Denise Richards

Denise Richards offers a calm, supportive approach for people ready to begin counselling, providing a safe space where clients can begin to explore difficult thoughts and emotions. She accompanies clients through a process of self-discovery, gently helping them untangle feelings, memories and recurring behaviour patterns from both the past and the present.

In the therapy room she creates room for honesty and emotional expression - tears, anger, laughter and everything in between are all part of the work. Denise works alongside clients as they examine how past experiences and current responses have shaped their lives, helping them to understand and unpick those influences so they can move toward the life they want.

She sees people who are struggling with issues such as anxiety, domestic abuse, depression and trauma, and offers non-judgemental listening and practical support as clients make sense of where they are, who they are and where they want to go. Denise aims to support each person to become their best self and to live a more fulfilling life.

As an Integrative Counsellor she uses a range of therapeutic theories and adapts her approach to suit each individual - believing that one size does not fit all. She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling (a postgraduate qualification in counselling), a Diploma and a Certificate in Humanistic Integrative Counselling, and she is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Her additional training includes courses such as Road Traffic Victims Training, Psychiatry Psychodynamics and Psychopathology, Time-Limited Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Working with Children & Young People parts 1 and 2. Denise has six years of clinical experience and has worked therapeutically with organisations including 1 in 4, CPPD Low-Cost Service, Women’s Aid, Hestia, Settle, an LEA academy and in private practice.

She is a therapist of colour, identifies as female, is Christian and brings an older perspective to her clinical work while practising in the United Kingdom.