Keren Richardson , BACP

Keren Richardson is a counsellor who draws on attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas to guide her work. She combines a warm, person-centred manner with a focus on life story and relationships. Keren uses approachable language and practical questions to help people start talking about what matters to them.

Keren has 12 years of experience supporting adults with concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief and low self-esteem. She also helps people coping with life changes, addictions, relationship or intimacy issues, sleep and eating difficulties, and work-related stress including compassion fatigue. Keren’s background includes long-term work with people experiencing trauma, bipolar conditions, ADHD and a range of long-term health or caring challenges.

Her way of working is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She listens without judgement and asks gentle questions to help people tell their story. Keren looks at how past attachments and patterns influence present feelings and relationships, so emotional reactions make more sense and feel more manageable.

Sessions focus on building understanding, noticing unhelpful patterns, and trying out different ways of relating and self-care. She also uses narrative techniques to reframe difficult experiences and psychodynamic ideas to trace long-standing patterns back to their roots. These approaches inform practical steps people can try between sessions.

Keren is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works online with people in the United Kingdom and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions through the platform.

How attachment, narrative and online work come together

Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional responses. It helps when someone wants to understand why they react strongly in close relationships or struggle with trust and intimacy.

Narrative therapy helps people tell and reshape their story by separating the person from the problem. It is useful for issues like low self-esteem, loss, and coping with life changes where re-framing a story can open new options.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you see facial cues and build a close connection, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, written reflection, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to meet from different locations and to fit appointments around work, care responsibilities, or other commitments.