Richard Blokesch
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Psychotherapist
I specialise in:
About me
My name is Richard Blokesch. I am an online psychotherapist working with adults who often seem to manage life well on the outside, while feeling tense, exhausted, anxious, self-critical, or stuck on the inside. Many people who contact me have already tried hard to understand themselves. They may have analysed their patterns, read about their difficulties, talked to others, or tried to solve things by thinking even more. Still, the same thoughts, emotions, or relationship patterns keep returning.
My background is in cognitive behavioural therapy, and my work is also shaped by schema therapy. I hold a doctorate in psychotherapy science and have a particular interest in how psychological difficulties become self-reinforcing over time. In my practice, I often work with anxiety, persistent overthinking, depressive moods, obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviours, chronic stress, self-criticism, emotional pressure, and recurring difficulties in relationships.
I aim to make therapy feel clear, respectful, and genuinely useful. You do not need to know exactly where to begin, and you do not need to explain everything perfectly. We start by understanding what is currently happening in your life, what keeps the problem going, and what kind of change would actually matter to you. From there, we work step by step on building more clarity, stability, and room to act differently in everyday life.
I speak:
Location:
Approach
My therapeutic style is clear, active, and structured, while still leaving enough space for your personal story. I work mainly with cognitive behavioural therapy and include elements from schema therapy when they are helpful. This means that we do not only talk about symptoms. We look at the patterns behind them: the thoughts, emotions, body reactions, behaviours, and relationship experiences that may keep you stuck.
In the first sessions, we focus on understanding your situation in a way that feels organised and useful. What brings you to therapy now? Where do you feel stuck? When does the problem become stronger? What have you already tried? What would you like to be different in your daily life? Many clients find this first phase helpful because it turns a confusing inner experience into something clearer and more workable.
A session with me is not just open-ended talking without direction. We work together to understand the connection between what you think, what you feel, how your body reacts, how you behave, and what happens in your relationships. Depending on your situation, we may work on reducing avoidance, interrupting overthinking, responding differently to self-critical thoughts, setting boundaries, understanding emotional triggers, or trying out new behaviours between sessions.
At the same time, therapy should not feel like another place where you have to perform. You do not have to impress me, be perfectly prepared, or already know the answer. My role is to help you slow things down, see the pattern more clearly, and find realistic next steps that fit your life. I explain what we are doing and why, so that therapy feels transparent rather than vague.
All sessions take place online by video call. This can make therapy easier to integrate into your routine, especially if you want support that is focused, flexible, and accessible from a familiar environment.
