Kelly Richardson

Kelly Richardson is a counsellor with 11 years' experience who combines a person-centred style with practical tools. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low mood and anger. Kelly helps clients who want to cope with life changes, revive their energy, and build everyday strategies to feel steadier.

She draws on training from the University of Hull and Leeds Beckett University and holds BACP accreditation, which reflects her ongoing professional development. Before qualifying she worked for many years with the police and has continued to support emergency services employees and others with work-related stress.

Her practice blends client-centred counselling with techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and solution-focused work. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns, trying out coping strategies, and finding steps that suit each person. Kelly offers both shorter, pragmatic work and longer open-ended therapy depending on what a client needs.

She has experience supporting bereavement through Cruse Bereavement Care and has worked on an NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies initiative addressing anxiety and depression. She also works with people affected by adoption and foster care, attachment issues, chronic illness, body image and caregiver stress among other concerns.

Kelly emphasises the relationship between mind and body, drawing on her background in health and fitness to encourage practical wellbeing habits. Her approach aims to help people find their own answers and make changes that fit their life.

How Kelly’s approaches translate to online counselling

Kelly offers a person-centred foundation combined with tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness therapy. Person-centred work focuses on empathy, listening and helping people find their own answers. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and tests practical strategies to change them. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve emotional balance.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Kelly will discuss goals, try techniques in session and adjust methods based on what suits the client. This collaborative process helps to shape brief problem-solving work or longer exploratory therapy depending on needs.

Session formats were not specified in the original biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets clients try mindfulness exercises and CBT techniques between meetings, which can help build steady routines and coping skills.