Richard Gordon-Smith , NCPS

Richard Gordon-Smith is an NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 13 years' experience. He works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief and a wide range of other life difficulties. He speaks English and sees international clients.

Richard trained in psychology and completed an Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling at the University of Manchester. He has worked in mental health settings since then and uses a mix of approaches to support people who want practical help alongside reflective work.

In sessions he draws on person-centred work that listens to what matters to the individual. He also uses emotion-focused methods to help with intense feelings and attachment-based ideas when relationships are central to the difficulty. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going.

Richard describes his practice as integrative, combining psychodynamic thinking with solution-focused ways of planning change. That means conversations can look at past patterns while also setting clear steps to make life feel different now. He offers a non-judgemental space for people to talk through matters such as fatherhood issues, blended family tensions and communication problems.

Sessions commonly cover practical tools for sleep, eating and coping with change, and space to work through grief, trauma or intimacy-related concerns. The approach is down-to-earth and paced to the individual, with attention to both feeling and action.

How his therapeutic approaches translate to remote work