About Denise
Denise Richards offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. She introduces simple ways to make sense of difficult emotions and helps clients find practical steps forward. Denise aims to create a relaxed space where someone can talk openly and start to feel more steady again.
She uses ideas from client-centred work to listen closely and make the sessions about each person’s priorities.
How Denise works
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding. Denise also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that come from past experiences, and solution-focused techniques to agree short-term goals and clear next steps.
With six years of experience, Denise has worked in services supporting people affected by abuse, young people, and general counselling for anxiety and depression. Her background includes roles with Women’s Aid, Hestia and support services for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Denise holds a BACP registration, the Post-Graduate Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling and earlier counselling diplomas.
She has completed additional courses in CBT, psychodynamics and time-limited counselling. This mix lets her adapt sessions to what each person needs. Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or messaging, so people can choose what suits them best.
Denise works in English and is based in the United Kingdom. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled from there.
Denise lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Denise works with
The areas below are the ones Denise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Denise’s approaches work online
Denise draws on client-centred work and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people online. Client-centred work means the conversation follows the person's priorities, with the counsellor listening closely and reflecting back what matters most. This approach helps people who need space to make sense of feelings and to set their own pace.CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and actions, and uses simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try new responses. It suits people dealing with anxiety, low mood, stress or unhelpful habits who want practical tools they can use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Denise will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will pick methods that feel useful. That collaborative process means plans can change as needs become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use facial cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging work well for short check-ins or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around daily life and commitments.
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