Dea Richardson, NCPS
8 years in practice
Dea Richardson is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with eight years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS18-06475 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Dea
Dea Richardson is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people facing trauma, anxiety, mood challenges and problems with addiction. Dea lists Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) among the approaches she uses alongside talking therapies.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She treats people as the experts in their own lives and helps them build on the strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Therapy sessions focus on practical steps as well as making sense of painful events and patterns. Dea uses a mix of approaches to suit different needs. That can include cognitive behavioural techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and emotionally focused ways of improving how someone connects with themselves.
She adapts methods to what a person finds most helpful. She pays particular attention to trauma, complex stress reactions, grief and relationship difficulties. Dea also supports people dealing with eating concerns, body image, parenting strain, blended family issues, and workplace or career stress.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each individual. People coming to therapy can expect practical tools, reflective conversation and work on patterns such as avoidance, codependency or problems with control. The overall goal is clearer decision making and more manageable day-to-day coping.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dea lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dea names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and focus on actions that match their values, which can reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centres on recognising and expressing emotions to improve how someone relates to themselves and others, and can help with grief and relationship distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, so the work feels collaborative rather than prescriptive.
Online sessions can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules. Video works well for in-depth sessions where seeing facial expression matters, while phone calls can fit into a short break and need less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, journalling between sessions, or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across locations and busy routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dea commonly help with?
She works with trauma, stress and anxiety, mood problems such as depression and bipolar, addictions, relationship and family challenges, grief, eating and body image concerns, and related issues like codependency and attachment difficulties.
What is Dea's therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She combines practical tools with reflective conversation and views the person as the expert in their own story.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working with a range of trauma and mental health concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
Her listed credential is NCPS and she practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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