"Richards caring and insightful support each week helped me to cope with a very stressful and anxious period over several months and identify underlying patterns that were holding me back"
Hello and welcome. I'm Richard and my outlook towards therapy is uncomplicated: We explore your past to understand your present to make way for a better future.
Together, we'll untangle the complications of your history, straighten your story and encourage your self discovery. We go from arrested development to healthy living. We heal beyond our history.
I work in what’s called a psychodynamic way: Psycho = Mind. Dynamic = Movement. We do some movement of the mind…
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My Method
Insightful Therapy: We work with some depth, uncovering patterns and emotions. Healing begins with insight and awareness. Together, we make the unconscious - conscious.
Compassion: I listen without judgement. My silence is your space. Your pain is our starting point. Therapy is our trusting relationship that we co-create and our relationship ultimately heals.
Virtual Appointments: Whether via video, text, or phone, I'm here with you. No office walls - just a healing connection, from one human being to another.
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Healing Wisdom
Pain isn't the enemy; it's the catalyst. We come to therapy because we’re suffering. So instead of perpetuating our own suffering - Let's transform the suffering into growth. Because the only constant is change.
Trauma is buried, but it’s buried alive… Healing is messy, uncomfortable and painful and we learn the most from what we are taught to see as failures. Together, we will navigate psychological wounds, unresolved conflicts and buried emotions. Enabling us to experience, resolve and accept reality. So we can move on.
“Helpful, insightful and extremely easy to talk to”
"Thought provoking and thought resolving"
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Why Choose Richard?
Holistic Approach: Mind, body, soul, spirit and the symbolic, we address it all. Through our work together we come to see symptoms as manifestations of reactions to adversity and our work re-conceptualises and transcends these symptoms. Breakdowns are breakthroughs and our triggers are portals to accepting a deeper understanding of our true self.
I’m not as interested in knowing what's ‘wrong’ with you — as I am in taking the time to learn more about what happened to you and where you are hurting. Where you want to become unstuck and where in your life you want to progress.
Safe and Explorative Space: Vulnerability is our strength. Here, you are seen and heard. I’m really interested in helping you to discover your own personal meaning in your life experiences, memories, dreams, hopes and desires. You are so much more than your name, religion, job title, possessions, thoughts and opinions of others, including your family, and you are more than your adaptive self as a result of your history.
Maybe you’re not all you could be… Maybe your not what happened to you and maybe your what you choose to become...
Ancient Insights, Modern Tools: Wisdom meets technology. This is traditional therapy through a modern platform. Freud meets FaceTime!
Your trusted ally: I’m not here to fix you, I walk beside you, not ahead. Healing is our shared journey.
Let's rewrite your story and discover your truth.
Healing awaits…
If you're ready to embark on a journey of healing and self-discovery, I invite you to take the first step and schedule an initial appointment with me where this will be a really good time for us to find out who we are, see what our work is going to be about and to see how we come to feel about working together.
Do something today your future self will thank you for.
I look forward to meeting with you.
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Richard Cox, Reg, MBACP
Clients would describe me as formal, direct and flexible
“To work in the dark, you must be able to hold your own light, and still be intimate with the darkness" ― Thomas Lloyd Qualls
"There is nothing wrong with you. You have patterns to unlearn, new behaviors to embody and wounds to heal. But there is nothing wrong with the core of you and who you are. You are unlearning generations of harm and remembering love. It takes time..."
My commitment in service to you: I am committed to providing excellence in therapy as an experienced counselling practitioner and I am dedicated to maintaining a consistent & reliable practice.
Experience: In my practice, I have had the privilege of working with clients who have experienced the profound and enduring effects of early 'psychological wounding'. This is what is known as 'Non-Recent' Abuse and Trauma. As a result I am currently becoming more experienced in working with what fits the criteria for Dissociative Disorders and OSDD. Further to this I find myself working with clients who are anxious, addicted to something, or someone and they may be navigating challenging family and relationship problems, or they may be experiencing intimacy related issues. These issues have been deeply rooted in their ways of coping in response to past difficulties.
I have further assisted people who have wanted to work on specific life challenges & changes, issues around self confidence & their desire for self improvement.
Previous Experience: I have worked in mental health management, sat on the board of governors, been a director and I have represented various community mental health charities and trusts.
I am BACP registered and licensed in the United Kingdom. I have 7+ years experience of providing counselling and psychotherapy along with 3+ years experience of my own personal therapy as a client. Because I also had some historical wounds to heal too.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, 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
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #394009
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Richard Cox. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Richard and I have achieved something I never in my wildest dreams thought possible. I went from being plagued by self hatred, shame, guilt, thinking I don't deserve help, to a complete change of perspective, and most importantly hope for the future. If there is one thing I appreciate the most out of everything, it's this. The ability to hope. And to see myself in a more positive light despite my mistake.
Richard's style, is asking you the right questions. He'll answer some of your questions, sure, but mostly he'll respond with another question, and blow your mind when you figure out the answer yourself. Sometimes I found mysel thinking "Now why is he asking me this, how is this relevant?", but trust me, it always is. There's always rhyme and reason to the questions you get.
Thank you, Richard, for your patience and help with this journey!
Written on Dec 22, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Richard is really helping me to put things into perspective and is a good listener.
Written on Nov 04, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Richard really tries to get to know you and works with you, would recommend
Written on Jul 27, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Really respectful and listens to everything I’m saying and makes me feel at ease with a process I was so nervous about starting
Written on Jul 08, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues
I find talking to Richard really helpful and even on my bad days I don't feel judged. I do feel these sessions are helping me grow and will continue to use these sessions to understand myself and the world better.
Written on Apr 07, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
My therapist has been incredibly supportive and understanding throughout our sessions. Their professionalism and empathy have created a safe space for me to explore my thoughts and feelings. I highly recommend my therapist to anyone seeking compassionate and effective online therapy.
Written on Mar 07, 2024 after therapy with Richard for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and family conflicts