Richard Cox, BACP

Richard Cox is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people stuck in repeating patterns. He works with clients who are thoughtful and capable but find themselves reacting the same way under stress or in relationships. Richard’s approach is direct and grounded, aiming to uncover the feelings someone has been avoiding and to notice how the body holds anxiety.

He sees emotional habits as learned responses that once helped but now limit life. Therapy focuses on what happens in the room - bodily sensations, moments of avoidance, and the interactions between client and counsellor. Richard uses this close attention to open up different emotional experiences for the nervous system rather than just offering more understanding.

Sessions are active and focused. Richard pays attention to how anxiety shows up physically and how people move away from certain feelings. He helps clients identify coping strategies like overthinking, pleasing others, or staying in control, and explores practical small shifts that allow new patterns to form.

Richard has eight years of clinical experience and reports over 4,000 hours of work with issues such as anxiety, trauma, attachment difficulties, depression, addictions, intimacy-related concerns, grief, and chronic patterns that resist change. He describes his stance as calm, engaged, and gently challenging: not pushing too fast, but not letting people circle without noticing it.

If someone has tried talking therapies before and felt little change, Richard focuses on helping the nervous system have a new experience so real change can begin. He aims to help people stop having to fight their own emotional system and to move toward more ease in relationships and everyday life.

How his approaches inform online therapeutic work

Richard draws on attachment-focused and client-centred ideas alongside psychodynamic and existential perspectives. Attachment-based work looks at how early connection patterns shape current relationships and helps people notice repeating relational habits in everyday life. Client-centred work focuses on being present with the person, listening closely and following what matters most to them. Psychodynamic and existential lenses pay attention to hidden patterns, life meaning and recurring emotional themes that keep people stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Richard works collaboratively to see which combination of ways of working feels most helpful. He will discuss goals, preferences and what happens in sessions to adapt the approach as things change over time.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around a busy life, reduce travel time and allow more frequent or shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets a counsellor observe and comment on how emotional reactions show up in daily environments, which can become useful material for the work together.