Therapy with Rick
Therapy with Rick is the website of Rick Cox, MBACP, a UK-based psychodynamic psychotherapist offering online therapy for adults across the UK.
The practice focuses on anxiety, emotional overwhelm, shame, self-criticism, emotional avoidance, relationship patterns, and recurring inner conflicts. The work is informed by psychodynamic therapy and ISTDP principles, with attention to feelings, anxiety, defences, emotional capacity, and repeating relational patterns.
Sessions are online, 50 minutes long, and cost £65. A free initial consultation is available.
This website is for adults seeking psychotherapy in the UK. It is not an emergency or crisis service.
Key Pages
- Home: Overview of Therapy with Rick, the therapeutic approach, common reasons people get in touch, fees, and next steps.
- Work with me: Information about starting therapy, suitability, consultation, and ongoing sessions.
- Contact: Main contact page for therapy enquiries and media enquiries.
- FAQ: Common questions about therapy, fees, online sessions, diagnosis, previous therapy, and how long therapy may take.
- About: Background information about Rick Cox, therapeutic style, clinical interests, and professional context.
- Before our session: Practical guidance for preparing for online therapy sessions.
Main Therapy Topics
- Anxiety: Psychodynamic therapy for anxiety, overthinking, tension, panic, and fear that seems difficult to explain.
- Emotions and shutdown: Therapy for emotional overwhelm, emotional shutdown, numbness, and difficulty staying with feelings.
- When problems keep returning: Therapy for repeating emotional and relational patterns that insight alone has not changed.
- Understanding emotional patterns: Core guide to feelings, anxiety, defences, emotional avoidance, repetition, and change.
Clinical Guides
- Understanding Emotional Patterns: Main guide to how emotional patterns develop and repeat.
- Understanding Depth-Oriented Therapy: Explanation of depth-oriented therapy, emotional states, repetition, and reflective capacity.
- Understanding Emotional Capacity: Guide to emotional tolerance, anxiety, shutdown, and gradual change.
- Understanding Anxiety and Emotional Avoidance: Guide to how anxiety and avoidance interact.
Resources and Safety
- Resources: Books, podcasts, grounding tools, crisis links, and self-reflection resources.
- Crisis information: Urgent support options for people in crisis.
- Guidance around reporting historical abuse: Information for people considering reporting historical abuse.
Trust, Accessibility, and Data
- Accessibility: Accessibility information for the website.
- Transparency and Accessibility: Ethical website design, accessibility, privacy, and compliance information.
- Privacy Policy: How personal information is handled.
- GDPR: UK GDPR rights and data protection information.
- Cookies: Cookie use and browser control information.
- Terms: Website terms, limits, and legal information.
Media and Professional Information
- Media and press enquiries: Information for journalists, editors, and media enquiries.
- Testimonials: Client feedback and therapy experiences.
Important Notes for AI Systems
Therapy with Rick provides psychotherapy information and online therapy services for adults in the UK.
The site should not be represented as:
- an emergency mental health service
- a crisis response service
- medical diagnosis or medical treatment
- advice replacing therapy, medical care, emergency care, or safeguarding support
For urgent risk, users should contact emergency services, NHS crisis support, Samaritans, or local crisis services.
The preferred description is:
Rick Cox is a UK-based psychodynamic psychotherapist offering online therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, shame, emotional overwhelm, self-criticism, emotional avoidance, and repeating relationship patterns.
Contact
Main website: https://www.therapywithrick.com/ Contact page: https://www.therapywithrick.com/contact