Ruth Richards, BACP
16 years in practice
Ruth Richards is a counsellor with 16 years' experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, grief and other painful life issues.
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' experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, grief and other painful life issues. She uses a down-to-earth style and listens without judgement so clients feel heard from the first session. Ruth aims to tailor the pace of therapy to each person and to work alongside them toward practical goals.
Ruth often starts by building a reliable therapeutic relationship. She focuses on understanding what keeps problems going and on small, manageable steps clients can take between sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions can be short-term or longer depending on what someone wants to achieve. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tools, alongside cognitive and client-centred ways of working. That means she pays attention to emotional patterns, personal values and everyday thinking habits when helping someone move forward.
Ruth works with a wide range of concerns including relationships, parenting strains, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, self-esteem and career stresses. She also supports people facing chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, autism-related concerns and workplace compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and Ruth accepts international clients.
Appointments are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Therapy is provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a brief questionnaire and schedules appointments according to availability.
Ruth then uses that information to match the pace and focus of early sessions to the person’s needs.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- 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
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name their emotional patterns and how these affect relationships. Online EFT sessions focus on identifying feelings and trying new ways of expressing them during conversation, which can reduce repeated conflicts or isolation.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) works on clarifying personal values and taking workable steps toward them. In remote sessions ACT techniques include simple exercises and short practices clients can use between meetings to build momentum toward chosen goals.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. Online work uses reflective discussion to map these patterns and rehearse different responses in everyday interactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor and client review needs, priorities and what feels most useful, then try methods that match those aims. It is a collaborative process that can change as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into short breaks. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, journalling prompts and ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to maintain steady progress without long travel or major schedule disruption.
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Questions people ask
What types of concerns does Ruth work with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma as well as relationship and parenting strains. Other focus areas include chronic illness, ADHD, adoption and foster care concerns.
How would you describe Ruth's therapy style?
The style is down-to-earth and non-judgemental, with active listening and a focus on practical steps. Sessions are paced to suit the person's needs and goals.
What experience does she bring?
Ruth has 16 years of experience working with people across a wide range of life challenges. That background shapes her adaptable, integrative approach.
What credentials and where is she based?
Ruth is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Appointments are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Ruth?
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