Kelly Richardson, BACP

Kelly Richardson is a BACP-accredited counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, depression and career or relationship concerns. She trained at the University of Hull and Leeds Beckett University, beginning her counselling studies in 2010, and continues to prioritise ongoing professional development to keep her skills up to date. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - is a national body that recognises professional standards, and Kelly has passed a BACP audit and achieved BACP accreditation.

Before counselling, Kelly spent many years working with the police and later developed a specialism supporting emergency services employees. Alongside that background she worked in health clubs and taught fitness classes, which shaped her holistic view that mental and physical well-being are connected. Her clinical experience includes supporting people with loss and bereavement at Cruse Bereavement Care, treating anxiety and depression within an IAPT NHS initiative, and providing support for work-related stress through Employee Assistance Programmes.

Kelly works in a person-centred way and draws on an integrative toolkit, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness techniques, to tailor support to each individual. She offers both short-term coping strategies and longer-term, exploratory work depending on a client’s needs, and sees self-referred private clients in her practice A New Horizon as well as providing online sessions and live chat.