For Analytical Minds · Online, in English

Do you need to understand the mechanism before you can feel it?

There's nothing wrong with that. It's simply how you get there. A space where I give you the concept first, in plain language and with an everyday example — so your mind has something to hold onto before we go near the feeling.

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A first session to talk through your situation and shape the process together. You decide with real information, not blindly.

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When feelings don't come with words yet

Needing to understand the mechanism first isn't a flaw. It's a different door into therapy.

Maybe when someone says «tell me how you feel about it», your mind goes quiet — like it's looking at a map with no roads drawn on it yet. It's not that nothing is there. It's that the feeling on its own isn't where you start: you need the how first, what's actually happening and why, before there's anywhere for the feeling to land.

That's not resistance, and it's not coldness. It's a mind that processes differently — the same mind that got you through moving to a new country, learning a profession in a second language, starting over without an instruction manual. For engineers who migrated, remote developers, accountants who rebuilt a career from zero, your head is already carrying more variables than most people's. A clear framework doesn't compete with feeling. It's what finally makes room for it.

Ricardo De Castro King — Clinical Psychologist

Who's with you

I'm Ricardo, and I'll meet you where your mind actually works

I'm a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years of clinical experience, trained in systemic family therapy. I'm Colombian, based in Barranquilla, and I see clients online. Before any title, I'm someone who understands what it's like to hold two languages and two worlds at once. Many of the people I work with in English think in Spanish first — engineers, developers, analysts — and more than a few of them need the concept explained before they can talk about what they feel. You don't have to apologize for that here.

If understanding the "how" is what lets your guard down, that's exactly where we'll start. At your pace, no pressure.

Master's in Systemic Family Therapy

Universidad Simón Bolívar

Clinical Psychologist

15+ years of clinical experience

University Professor

16 years of university teaching

Systemic-Relational Approach

Focused on context and relationships

Licensed Psychologist · Professional License 106127 (COLPSIC, Colombia)

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My approach

This is how I work with minds that need the mechanism first

I won't ask you to talk about emotions before you're ready for that. What works is giving you the concept first — in plain language, with an example you can actually picture — so there's something concrete to hold before we go near the feeling.

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Concept before emotion

I don't open a session with "how does that make you feel." I open with a short, named idea — something like what one author calls "functional demands" — explained the way I'd explain it to a colleague, not read out of a textbook.

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A five-minute expert class

Every session opens with a small, clear concept, walked through with an everyday example. Once the mechanism makes sense, there's something concrete to work with — and the guard usually comes down on its own.

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Built for analytical minds

For migrant engineers, remote developers, accountants who started over — your mind is already handling more variables than most. A clear framework isn't in the way of feeling. It's what finally gives it space.

How we start

A clear first step, no pressure

You book your assessment session

Message me on WhatsApp or leave your details in the form. We'll set up a first 60-minute video-call session, at a reduced rate (50% off).

We map the concepts your case needs

In that first session I listen to your story and identify the specific ideas that will help things make sense to you — no rushed diagnoses, no jargon that isn't explained in plain terms first.

We shape the process together

You decide with real information, not blindly. If it feels right for you, we agree on a process built around you. If not, I'll still point you toward what you need.

Your first step

Start with an assessment session

A first session to meet each other and shape your process. Reduced rate, so you decide with real information, not out of obligation.

US$25US$49.9950%

60 minutes · Video call · 100% confidential

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If you're not ready to book and would rather tell me a bit first, message me on WhatsApp or leave your details below. I answer personally within 24 hours, no obligation.

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🕑 Mon-Fri 8am - 7pm · Sat 9am - 1pm (Colombia time)

If you're in emotional crisis or having thoughts of harming yourself, please seek help right away: in Colombia, call Line 106, or in the US call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or reach your local mental health line. You are not alone, and help is available right now.