Richard Kaye
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About me
Want to explore your dreams, heal through shadow work, or just talk things through in a safe space? I offer Person-Centred Counselling and Integrative Jungian therapy online—let’s go at your pace.
How You May Be Feeling:
- Low self-worth and inner criticism
- Debilitating guilt, shame, anger, or deep sadness
- Feeling stuck, lost, or disconnected from your true self
- Life feels empty or lacking a clear sense of purpose
- Struggling to access or express your emotions clearly
Relationship Patterns and Difficulties:
- Repeating patterns of destructive or unhealthy relationships
- Difficult or strained relationships with parents
- Experience of bullying or misuse of power from parents or others
Childhood Experiences:
- Emotional or physical abuse in childhood
- Childhood sexual abuse
- Witnessing domestic abuse or family violence as a child
- Emotionally unavailable parents during childhood, particularly during critical developmental periods
- Confusing or painful family breakup in childhood
- Discovering in childhood or adolescence that you are neurodivergent, gay, trans, or otherwise ‘different’
Adult Trauma and Life Changes:
- Trauma and abuse in adult relationships
- Grief from past loss or suicide of someone close, even if it was long ago
- Significant life transitions and identity shifts:
- Young adulthood and challenges growing into independence
- Navigating becoming single after relationship breakdown
- Coping with children leaving home, or struggling with decisions around having or not having children
- Mid-life uncertainty or crisis
- Retirement and adjusting to a new phase of life
Professional Challenges and Trauma:
- Experiencing trauma, stress, or burnout related to your professional role, particularly if you work or have worked in these areas (discounts available):
- Armed forces
- Police
- Emergency services (paramedics, firefighters, medical professionals)
- Social work and mental health services
- Humanitarian or aid organisations
- Struggling with pressures related to high achievement or professional success:
- Overworking and difficulty establishing a healthy work-life balance
- Persistent feelings of dissatisfaction or emptiness despite outward success
- Fear of failure or of being discovered as an ‘impostor’
Experiences of Oppression and Exclusion:
- Facing discrimination, prejudice, or being marginalised in your life
- Feeling oppressed or misunderstood by societal institutions or powerful groups
What I Offer
I provide two main pathways, depending on your needs:
1. Person-Centred Counselling (£45 per session)
A simpler, more direct talking approach, focused on empathy, acceptance, and genuinely hearing you. If you’re looking for a supportive, non-judgemental space to share whatever’s on your mind, this might be the perfect fit.
2. Integrative Jungian Counselling (£55 per session)
Here, I combine Jungian Dream Work, Attachment Theory, and an awareness of Complex Trauma to help you uncover, explore, and integrate the hidden parts of yourself. This often includes “shadow work”—gently bringing buried aspects of your personality into the light, so you can understand them and move forward with more wholeness.
Within this deeper approach, we can focus on:
- Dream Exploration: A direct line to your unconscious, revealing insights that might stay hidden in regular talk therapy.
- Relational Depth: Therapy is a relationship first and foremost. I strive to be present, empathetic, and real, creating a safe space for authentic connection and growth.
- Attachment-Aware Lens: Understanding how early relationships shaped you—without labeling or pathologizing—is a powerful key to self-discovery.
- Additional Tools: I weave in Mentalization-Based Therapy (to help you understand your own mind and others’), Person-Centred techniques, Mindfulness, and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (a flexible form of CBT). I also draw on the Power Threat Meaning Framework, which acknowledges how societal forces contribute to distress.
If finances are a concern, I offer a limited number of concessionary slots at £30 per hour - just let me know, and we'll see if we can work something out.
How It Works Online
No travel, no stress. You can delve into your dreams and inner world from the comfort of your own home—or wherever you feel safest. Working online often helps clients relax more quickly, paving the way for deeper, more meaningful exploration. I’m based in the UK, but I can meet you wherever you are.
Who I Am
I’m an older therapist with significant life experience and a deep belief that healing happens best when expertise meets authenticity, humour, humility, and genuine care. I have ADHD and welcome neurodivergent folks—my lived experience has taught me that embracing difference can be a superpower, not a flaw. Above all, I know how crucial it is to feel truly seen and accepted, quirks and struggles included.
What Others Say
“Dream work with Rick has been a game changer… He helped me unlock parts of myself I didn’t even know existed.”
“The personal connection and support you provided made talking with you far easier and more natural.”
“Working with Rick never felt like a box-ticking exercise—he was fully present, knowledgeable, and genuinely caring.”
Why This Approach
Dreams offer a gateway into your unconscious, shining a light on the parts of you that need attention, love, or release. Whether you choose Person-Centred or Integrative Jungian counselling, our work can help you reclaim forgotten aspects of yourself, find new meaning, and break free from ‘stuck’ patterns. Jungian dream work, in particular, can be intense—but we’ll always go at your pace, ensuring you feel safe and supported.
Practical Details
Free Introductory Call (30–60 minutes): Let’s chat about your goals, dreams, and challenges—no pressure.
Weekly Sessions: Choose Person-Centred (£45) or Integrative Jungian (£55) therapy.
Limited Concessions: £30 per hour, subject to availability.
How to Book:
Visit my website at rkpsychotherapy.co.uk or contact me through the Counselling Directory to set up our initial call.
Ready to Begin?
If you sense there’s more to discover—more depth, more adventure, more meaning—I’d love to work with you. We can decode your dreams, unravel old patterns, or simply talk things through in a warm, non-judgemental space. Reach out today for a free call and see if we’re a good fit. There’s no commitment—just an invitation to begin your journey toward wholeness.
I look forward to meeting you online and accompanying you on this path of healing, growth, self-discovery and transformation. Let’s find out together where your dreams and our work will lead!
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc Hons 2I
- PgDip Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP Level 7)
- Registered Member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP)
I’ve spent over 15 years passionately studying the works of Carl Jung (dreams, archetypes, the unconscious), Carl Rogers (Person-Centred Therapy), Aaron Beck et al. (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), Fonagy (Mentalization), and Bowlby, Ainsworth, Crittenden (Attachment Theory), among others.
I’ve personally recorded more than 160,000 words of my own dreams—an ongoing deep dive into the unconscious that no book alone could replicate (though I own pretty much every key text on dreams and dream therapy). I’m even developing a dream interpretation course.
I work with dreams every day—whether for clients, friends, myself, or random folks I meet. This continual engagement keeps me immersed in the living, breathing world of dreamwork.
On a personal note, I have direct experience of neurodivergence—I manage my own undiagnosed ADHD. I celebrate difference and find that I do some of my best work with those who share that outside-the-box perspective.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£30.00 - £55.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer two clear pathways for online therapy: straightforward Person-Centred Counselling (£45 per 60-minute session) or Integrative Jungian Therapy (£55 per 60-minute session). A limited number of concession sessions (£30) are available on request.
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Knowing that life can be complicated I try and be as flexible as I can with days and times for each of my clients.
