Richard De Val , Psychotherapist | Coach | Group Facilitator

About me

I am a psychotherapist and addiction specialist with over a decade of experience working across private practice and specialist addiction services in London and internationally. Over the years, I have supported individuals experiencing alcohol and cocaine use, gambling harms, burnout, anxiety, and challenges linked to pressure, identity, performance, and high-functioning lifestyles.

My clinical experience includes working within specialist addiction settings, including the Priory Hospital in London, where I provided individual and group therapy, relapse prevention work, risk assessment, and psychologically informed treatment planning. Alongside private practice, I have worked with professionals, creatives, senior executives, and public-facing individuals seeking discreet support around addiction, mental health, and the pressures of modern life.

My approach is integrative and tailored to the individual. I draw on psychotherapy, harm reduction and abstinence-based models where appropriate, Brainspotting, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, behavioural approaches, and existential thinking. I am also currently training in Lacanian Psychoanalysis.

I believe that difficulties such as addiction, burnout, anxiety, and compulsive behaviours rarely exist in isolation. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, I aim to help clients understand the underlying emotional needs, coping strategies, identity challenges, and life experiences that may have contributed to their current difficulties.

I have a particular interest in men's mental health and in making therapy feel accessible, practical, and free from unnecessary stigma. Much of my work focuses on the relationship between addiction, identity, performance, and emotional strain—particularly when life continues to function externally while becoming increasingly difficult to manage privately.

I am also Co-Founder of The Reset Practice, a London-based psychological practice offering discreet, psychologically informed support around addiction, pressure, and modern professional life.

My aim is to provide a thoughtful, collaborative space where clients can develop greater self-understanding, build resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change that fits the realities of their lives.

Approach

Richard approaches psychological work with the belief that patterns such as addiction, burnout, anxiety, and compulsive behaviours rarely exist in isolation. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms or behaviour, his work aims to understand the underlying pressures, emotional needs, identity issues, and coping strategies that may have developed over time.

He works with individuals experiencing alcohol and cocaine use, gambling harms, stress, burnout, emotional strain, and difficulties linked to pressure, performance, and modern professional life. Much of his work is with people whose lives continue to function externally while becoming harder to manage privately.

Richard has a particular interest in supporting men who may previously have found therapy inaccessible, irrelevant, or difficult to engage with. His aim is to make psychological work feel grounded, practical, and free from unnecessary stigma, while providing a space where difficult experiences can be explored without judgement.

His approach is integrative and adapted to the individual, drawing on psychotherapy, harm reduction approaches, abstinence-based work where appropriate, Brainspotting, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and structured behavioural interventions.

Richard works with a broad range of clients, including professionals, creatives, executives, and public-facing individuals, many of whom are navigating addiction, pressure, identity, relationships, and the demands of high-functioning lives.

The overall focus of his work is helping clients develop greater understanding, stability, and self-trust, while creating sustainable change that fits the realities of their lives.

Fees

Psychotherapy & Psychological Consultation £150 | 50 minutes For anxiety, addiction, burnout, identity, shame, emotional strain, relationship difficulties, and feeling stuck despite outward success.

Executive, Performance & Coaching-Informed Work From £180 | 50 minutes A more structured and goal-focused approach for professionals seeking support with leadership, confidence, behaviour change, career transitions, performance, and personal development.

Qualifications

PgDip Addiction Psychology and Counselling, London South Bank University Brainspotting Practitioner (All Phases) 10+ years' experience in addiction treatment and psychological services Former Lead Therapist, Gladstones Clinic London Former Addiction Therapist, Priory North London

Modalities

• integrative
• Brainspotting
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Mindfulness-based approaches Harm reduction models Abstinence-based recovery work
• Structured behavioural interventions

Registered with

• MBACP

Services

• Psychotherapy
• Coaching
• Addiction therapy
• Men's mental health