Richard Folkes
Supportive counsellor for stress and trauma
About Richard
Richard Folkes is a counsellor with three years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. He helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and related concerns. He works in English and accepts international clients for online work.
Richard believes people know their story and already carry strengths that can be built on. He sees taking the first step towards change as an act of courage and aims to offer steady support through that early period.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding what is getting in the way. In session he combines a client-centred stance with cognitive behavioural techniques. That means he listens first to what matters most to the person and then introduces practical tools for managing thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
He also draws on trauma-focused methods when past events are blocking progress. Richard has worked with a broad range of difficulties including relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, sleep and eating problems, ADHD and compassion fatigue. He also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and attachment issues, and challenges linked to ageing and caregiving.
Clients can expect clear, down-to-earth conversation and collaborative goal-setting. He explains options in simple terms and tailors the approach to each person. The aim is to help people move from feeling stuck to making steady, manageable change.
What Richard works with
How Richard works
Listed by Richard among the ways they work.
Listed by Richard among the ways they work.
Listed by Richard among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How these approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person’s perspective and building on their strengths. The counsellor listens closely and helps the person make sense of their experiences, which can help with low self-esteem, relationship worries and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It introduces straightforward exercises and strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood and change unhelpful patterns in daily life.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on how past hurts affect current responses. It uses gradual, careful steps to process traumatic experiences and reduce their grip on day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then shape sessions around those needs in a collaborative way. That means the approach can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can be quicker and need less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging supports shorter check-ins and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family life and travel.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
