Myke Richardson-Hughes, BACP

Myke Richardson-Hughes is a counsellor with eight years' experience helping people through struggles such as anxiety, depression, addiction and grief. He supports people with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, and a wide range of life changes. Myke works with LGBT+ matters and with people managing chronic illness, caregiver stress and ageing and geriatric issues. He draws on several ways of working to suit each person. Sessions can focus on skills for coping with stress and emotions, looking at patterns that keep problems going, or processing painful memories. Myke uses a mix of talking therapies and evidence-informed techniques to help people feel steadier and more able to cope. His background includes work in residential settings with looked-after children and young people, and as a substance and alcohol misuse therapist in a residential rehabilitation setting. That experience informs his practical approach to addiction, trauma and complex emotional needs. Myke is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He integrates methods such as cognitive behavioural work, dialectical skills, attachment-based ideas and person-centred practice according to each person's needs. He offers both short-term and open-ended counselling so people can choose a brief focus or longer support. To begin, clients follow the service's booking steps to match with him and arrange sessions according to his availability.

Therapeutic approaches useful for online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape the ways people connect now. It helps when worries centre on trust, communication and closeness in relationships. Client-centred therapy places the person's experience at the heart of sessions and aims to create space for people to be heard and understood as they make decisions about change. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and helps people learn practical ways to manage anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviour. Finding the right approach is part of the process and will usually be decided together. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods that match those aims. This collaborative way helps tailor the work as needs change over time. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people keep continuity of support if they live far from services or move between locations. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which formats are available before booking. Many people find that remote sessions make it simpler to arrange regular work alongside family, work or caregiving commitments.