About Denise
Denise Richardson offers practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or relationship strain. She speaks plainly and listens first to understand what matters most to each person. Denise aims to help people build steadier emotional footing and clearer next steps for day-to-day life.
She trained in psychology and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Masters in International Medicine. Denise has around 20 years of therapy experience and has kept learning across a wide range of approaches.
How Denise works
She uses that background to match methods to the individual needs of each person she sees. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple skills people can use between meetings. Denise draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment work and emotionally-focused methods.
She keeps explanations straightforward and practical so people can try tools right away. Denise also offers clinical supervision and mentoring for other practitioners. In supervision she emphasises reflective practice and sustainable self-care for therapists.
That work sits alongside her clinical practice and coaching with adults facing life changes and relationship difficulty. People can expect a calm, attentive presence and a collaborative pace. Denise helps identify small, realistic steps that lead to clearer thinking, fewer repeated patterns and more confidence in everyday choices.
Denise lists 9 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| 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
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasises noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match a person’s values. It helps when someone wants clearer direction despite anxiety or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand and change how they relate to others. This can be useful for intimacy, trust and communication issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Denise treats this as a collaboration - she listens to what matters, explains options in simple terms and together they choose what to try first. Methods can be adjusted as therapy progresses so the plan stays relevant to the client's goals and changing needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing, need quick reflections between sessions, or want a different way to pace their progress. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on steady, useful change.
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