Richard Cox, BACP
Richard Cox meets people who feel stuck in familiar patterns that no longer serve them.
About Richard
Richard Cox meets people who feel stuck in familiar patterns that no longer serve them. He is calm, direct, and engaged, and he helps people notice what their body and emotions are doing when old patterns kick in. Many clients come after trying talk therapy and wanting something that shifts the nervous system as well as the mind.
He focuses on how avoided feelings, bodily anxiety, and automatic coping habits keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
Sessions look at what actually happens in the room - bodily responses, urges to move away from feeling, and the small actions that maintain a stuck life. Richard uses this attention to create chances for different experiences to form. Richard has eight years of clinical practice and works from a mix of trauma-focused, attachment-based, and client-centred approaches.
He draws on ideas from Jungian and existential perspectives when they help make sense of a person’s life and choices. His BACP credential is listed to show professional registration in the UK. People come to him for anxiety, stress, relationship patterns, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, eating and sleep issues, parenting strain, anger, low self-worth, bipolar and depression, or compassion fatigue.
He also offers help with attachment wounds, abandonment, dissociation, codependency, body image and kink-related concerns. In early meetings he asks what brings someone now, how problems operate day to day, how anxiety shows in the body, and what coping strategies are in use.
The aim is a clear sense of what might change and a practical way to start, paced so the nervous system can adapt. Richard describes therapy as work that helps your system learn it no longer needs to keep so much under control. He aims to be steady but challenging, helping people stop going in circles and begin different patterns.
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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.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Richard commonly uses trauma-focused therapy to help people notice and work with the effects of past wounding on their body and daily life; this approach looks at how old experiences still shape reactions and seeks ways for the nervous system to have new, healing experiences. Attachment-based therapy is used to understand how early relationships influence current patterns, especially in close relationships and emotional habits, and it helps people practise different ways of relating. Client-centred therapy keeps the work grounded in the person’s own goals and pace, offering a respectful, non-judgemental space to find direction.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each person about their needs, goals and personal preferences and suggest a direction. The process is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses to match what helps most.
Online sessions come as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy around work and family life. Video helps when visual contact is important, phone calls work well if bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats give flexibility so people can access steady, consistent work even when life is busy.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He supports people dealing with anxiety, stress, relationship patterns, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar, depression and compassion fatigue, among other concerns.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Expect an active, focused approach that pays attention to feelings in the body and to patterns that repeat in relationships. He works collaboratively and will notice what happens between you in session.
How long has he been practising?
He has eight years of clinical experience and over 4,000 hours of client work in the United Kingdom.
What professional credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; he works with people located in the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available online?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does the subscription and fee structure work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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