Anna Richardson , BACP

Anna Richardson is a BACP-registered practitioner who bases her work on psychodynamic training and a commitment to ethical practice. She holds a Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling, a qualification that emphasizes understanding how early relationships, unconscious thoughts, and long-standing patterns shape emotions and behavior. As a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she aligns her practice with nationally recognised professional standards.

Anna offers a welcoming, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their inner world and trace the links between past experiences and present difficulties. She supports people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, a sense of disconnection, and other emotional challenges by gently uncovering unresolved conflicts and emotional patterns that may be maintaining distress.

Her experience includes supporting people affected by trauma, including work with PTSD clients in private sector care homes. Beyond her private practice, Anna has contributed to the wider community through charity work with Devon Mind and previously with HCC, London’s oldest mental health charity. Her approach combines careful listening with psychodynamic insight to help clients make sense of their feelings and move toward greater emotional clarity.

Attachment and Psychodynamic Approaches for Online Therapy

Anna Richardson uses psychodynamic and attachment-based ideas to explore how early relationships and unconscious patterns affect current feelings and relationships. Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on understanding how past experiences and hidden feelings influence present behavior, helping clients gain insight into repeated emotional patterns and sources of distress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape expectations in relationships and can be especially helpful for difficulties with intimacy, abandonment fears, and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Anna works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the way she works as therapy progresses to ensure the approach remains helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - clients can meet by video call or phone, or connect through live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, access support from home, and maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible, while still engaging in meaningful therapeutic work with a licensed professional.