Portsmouth

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...

Someone who asks the questions that no-one else is asking …because until you've been asked, you may not know that you already know the answers. Dean Richardson MBACP(accred) is an experienced, ethical & insightful Hampshire counsellor/psychotherapist who works in his private Portsmouth practice or online via Skype Video. Dean is a male counsellor who specialises in working with couples, individuals and small groups. He's quite friendly too - joining in at times of laughter (it's a real relationship!) as well as listening empathically to the worst that people want to talk about. Your choices of therapy is important - decide if Dean Richardson could be your counsellor for private counselling…

Couple counselling isn't about making the couple get back together. It's about helping the couple negotiate what they both want from their relationship. Ultimately, it might be about reconciliation, it might be about separation. So, to begin, the first stage of our work will be about finding an agreed-focus for couple counselling. Choosing Dean Richardson is a smart choice because his experienced role is about getting in the way… of what's getting in the way of your relationship. Plus, his goal is to become (eventually) redundant in the whole process. Suitable for couples, marriages, civil-partnerships, LGBT-mixed and even platonic/family/business couple relationships. You could begin couple counselling soon…

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...?

Most counsellors will work with LGBT clients, but Dean Richardson is a LGBT-specialist counsellor. Spot the difference?! Sure, any gay or lesbian client may work with any counsellor, but LGBT clients choose to work with Dean as a qualified male therapist because of his speciality & reputation. Dean offers counselling for gay couples, lesbian couples & mixed-gender/sexuality couples (whether separating or reconciling) - Counselling for LGBT Couples & Counselling for 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 therapeutic needs...