Mischa Richards

I am an accredited psychodynamic psychotherapist and counsellor, offering therapy to individual adults with a range of emotional, psychological, interpersonal and behavioural issues.

I have been practicing psychotherapy for over seven years and providing wider therapeutic support to children, young persons and adults for over fifteen years.

My background lies in the charity, education and social care sectors. Working within some of the most diverse and deprived communities within the UK has enabled me to gain insight into the many ways that social and cultural factors shape our psychological selves. I am empathic to the unique ways we suffer as individuals and, from experience, understand how these struggles can become the start of a process serving new growth and freedom.

I bring the experience gained from my previous work and research to inform my way of working therapeutically, upholding the principles of inclusion, equality and safeguarding.

I have worked with many issues including:

- Abuse
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Bipolar disorders
- Confusion
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Isolation
- Obsession & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Personality disorders
- Psychosis and Psychotic episodes
- Relationship issues
- Searching for a sense of meaning
- Spiritual crises
- Struggling with conflict and indecision
- Trauma

I hold a PGDip in Psychodynamic Theory & Practice (University of Roehampton), a MA in Applied Theology (University of Oxford), and a BA (Hons) in Theology & Religion (University of Durham).

I abide by the ethical code and professional standards of these organisations, including client confidentiality, and am committed to ongoing professional development. This is reflected in my current trainings which include: the Post-Foundation Course with the Institute of Psychoanalysis (IoPA) and the MA in the Philosophy of Medicine & Psychiatry with King’s College London (KCL).