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Anna Richardson, BACP

Based in the UK Online sessions

Experienced counsellor for parenting challenges

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Years in practice
5
Registration
BACP
Languages
English, Russian
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Relationship issues
Focus
Self esteem
About

About Anna

Anna Richardson is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has five years of practice and draws on a Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling as the basis of her work. Anna speaks English and Russian and offers sessions to people in the United Kingdom.

Anna aims to provide a calm, non-judgemental place to talk. She helps people look at how past events and repeating patterns affect day-to-day feelings and choices.

Background and approach

Conversations move at a steady pace so people can make sense of difficult emotions. Her background includes charity work with Devon Mind and earlier work with HCC, London’s oldest mental health charity. She has also worked with people experiencing post-traumatic stress in personal sector care settings.

Those roles shaped her focus on understanding underlying causes of distress. Anna uses psychodynamic ideas to look at unconscious patterns and attachment-based thinking to examine how relationships shape responses. In practice this means talking through memories, feelings and reactions to notice patterns that keep causing pain.

She also helps people build clearer ways of communicating and managing stress. Parents reading this will find Anna able to support conversations about parenting pressures and the strain of caregiving. She can help with issues such as anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, grief and coping with life changes.

Sessions are tailored to each person’s situation and goals. People who prefer working in Russian can do so. Sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit busy schedules.

Focus areas and approaches

What Anna works with

Everything Anna lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Anna helps people with.

Approaches Anna lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.

Online support

How attachment and psychodynamic ideas work online

Anna uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. This approach helps when patterns of closeness, distance or worry about relationships keep causing conflict or anxiety. Psychodynamic counselling focuses on how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence present feelings and choices, which can be useful for deeper emotional issues such as grief, low self-esteem or repeating relationship problems.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Anna discusses goals and preferences with each person and together they decide which methods to try. That collaborative process helps match the approach to the issue at hand rather than assuming one method fits everyone.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and body language for fuller conversations. Phone sessions work well when a headset is easier or video is not possible, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or times when typing feels more manageable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around childcare, work or daily life while still working on attachment and psychodynamic themes.
Questions

Questions people ask about Anna

What concerns can Anna help with?

Anna works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties among other concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and parenting pressures.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She offers calm, steady conversations that explore past experiences and repeating patterns. The tone is non-judgemental and focused on understanding feelings and reactions.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

She has five years of counselling experience and has worked in charity settings and personal sector care homes with people experiencing post-traumatic stress.

What credentials and location are listed?

Anna is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Russian.

What session formats are available online?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.

How are fees handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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