Richard Cox, BACP

Richard Cox is a counsellor who focuses on people feeling stuck in the same patterns. He speaks plainly and directly, and helps clients notice how anxiety and old habits keep them trapped. Many who come to him are thoughtful and capable, but find their reactions repeat under stress or in relationships.

Richard concentrates on three things: the feelings a person avoids, the bodily anxiety that keeps those feelings under control, and the habitual patterns that both protect and limit. He pays attention to what happens in the room and in the body, not just stories about the past. That means sessions look at how anxiety shows up physically and how someone moves away from particular emotions.

His approach is active and engaged rather than purely reflective. He helps people experiment with new emotional experiences so their nervous systems can respond differently. He aims to move beyond insight alone, because knowing why something happens does not always change it.

Richard has worked extensively with anxiety, trauma, relationship and attachment difficulties, grief, addiction, and long-standing patterns that resist talking alone. He has eight years of clinical experience and holds BACP registration, which is recorded as BACP.

In an initial session he looks at what brings someone now, how difficulties show up day to day, how anxiety appears in the body, and what coping strategies are maintaining the problem. The goal is a clearer sense of what might help and a practical way forward.

How Richard’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy in his work looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they show up now; it helps people understand why they repeat certain dynamics and feel disconnected. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on meeting the person where they are, offering non-judgemental listening and support so someone can find their own direction. Existential Therapy encourages looking at meaning, choice and responsibility when life events provoke deep questions, which can help with midlife transitions and doubts.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help clients decide which way of working fits best, based on their needs, goals and how they respond in early sessions. He frames this as ongoing teamwork rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel. These practical benefits can help people maintain consistency and try new ways of being without disrupting everyday life.