About Richard
Richard Bennett is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who works with people feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or stuck because of addiction. He draws on three years of professional experience and aims to make the first steps easier and less daunting. He treats clients with respect, sensitivity and compassion.
He focuses on practical dialogue shaped around each person’s needs. He uses somatic therapy to help people notice how emotions show up in the body.
Background and approach
That approach can be useful when anxiety, stress or chronic pain feel overwhelming and words alone are not enough. He also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships and early experiences shape current patterns and choices. Sessions are tailored to what the client prefers and needs.
He listens for small changes and works with people to set realistic goals. The tone is collaborative and down-to-earth rather than clinical jargon. Richard is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP.
That is the professional registration shown in his details. He works with issues such as abandonment and attachment concerns, body image, codependency, family of origin problems, guilt and shame, hoarding, hospice and end-of-life matters, impulsivity, isolation, jealousy and questions about life purpose. He also supports people dealing with drug and alcohol addiction and chronic illness or disability.
Practical arrangements are discussed during booking and the initial contact. He accepts international clients and runs sessions in English.
How somatic and psychodynamic approaches work online
Somatic therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and how emotions are felt in the body. Online work can still track breath, posture and tension through conversation and guided awareness, which helps when anxiety, chronic pain or stress are part of the problem. Psychodynamic therapy looks at how earlier relationships influence current patterns and choices. In remote sessions this often involves talking through repeating themes and noticing feelings that arise during the conversation.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy journey. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide whether somatic focus, psychodynamic reflection or a mix of both best matches the client's needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as the work develops.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around life and to keep contact between sessions when helpful. Many people find the flexibility reduces practical barriers and allows consistent progress from wherever they are.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English