Richard Cox

Richard Cox is a calm and direct counsellor who helps people stuck in repeating patterns. He works with people who understand themselves but still find the same reactions returning under stress. He pays attention to what happens in the body and between client and counsellor to help change those patterns.

Richard focuses on the feelings people avoid and the anxiety their bodies use to hold those feelings down. He also looks at the habits and coping strategies that keep someone functioning but trapped. He describes his work as active and focused rather than a distant analysis of the past.

Sessions emphasise noticing how anxiety appears physically and how people move away from certain emotions. The process explores how these reactions shape relationships and daily life. Richard aims to create new emotional experiences so the nervous system can learn different responses.

He regularly works with stress, anxiety, relationship and attachment difficulties, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, self-esteem and anger among other concerns. He says real change often needs more than understanding; it needs new bodily experience and repeated practice.

Richard has eight years of clinical experience and holds BACP accreditation, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is based in the United Kingdom and frames his role as a steady, engaged guide who will not rush progress but will help clients stop going in circles.

Therapeutic approaches and online working

Richard commonly uses attachment-based and client-centred ideas in his work. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice how they relate emotionally now. Client-centred work focuses on listening, offering non-judgemental presence, and following the client’s own pace to discover what matters most.

He also draws on psychodynamic and Jungian influences to pay attention to recurring themes and the wider personal story. These perspectives help when someone keeps repeating the same responses and wants to understand the roots of those patterns. The therapist will discuss which elements suit your situation and adapt the way of working as you go; choosing an approach is a shared decision based on your needs and goals.

If you are considering online therapy, check the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. It also lets you continue work if circumstances change, while the therapist and client review what feels most useful and practical for progressing with emotional and behavioural patterns.