Richard Murray, BACP

Richard Murray is a counsellor with five years' practice in the United Kingdom. He holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and he offers a calm space where people can bring difficult topics at their own pace. He aims to make talking about shame, fear or confusing feelings feel less daunting for anyone who comes to him.

He focuses on what matters in everyday life. That includes stress, anxiety, low mood and grief, along with relationship and intimacy-related issues. He also works with concerns such as parenting, career stress, compassion fatigue and coping with major life changes.

Richard uses a client-centred approach, placing the person’s experience at the heart of the conversation. Sessions are framed around listening first, and then helping people find ways forward that suit their own values and routines. He avoids jargon and keeps discussion practical and relatable.

Additional areas Richard pays attention to include attachment and caregiving strains, body image and gender dysphoria, as well as trauma-related difficulties, dissociation and the fallout from domestic violence or separation. He can also support people dealing with bipolar, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame.

Richard offers both short-term and longer-term counselling and psychotherapy. He is open to discussing how sessions might fit someone’s life and priorities. To begin, people complete the site matching process and then arrange appointments according to the therapist’s schedule.

How a client-centred approach fits online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the centre of sessions. The counsellor listens with empathy, reflects what is shared and helps the person make sense of their feelings. This approach can help with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns by supporting people to identify their own priorities and choices.

Working out which approach helps most is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how someone likes to talk about things. Together they decide what feels most useful and adjust the way they work as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, for example by avoiding travel or allowing a shorter check-in between commitments. It can also help when quiet or lower-bandwidth conversations are needed, or when people prefer not to be on camera. Registered or accredited professionals offer online work that aims to be as collaborative and practical as face-to-face sessions.