About Richard
Richard "Richie" Long helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and problems with self-esteem. He supports those coping with trauma, grief and intimacy-related issues, and people dealing with relationship concerns or eating struggles. Richie also works with clients from the LGBT community and those facing family-related difficulties.
Richie uses a straightforward, warm style in sessions. He listens without judgement and aims to build trust quickly. Sessions are practical and geared towards small, manageable changes that add up over time.
How Richard works
He combines talking-based therapy with approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and emotionally-focused work to address feelings and patterns. Psychodynamic ideas are used to look at how past experiences affect current choices, while solution-focused techniques help identify steps forward. Richie has three years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which shows a recognised level of professional standing.
He practises from the United Kingdom and works with people in different time zones. Sessions are offered in English and are available via video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions to suit their needs using the Start Therapy button.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Richard lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Richard works with
The areas below are the ones Richard selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Richie uses different approaches online
Richie draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centred listening. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link and helps people try small, practical changes to reduce anxiety or low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and changing patterns in close relationships and can help with intimacy and communication problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Richie will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. He adapts techniques as sessions progress so the plan reflects what the person needs in real time.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow a fuller face-to-face feel, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging works for ongoing support between sessions. These options make counselling more flexible for people in different places and time zones.
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