Being Right & Accountability Therapy · Online, in English

You're right. So why hasn't anything moved?

Professional psychological support in English, from someone who thinks the way you do — for when your truth is real and it has also become the wall you hide behind. Being right about part of a conflict doesn't make you innocent in the rest of it. Both things can be true at once.

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First Assessment Session

A first session to look at your side of the conflict — the part that's true, and the part you haven't looked at yet — and shape the process together. You decide with real information, not blindly.

US$25US$49.9950%

60 min · Video call

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When being right becomes a wall

Honesty isn't the problem here. It's what happens when a true thing becomes the only thing you'll look at.

You have a point, and you know it. But that same truth can turn into a wall — something you stand behind so you never have to look at your own part in the conflict. The people around you have been living with the same argument for a long time, and nothing moves, not because your case is wrong, but because being right became the reason you don't have to move either. You end up holding the argument and holding it alone: people get tired of running into a wall that won't give an inch, even in the places it doesn't need to hold.

For a lot of people building a life away from where they grew up, this pattern can sharpen. Distance stacks up old grievances without the small daily repairs that used to soften them, and being right — even from thousands of miles away — can become the only way to feel some control over a relationship, a parent, a partner, a sibling back home, that already feels out of reach.

Ricardo De Castro King — Clinical Psychologist

Who's with you

I'm Ricardo, and you won't be alone in this

I'm a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years working with couples and families stuck in conflicts that won't move, trained in systemic family therapy. I'm Colombian, based in Barranquilla, and I see clients online. But 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 carry a version of this same instinct: needing to be right became the way to stay standing when language, distance, or family expectations already felt shaky underneath them. You don't have to explain that part to me first.

Seeing your own part in a conflict where you're also right is easier to do with someone next to you. If this feels like the moment, let's take the first step together — 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 teaching psychology

Systemic-Relational Approach

Systemic-relational

Licensed Psychologist · Professional License 106127 (COLPSIC, Colombia)

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My approach

This is how I work with this in therapy

I'm not going to try to talk you out of what's true. What we look at is what you're doing with that truth — using it to move the conflict forward, or using it so you never have to move at all.

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Your truth stays yours

If your complaint is objectively valid, it stays valid — I won't ask you to give that up. What we work on is separate: are you using that truth as a tool to resolve something, or as a wall so you don't have to look further.

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Two columns, not one

The exercise is simple: one column for what's true in your complaint, another for the part of the conflict you haven't looked at. Neither one cancels the other out — looking at your part doesn't mean losing the argument, it means putting it down long enough to see the rest.

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Right, and alone

Being right and being left alone can happen at the same time. We look at what it's costing you to hold a wall that doesn't need to stand everywhere, and what changes when you let a little of it down.

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 look at your conflict together

In that first session I listen to your side of the story — what's true about it, and where it's been stuck for a while. No rushed verdicts, no taking sides — just understanding, together, what's yours to look at.

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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Before you book

Frequently asked questions

How do I know if I'm being honest or using my honesty as a weapon?

If your truth moves the conversation forward — toward a decision, a repair, a next step — it's doing its job. If the same truth keeps the conflict exactly where it was months ago, and you're the only one who never has to change anything, that's usually the sign it turned into a wall instead of a tool. In the assessment session we look together at which one is happening for you.

Doesn't looking at my part mean admitting I was wrong?

No. You can hold that your complaint is objectively valid and still look at what you haven't faced about your own role in the conflict. Neither one cancels the other out — this isn't about surrendering the argument, it's about putting it down long enough to see what else is there.

Why does this get worse when you live far from the people you're in conflict with?

Distance tends to sharpen this pattern. Grievances stack up without the small daily repairs that used to soften them, and being right — even from far away — can become the only way to feel some control over a relationship that already feels out of reach. We work on that specifically when it applies to you.

Does online therapy work as well as in-person for this?

Yes. Evidence supports teletherapy for this kind of work, and I use the same systemic-relational approach in both formats.

How much does the first session cost?

US$25 (50% off the regular price of US$49.99), 60 minutes by video call.

Prefer to talk first?

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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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