Richard Cox, BACP
Richard Cox is a calm, direct counsellor who helps people tangled in repeated emotional patterns.
About Richard
Richard Cox is a calm, direct counsellor who helps people tangled in repeated emotional patterns. He focuses on what people avoid feeling and how their bodies hold anxiety. His style is active and practical rather than purely conversational.
Richard works with thoughtful, capable people who often understand their patterns but feel unable to change them. In sessions he pays attention to what happens between therapist and client and to how anxiety shows up physically.
Background and approach
This helps shift old habits rather than just explain them. He describes therapy as noticing how you move away from certain feelings and how those moves shape your relationships. Sessions look at coping strategies that once helped but now keep life limited.
The aim is to give the nervous system a different emotional experience so change can follow. Richard brings eight years of clinical work and over 4,000 hours of practice. He lists BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - among his credentials.
He is based in the United Kingdom and works online using several session formats. His common areas of focus include anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and attachment difficulties, addictions, grief, and issues with intimacy or self-esteem. He also attends to difficulties such as body image, codependency, dissociation, and problems linked to care patterns learned earlier in life.
In the first session he will explore what brought you to therapy, how difficulty shows up day to day, and whether this way of working suits you. He aims to be steady and honest, moving at a pace people can tolerate while avoiding long loops of repeating the same material.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 394009 | April 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Richard lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Richard names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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How his approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. Online sessions can uncover patterns of closeness and distance and help people practice new ways of being with others. Client-Centred Therapy places the client’s experience at the heart of the work and offers a supportive, non-judgemental space to speak about what matters most. It helps with issues like low self-esteem, grief and feeling stuck.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Richard will work collaboratively to find what fits your needs and preferences. Early sessions look at how you typically cope and whether a focus on emotion, attachment or personal meaning seems most useful, and then the work can be adapted as you go.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when you want richer interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, people who process better in writing, or fitting therapy around a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep continuity and try different formats to see what helps most.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship or attachment difficulties. Other areas include addictions, grief, self-esteem, body image and parenting concerns.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His approach is active and grounded rather than only reflective. He pays close attention to bodily anxiety, emotional avoidance and the patterns that repeat in relationships.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has eight years of clinical practice and reports over 4,000 hours of work with clients.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practises in the United Kingdom and lists BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - among his credentials.
Can I work with him in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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