Ruth Richards, BACP
16 years in practice
Ruth Richards is a counsellor with 16 years of practical experience supporting people through stressful and painful life moments.
License and registration
- BACP
- 108050 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Ruth
Ruth Richards is a counsellor with 16 years of practical experience supporting people through stressful and painful life moments. She works in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. Ruth aims to make therapy straightforward and down-to-earth, listening closely and responding without judgement.
Ruth helps people who are juggling anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief and the everyday pressures of parenting and work. She also supports those facing trauma or recovery from past abuse, and people coping with chronic illness, neurodivergence or major life changes.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters to the individual rather than fitting them into a fixed model. Her style is collaborative and paced to the client. Ruth will adapt tools and conversations to suit someone's needs, moving slowly when needed or taking a more active approach to teach coping skills.
Expect plain language, practical ideas and space to make sense of difficult feelings. Ruth draws on a range of approaches including existential questions about meaning, attachment-based ideas about relationships, and acceptance and commitment methods that encourage values-based action. Cognitive techniques are used where helpful to change unhelpful thought patterns.
She offers short- and long-term counselling depending on goals, and works with people who want coaching-style support alongside therapy. Ruth asks clients to reflect on what keeps problems going and to practise small changes between sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ruth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ruth names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Ruth’s approaches translate to online therapy
Existential therapy looks at questions of meaning, choice and what matters to a person. It helps when someone feels stuck, uncertain or is facing big life changes and wants a space to reflect on values and direction.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches ways to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action that matches personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and for people who want practical steps to handle distress while still living a valued life.
Attachment-based ideas focus on how early and current relationships shape feelings of safety and connection. This work helps people who struggle with trust, closeness or recurring relational patterns.
Choosing an approach is usually collaborative. Ruth will discuss different ways of working and decide together what fits the client’s goals and preferences. The method can shift as progress is made or as needs change.
Online sessions provide flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people keep therapy consistent even with busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns can Ruth help with?
Ruth works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma among other issues. She also supports people with relationship strain, parenting stresses, career worries and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative, with active listening and practical tools. Sessions are paced to the person's needs and can include coaching elements where useful.
What background and experience does she have?
She has 16 years working with clients in counselling and psychotherapy. That experience covers short- and long-term work across a wide range of issues.
What are her official credentials and location?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and Ruth accepts international clients.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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