Richard Turner, BACP

Richard Turner is a counsellor with BACP accreditation and 26 years of experience supporting people through difficult life moments. He focuses on creating an open, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about painful thoughts and feelings. He invites a practical, down-to-earth approach to help people make changes that matter to them.

In sessions he draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. These methods help people notice unhelpful patterns, try small experiments in daily life, and build new ways of responding to stress and difficult emotions. He also uses motivation-based techniques to support change when habits or addictions are involved.

Richard has worked with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and jealousy. He also supports people dealing with anger, low self-esteem, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Additional experience includes first responder issues, hoarding, hospice and end-of-life counselling, infidelity, obsessions and compulsions, paranoia and personality disorder presentations.

His style is collaborative and straightforward. He helps clients set realistic goals and checks in about what is and isn’t working. Practical strategies and short exercises are used alongside reflective conversation to help people manage symptoms and live in line with their values.

Sessions are offered to people in the United Kingdom and to international clients in English. To begin, people use the site’s continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How his approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unwanted thoughts and feelings and take actions that matter to them. It is useful for stress, anxiety, addiction-related behaviours and problems like jealousy where values and actions can get mixed up. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding from the client’s point of view, creating space to talk without judgement and build self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then try methods together to see what fits. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses.

The original biography does not list specific online or in-person formats, so please confirm the current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when people need them. It also lets people work from different locations when travel or schedules make regular visits difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt ACT, client-centred work and CBT exercises to suit remote sessions so that practical tools and reflective conversation continue to form the core of therapy.