Denise Richardson, BACP

Denise Richardson is a counsellor with two decades of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and low self-esteem. She is BACP accredited and works from a practical, down-to-earth stance. Denise aims to help people feel steadier and more able to cope with life changes and emotional pain.

She begins by carefully assessing each person’s situation to find the best therapeutic route. That assessment shapes a plan that may draw on cognitive behavioural ideas, attachment work or emotion-focused methods. Denise uses simple, clear language in sessions and focuses on steps people can try between meetings.

Her background combines psychology and international medicine, and she has worked across cultural settings. This has shaped how she thinks about relationships, grief and identity, and she pays attention to how culture affects feelings and behaviour. She also offers clinical supervision to other therapists and values reflective practice.

Denise commonly addresses intimacy-related worries, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, addiction concerns and issues around abandonment and codependency. She helps people facing separation, ageing and the stress of caregiving. Sessions aim to reduce immediate distress and build practical ways to manage recurring problems.

People who choose Denise can expect collaborative sessions that mix talking, practical exercises and mindful awareness. She encourages keeping therapy relevant to day-to-day life and adjusting the approach as needs change.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Denise commonly uses cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment-based approaches in her work. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours to reduce anxiety and low mood. Attachment-based therapy looks at recurring patterns in relationships and helps people develop more steady ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to understand your goals and try methods that suit your needs. If one approach does not feel right, sessions can shift to another way of working together.

Session formats should be confirmed before booking, as the biography does not specify which options are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel and allowing appointments around work or caregiving. It can also support shorter check-ins when that suits the situation, or reduce the need for being on camera if that feels better for you. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, mindful practices and emotion-focused work to an online setting to keep therapy practical and usable in day-to-day life.