Richard Folkes
Supportive counsellor for stress and trauma
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About Richard
Richard Folkes is a counsellor with three years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and related concerns. He believes people bring strengths and knowledge about their own lives, and that therapy is a collaborative step toward change.
He frames sessions around what matters most to the person in front of him. That might mean talking through recent stress, learning ways to manage anxiety, or addressing the impact of past trauma.
Background and approach
Conversations are guided by the client's priorities and pace rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Richard draws on client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to shape practical steps in therapy. Client-centred work focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience.
Cognitive behavioural techniques can help identify patterns of thinking and behaviour and try out alternatives in day-to-day life. He also uses trauma-focused approaches when past events continue to cause distress, aiming to reduce their hold on current feelings and actions. Across methods, the emphasis is on small, workable changes and on building coping skills that fit everyday life.
Richard holds the NCPS credential and offers sessions in English. He accepts international clients and supports people through life changes such as grief, relationship difficulty, parenting strain, neurodiversity-related concerns, and challenges linked to substance use. If someone wants a straightforward, empathetic approach that begins with listening, he helps them take the first steps.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS24-01412
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Richard's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Richard works with
Everything Richard lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Richard lists
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How Richard works online
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and some types of addictive behaviours.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on reducing the ways past events keep affecting daily life, using careful steps to process difficult memories and build coping skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and comfort level. That choice can change over time as different issues come up.
If you are considering online sessions, check which formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work or family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people keep therapy going when circumstances make in-person visits hard. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches to suit each person's situation.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Richard help with?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting strain and other life changes.
What is his general therapeutic style?
His style is collaborative and listening-led. He starts by hearing what matters to the person and then works on practical steps together.
How much experience does he have?
He has three years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and life-challenge concerns.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He holds NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify particular formats.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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