Kelly Richardson
Experienced person-centred counsellor specialising in wellbeing
About Kelly
Kelly Richardson uses a person-centred approach to help people find their own answers. She combines that with practical techniques to ease anxiety, manage stress and work through grief. Kelly keeps language simple and sessions straightforward so people feel heard and understood.
She trained in counselling at the University of Hull and Leeds Beckett University and has practised for 11 years. Her background includes many years working alongside the police and later supporting emergency services staff.
Background and approach
That experience shaped a focus on work-related stress and wellbeing. Kelly draws on a range of approaches, including cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness, to suit the person in front of her. Sessions can look at thought patterns, build coping strategies and introduce small behavioural changes to lift mood and reduce worry.
She also offers longer-term therapy when people want to look deeper into the causes of recurring problems. Her work has included roles with Cruse Bereavement Care and an NHS IAPT initiative where she supported people with loss, anxiety and depression. She is a BACP member and has completed the BACP accreditation process, which involves external audit of practice standards.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online using video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and booking a suitable time. Kelly aims to create a calm space where practical tools and steady support are available for change.
What Kelly works with
How Kelly works
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Sessions & fees
How Kelly's approaches work online
Kelly uses a person-centred way of working that focuses on the client's experience and what matters most to them. This approach creates the conditions for empathy and acceptance and helps people feel understood before practical steps are taken.Kelly also uses cognitive behavioural therapy to help identify unhelpful thought patterns. CBT involves noticing automatic thoughts, testing them and trying small behavioural changes to reduce anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness techniques are also used to build present-moment awareness and simple breathing or grounding tools to reduce stress in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kelly will discuss options with each person, try techniques together and adjust the plan as progress is made. She aims to match methods to the client's goals and preferences rather than assuming one way will suit everyone.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues and have fuller conversations, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins, step-by-step problem solving or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
