Ruth Richards

Ruth Richards is a counsellor with 16 years' experience supporting people through change and recovery. She works in a straightforward, non-judgemental way and listens carefully to what matters most. Ruth helps people reconnect with themselves, manage day-to-day stresses and address old hurts that still affect them now.

Ruth adapts sessions to each person's pace and needs. She uses a mix of approaches to suit different situations, so sessions can be brief skills work or a longer process to unpack past experiences. The emphasis is on practical steps and on building a trusting relationship where people feel heard.

Clients commonly bring worries such as anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship difficulties. Ruth also supports people facing parenting stress, grief, career change, chronic health challenges and the effects of attachment or abandonment. She aims to help people develop clearer choices and better ways of coping.

Her work draws on approaches that include cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based ideas, alongside acceptance-focused and emotion-centred ways of working. Ruth encourages reflection, action and small experiments to test new behaviours between sessions.

Ruth is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are conducted in English and she works with clients in the United Kingdom as well as international clients. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How Ruth uses different approaches in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It can help when anxiety, low mood or avoidance are getting in the way of living the life someone wants. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and early bonds, helping people understand how those patterns affect current connections and emotional responses.

Ruth combines these approaches with client-centred listening to create a collaborative process. Finding the right approach is part of the work - she will help you consider what fits your goals, needs and preferences and adjust the methods used as therapy progresses.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. It can also allow the work to continue when clients are living in different countries. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly offer remote options, and Ruth can discuss practical arrangements when you start the matching process.