Tracie Richards, BACP

Tracie Richards is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and career concerns. She works in a straightforward and warm way, making it easier to bring up difficult topics. Tracie encourages practical steps alongside talking so people can move forward at their own pace.

Tracie uses approaches that focus on relationships and personal meaning. She works with attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current patterns. She also uses client-centred methods that keep the session focused on the person's own priorities.

Cognitive behavioural techniques are part of her toolkit when unhelpful thoughts and behaviours are getting in the way. Tracie also lists eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as an approach she uses for processing traumatic memories. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused thinking are added when people want to clarify goals and take small practical steps.

Tracie has 15 years of experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works with people who bring a wide range of concerns, including attachment issues, codependency, dissociation, grief around divorce and separation, and challenges following illness such as cancer.

Her manner is practical and personable. Clients are invited to set the pace and shape the work. To begin, the usual route is to use the site matching and booking steps so sessions can be scheduled to fit the individual's circumstances.

How therapeutic approaches work in online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on how past relationships shape current patterns of relating. Online sessions can use this approach to help people notice relational habits and try different ways of connecting. Client-centred therapy keeps the conversation centred on what matters to the person, with the counsellor reflecting feelings and priorities so goals become clearer. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the collaboration. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person's needs. That might mean trying different techniques over a few sessions and agreeing next steps together.

Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Online appointments can make it easier to keep a brief check-in during a lunch break or to have a longer conversation without leaving home. Please confirm which session formats are available before booking so arrangements match your needs.