Dr. Nicastro earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from the New School for Social Research in New York City. After receiving his PhD, he completed an intensive two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Traumatic Stress Institute/Center for Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy in Connecticut. It was during this advanced training that he was introduced to relational models of therapy and the power of relationships to heal our deepest wounds. His clinical research focused on the therapeutic alliance in adults working to overcome the effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse.
Dr. Nicastro’s therapeutic approach is grounded in psychodynamic and attachment-based principles and integrates elements of Internal Family Systems (parts work) and somatic approaches. He offers both short-term therapy focused on symptom relief and long-term, insight-oriented treatment aimed at deepening self-understanding and transforming self-defeating patterns. While these frameworks inform his work, he believes that every therapy must be collaboratively shaped to fit the unique needs and goals of each client.
In his practice, Dr. Nicastro works with individuals and couples on a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, and intimacy difficulties. He specializes in betrayal trauma and post-infidelity healing.
Dr. Nicastro is a licensed psychologist in Connecticut and Texas (CT License #2083; TX License #37468) and, as a member of PSYPACT, is authorized to offer teletherapy services to clients across participating states throughout the United States.