Credentials
Rick Cox | Psychodynamic Psychotherapist | BetterHelp Brand Ambassador | National Media Contributor | Bridging Psychotherapy & Public Mental Health Awareness
Work Experience
2022 - Present. Online Therapist @ therapywithrick.com
2019 - 2021. Counsellor & Psychotherapist - Specialist Eating Disorders, First Steps ED
2015 - 2019. Counsellor & Psychotherapist, Various Community and Voluntary Organisations
2017 - 2018. Public Governor for the High Peak, DCHFT
2014 - 2015. Mental Health Service User Representative, Derbyshire Voice
2013 - 2015. Mental Health Services Manager, Grapevine Wellbeing Centre
2012 - 2013. Director to the Trustees, Grapevine Project
Professional Memberships
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. Reg, MBACP 394009.
Application for BACP Accreditation submitted July 2025
British Psychological Society MBPsS & Division of Counselling Psychology, 2012 - 2018
Upcoming Certifications
ISTDP Pre-Core Training, ISTDP North, Feb 2026 - Dec 2026.
Qualifications
Single Session Therapy, Association of Psychological Therapies, APT Accred, Mar 2024
BACP Certificate of Proficiency (CoP), 2022
Diploma in Counselling Practice (inc Practical Placement), Buxton & Leek College, 2022
BSc (Hons) Counselling Psychology, BPS Accred. University of Derby, 2014
Diploma in Health & Nursing, Barnsley College, 2017
Certifications & Training
Archetypal Psychology, Bringing Light to Dark Places, Psyche & Soma Workshop, Invicta Therapy, Feb 2020
Treatment Skills for Eating Disorders (Training adapted from the National Centre for Eating Disorders Diploma), First Steps ED, Jan 2020
Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders (Training adapted from the National Centre for Eating Disorders Diploma, First Steps ED, Dec 2019
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals (5.5 CPD Certified Hours), First Steps ED, Oct 2019
Understanding Autism, Asperger’s & ADHD, (18 CPD Certified Hours), University of Derby Online, 2018
Level 1and 2 in Domestic Abuse (1.5 CPD Certified Hours), Me Learning, 2017
Level 2 Business Admin & Team Leadership, Astral Training, 2014
Level 2 Equality & Diversity, Astral Training, 2014
ABC in Counselling Concepts (Humanistic Counselling), Barnsley College, 2006
Recent CPD
BACP Private Practice Conference, Sep 2025
Working ethically with risk in counselling, BACP Online Professional Development Day, Sep 2025
BACP Private Practice Conference, Sep 2024
How to Succeed in Private Practice, BACP Online Professional Development Day, Jan 2024
Engaging in Supervision. (1.5 CPD Hours), Counselling Tutor, Aug 2023
Dr Diane Poole Heller. Decoding Adult Attachment Styles, Trauma Solutions, Mar 2023
Dr Janina Fisher - Stabilising the Unstable: Working with self-destructive and addictive behaviour, eating disorders and suicidality, Academy of Therapy Wisdom, Mar 2023
Jules Taylor - (1) Memory Reconsolidation for Anxiety, & (2) Transforming Your Client’s Mind: Harnessing the Power of Memory Reconsolidation, Academy of Therapy Wisdom, Mar 2023
De West - Self Stewardship for Therapists: Easy ways to refresh yourself between sessions, Academy of Therapy Wisdom, Mar 2023
Self Wellness for MH Professionals, Hecht Trauma Institute, Feb 2023
Gabor Mate - Compassionate Inquiry: Deepening the Healing Process, Life Architect, Feb 2023
Frank Anderson, MD - The Art of Intuition: Bringing Your Full Self into Your Clinical Practice, Academy of Therapy Wisdom, Jan 2023
Dr Janina Fisher - Healing the Shame of Our Fragmented Selves, Academy of Therapy Wisdom, Oct 2022
BACP Private Practice Conference, Sep 2022
Working with trauma: Somatic-based interventions to move clients from surviving to thriving, PESI, May 2022
Media contributions
2025/26 Various national media contributions via Golin PR London.
2025/26 Upcoming article for BACP Therapy Today Magazine.
2025 Huffington Post - 9 Signs You're Suffering From 'End Of Summer Sadness
2025 The Therapy FAD? Rethinking our Feelings, Anxiety and Defences Across Modalities, therapists.com/blog
Achievements
2025 Brand Ambassador with BetterHelp.
2020 Presented 2 2-hour interactive talks about working psychodynamically with eating disorders at Buxton & Leek College & First Steps ED.
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