Richard Turner
Experienced counsellor for practical change
About Richard
Richard Turner is a counsellor who draws on 26 years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction and depression. He uses clear, practical methods to help people who are struggling with self-esteem, grief, trauma and relationship concerns. He works in English and accepts clients across national borders.
Richard holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. Richard creates a calm space for people to talk through painful thoughts and habits without judgement.
Background and approach
He encourages honest conversation and helps people set small, achievable goals. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on steps that can be tried between meetings. He blends approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to suit each person’s needs.
That can mean learning new ways to respond to difficult thoughts, experimenting with values-based action, or changing unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour. Richard also uses client-centred principles and motivational interviewing to support people who want to change addictive behaviours or cope better with life transitions.
He pays attention to what people want to achieve and helps them find their own reasons for change. Over many years he has worked with concerns including bipolar symptoms, ADHD, compassion fatigue, obsessive behaviours, hoarding, first responder issues and end-of-life counselling. He offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life.
What Richard works with
How Richard works
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Sessions & fees
Practical approaches for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and commit to actions that reflect their values. It can help when worry, avoidance or low mood get in the way of day-to-day life.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, known as CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It helps people learn new, more helpful ways of thinking and small behavioural experiments to break unhelpful patterns.
Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a respectful, non-judgemental relationship where the person leads the pace and focus. Together these approaches are used to tailor work to what matters most to the individual.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to identify goals and to try methods that fit the client's needs and preferences. That may mean combining techniques or adjusting the focus as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance, phone sessions can fit into short breaks, live chat suits quick check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving or 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
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
