Richard Folkes, NCPS

Richard Folkes is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. He has three years of professional experience and works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and addictions. He approaches clients as the experts in their own lives and aims to support them through change.

Richard tends to use clear, down-to-earth conversations rather than jargon. He focuses on what people do day to day and how their thoughts and habits affect how they feel. Sessions usually involve talking through struggles, spotting unhelpful patterns, and trying small changes that can make life easier.

His work draws on Client-Centred Therapy to keep the focus on the person, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at thinking and behaviour patterns, and Trauma-Focused Therapy when painful past events need attention. These approaches are used to address concerns such as depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, and sleep or eating difficulties.

Richard also supports people dealing with career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and identity-related concerns including LGBT issues. He pays attention to how family, attachment and early experiences can shape everyday habits and feelings, and he helps people build more helpful ways of coping.

He holds NCPS as a credential and works with clients who want a practical, collaborative way to tackle problems. If someone prefers straightforward conversation about thoughts and habits, he aims to offer a calm, respectful space to start that work.

How Richard Uses Talking Therapies Online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person rather than the problem. It gives someone space to tell their story while the counsellor listens and reflects back what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and helps people try practical changes to break unhelpful cycles. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on past painful events and on ways to reduce their hold over daily life, often by approaching memories safely and building coping skills.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Richard aims to work collaboratively, discussing the goals and checking what feels most useful. He will help weigh up different approaches and adapt what happens in sessions to match a person’s needs and preferences.

The original biography does not state which online session formats are used, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around day-to-day life, reduce travel time and allow shorter or more regular check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often find remote sessions useful for continuing care and for reaching people in different locations, and this counsellor accepts international clients.