Finding Dean Richardson’s Private Practice (Hampshire).
Practice Address: The Marple Cross Centre, Albemarle House, Osborne Road, Southsea, PO5 3LB (map).
About the location: The Marple Cross Centre is a light, airy and pleasant location. We have a reception area where you will be greeted (usually a bowl of sweets is on offer to pick from) and we have magazines, a radio, and fish to keep you occupied if you’re waiting for your appointment. The Marple Cross Centre is a ground floor location which has easy wheelchair access via a ramp and wheelchair-compatible toilets.
Southampton to Chichester, Petersfied to Portsmouth (© Google Maps)Areas Covered: Anyone from Portsmouth, Southsea, Southampton, Fareham, Gosport, Havant & Hayling Island, northwards to Petersfield and eastwards to Chichester. Counselling services for Hampshire and West Sussex.
On your arrival: You will be invited to sign in. This is for Health & Safety (e.g. fire safety) and, if you prefer, you can sign-in using a pseudonym. Take a seat, read a newspaper, feed the fish. Dean Richardson will come to collect you from reception at the time of your appointment and take you to his consultation room.
When you leave: Please sign out of the book.
Advice on Travelling to Portsmouth & Southsea.
Buses: See Portsmouth Bus Service routes planner:- http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/592.html
Railway: Nearest railway stations are: “Portsmouth Harbour” (click for directions) and “Portsmouth & Southsea” (click for directions).
Both stations are an approximate 20 minutes’ walk to The Marple Cross centre.
Hovercraft: Five minutes walk from Southsea Hoverport – suitable for Isle of Wight visitors.
Car Parking: Convenient parking (up to three hours free-of-charge along one of the streets parallel to The Marple Cross Centre (Nightingale Road, etc)) or a parking meter on the road, or one of the car parks near the building. Approximately £1.20 for one hour’s parking fee.
Skype Counselling (Worldwide).
I offer regular weekly counselling via video conferencing Skype service.
Skype counselling is suitable for individuals, couples and groups.
The advantage of using Skype Counselling is that you can access Dean Richardson’s therapy services from a safe location – be it your home, your office, or your hotel room.
Click to read more about Skype Counselling…Skype Counselling for Individuals.
Using the same tried & tested processes as face-to-face counselling, you gain access to a fully qualified & experienced counsellor on a regular, weekly basis for a full 50 minutes. Dean will “meet” with you online using your camera in your computer or other Skype device (read more).
Skype Counselling for Couples.
Using effective systemic counselling processes, couples meet with Dean online using either a single Skype device (the couple sit within range of the camera in the same room), or each use a separate Skype device (such as using separate computers). Skype couple counselling is idea for long-distance relationships in conflict as neither partner has to travel to meet with his/her partner or the couples therapist (read more).
Skype Counselling for Groups.
Based in group analysis and support group facilitation, you can gain access to group therapy from your Skype device on a regular, weekly basis. All group members access the group from their remote locations, with Dean’s computer controlling the conference (so there is no additional Skype fee for you to pay) (read more).
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Counselling
Private Portsmouth Counselling with Dean Richardson. With over thirteen years’ experience, Dean Richardson’s Hampshire private counselling practice, in Portsmouth & Southsea, focuses on Individual’s Counselling, Couples Counselling and Support Groups. His private therapy services are available to all individuals and couples from . Counselling isn’t about telling someone how to get things right. It’s a [...] -
Choose LGBT Counselling
Whilst most counsellors will work with LGBT clients, Dean Richardson is a specialist LGBT counsellor. Spot the difference? Whilst it's true that any LGBT client could work with any counsellor, many Hampshire LGBT clients choose to work specifically with Dean. Dean offers counselling & therapy for gay, lesbian and mixed-gender/sexuality LGBT couples (whether separating or reconciling) and LGBT individuals. As a gay man, lesbian woman, or whatever is your most comfortable gender- and sexual- identification, decide if you would like to meet Dean to discuss your needs from counselling... -
About Dean Richardson
Dean Richardson MBACP(accred) UKRCP Reg. is an experienced, fully qualified, friendly, ethical and insightful Hampshire counsellor/psychotherapist who will work with you in his private practice in Southsea (Hampshire) and Skype video. Dean is a male counsellor who specialises in working with couples, individuals and groups. He's quite human too - joining in at times of laughter ( it's real therapy - it happens ;) ) as well as listening empathically to the worst people want to talk about. Your choice of therapy is important - decide today if Dean Richardson could be your therapist for private counselling... -
LGBT Individuals Counselling
LGBT Individual's Personal Counselling for LGBT clients who choose to work specifically with Dean Richardson. Dean, as a professional LGBT-specialist counsellor, offers counselling specifically for gay & lesbian individuals,and trans-gendered, trans-vestite & bisexual people's needs. -
Costs of Counselling & Therapy
Private counselling can be a liberating, freeing experience and it is not free of charge. Dean Richardson's investment in your therapy and his commitment to you is appropriately matched by his per-session fees which vary accordingly on the type of therapy service you engage in. -
Choose Personal Counselling
Individual personal counselling is a one-on-one therapy. People wanting personal therapeutic attention from a qualified counsellor choose Dean Richardson. Dean and you meet weekly (same day/time/location) working on personal issues that you lead with and that you and Dean discover together during the initial meeting. By building a helpful therapeutic relationship between you and Dean, both of you will support you in making transformations in your life - from small changes to major alterations - it's your choice. Would you like to begin counselling soon...? -
LGBT Couples Counselling
Counselling specifically for LGBT couples' needs. Gay and lesbian couples, and couples of mixed-sexuality/gender-identification deserve their own form of couple counselling that meets the needs of their particular kinds of relationships. Dean Richardson, as a professional LGBT-specialist counsellor works with LGBT couples. -
Choose Couples Counselling
The choice to come into couples counselling may be a courageous one & choosing Dean Richardson can help you both transform the most important relationship of your life. Ideal for marriages, civil-partnerships and platonic relationships, with lots of helpful therapeutic curiosity we'll learn how your relationship became stuck. We'll learn how to perturb unhappy behaviour by gaining new knowledge. With inspiration & creative ideas from all of us we'll introduce changes. With supportive observation, challenge & systemic hypothesising, Dean will help you both to join in the process until you have no further need of him nor couple counselling. Whether breaking-up or reconciling, you could begin counselling soon... -
Choose Brief-Focal Counselling
When you need a brief solution, you'd choose Dean Richardson's brief focal therapy. Brief therapy is a specialised, time-limited form of counselling that offers you a set number of sessions (discussed between you and Dean at the beginning). By being focussed upon a single, important subject, the counselling work becomes swift, concentrated ... and budget-able. Brief psychodynamic counselling is not suitable for everyone ('open-ended' being another option), but whether six sessions, twelve, or a number specific to your needs, Dean will help you decide if this can be a good therapy for you... -
FAQ: "Do I ask my Doctor/GP to refer me for Private Counselling?"
Deciding on private counselling is something you can do in confidence and without having to see your GP for a referral.
