Ayallah Richards-Mitchell, BACP

Ayallah Richards-Mitchell offers a warm, person-focused approach to therapy. She believes in respectful, sensitive care and works to create a space where people can speak openly about what’s worrying them. Ayallah uses straightforward conversation and collaborative planning to help clients move toward clearer goals and better day-to-day coping.

She draws on Client-Centred Therapy to prioritise the client’s perspective and build trust. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try practical alternatives. Psychodynamic ideas can help uncover patterns that repeat over time, and Solution-Focused Therapy supports short-term goal-setting and step-by-step change.

Ayallah has three years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation, which is noted as her credential. She has worked with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem, as well as those dealing with grief, anger and relationship concerns. She also supports parents, people affected by trauma and abuse, and those managing ADHD and seasonal affective disorder.

Sessions are shaped to each person’s needs, with Ayallah tailoring conversation and plans together with the client. She emphasises practical steps alongside listening and reflection. That can mean structured exercises, new coping routines, or simply making space to process difficult feelings.

To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire so the therapist can match approach and priorities. Ayallah accepts international clients and works from the United Kingdom.

How Ayallah’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps the client choose the pace and topics of work. This approach is useful for people who need a compassionate space to talk and feel understood.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviour connect. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking and build new routines. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, stress and concentration difficulties such as ADHD-related focus problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ayallah will discuss goals and preferences and suggest whether a client-centred focus, CBT, or a mix of approaches would best meet the client’s needs. This decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

Check which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed and remove travel time. Many people find it simpler to book around work, family or study commitments and to keep momentum between sessions when logistics are easier.