Tracie Richards

Tracie Richards is a BACP counsellor who offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or relationship strain. She explains things plainly and helps clients take small steps toward better day-to-day functioning. Tracie’s approach suits people facing life changes, trauma, career crossroads or ongoing worry who want a straightforward, compassionate listener.

Tracie uses a mix of well-known therapeutic methods to meet each person’s needs. She draws on attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to unpick unhelpful thinking and build new coping strategies. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is available for those processing traumatic memories.

In sessions she aims for a warm, non-judgemental tone and clear, practical steps. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing and on small experiments to try between meetings. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone wants to change but feels stuck, while client-centred ideas keep the pace set by the person in the room.

Tracie has around 15 years of experience and works with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, dissociation, and the effects of domestic abuse. She also supports people navigating cancer, divorce, midlife changes and questions of life purpose.

Sessions are provided in English and take place in the United Kingdom. The first step is a short matching questionnaire followed by scheduling according to the therapist’s availability.

How Tracie’s approaches translate to online work

Tracie uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns. This approach helps when people want to understand why they repeat certain relationship behaviours and how to try new ways of connecting.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical coping strategies. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress and managing day-to-day problems. For people processing traumatic memories, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to reduce the emotional intensity of those memories.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and agree a plan that suits the person’s goals and preferences. Sessions are collaborative and the method can change as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm which options are offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use technology to keep continuity of care when in-person meetings are difficult, while still focusing on practical change and emotional processing.