About me
Hello, I'm Rachel. I work with individuals, couples and adult families.
I support individuals, couples, adult families, through challenges like communication breakdowns, parenting stress, fertility issues, and changes after becoming parents.
Drop me an email to arrange a free, no pressure call to see how I can support you.
Individuals
I work with individuals in a relational way. We can explore how you feel about yourself and how the relationship that you have with yourself impacts those around you. Perhaps you have experienced a bereavement, pregnancy loss, or ended contact with a friend. Ghosting can bring up strong and upsetting feelings.
Our relationships say so much about us. Sometimes learning how to validate ourselves internally can be the start of healthy external relationships with others.
Couples
I work with couples for many reasons and I understand how anxious it can feel to reach out for help. Communication problems, feeling heard, and setting boundaries are a big part of the work we can do together to build healthy relationships.
In particular, I am really passionate about supporting couples during pregnancy, the fourth trimester, and beyond. When considering starting a family, making sure that your relationship is in a strong place can really support the next steps into parenthood.
Becoming a parent is life-changing, and it’s common for relationships to shift in the process. Maybe you're feeling unheard, resentful, or distant from your partner. Sleepless nights, changing identities, and a lack of intimacy can all take a toll. If you’ve found yourselves struggling to connect or communicate, you're not alone - and support is available.
As a parent myself, I understand the emotional and practical pressures that come with family life. Whether it's rebuilding closeness, managing conflict, navigating unequal responsibilities, or coping with anxiety or depression - I help couples explore healthier ways to relate and reconnect.
I also support families who are struggling with conceiving and have experienced pregnancy loss. I am an accredited IAPT Couple Counselling for Depression therapist and see the benefits that supporting both partners can have on recovery rates for depression and anxiety.
I want to remove the idea that you have counselling as a last-ditch attempt to resolve your issues. I believe that even the healthiest relationships can benefit from couple counselling by strengthening the foundations of your relationship.
Families
I work with adult family members and consider accountability and boundaries to support positive and healthy relationships moving forward. Many people are not aware that counselling is available for parents, siblings, stepfamilies, and co-parents. I work with your goals in mind. For many of us, parenting is a sensitive subject. For example, talking about your childhood with your parents might feel daunting. You may be fearful that you will be met with defensiveness or be dismissed. My goal is to create a safe space where everyone feels heard and accountable. This can be a really rewarding process for all involved, allowing healthy boundaries to be put in place and healing from the past to occur.
Do you have conflicting narratives from your family members? Do you see difficulties with your partner and your family? Is there a feeling that you are the victim, or that a family member sees themselves this way? We can explore this together and find ways to support one another to feel heard and respected.
For older parents, seeing your child as an adult can be hard the shift in dynamics is one that we rarely talk about navigating. Together we can explore this and consider how your relationship with your adult child can be. I believe that there is space for everyone.
Siblings
For many siblings, their lived experience of their childhoods can be very different depending on the ways in which they were treated. Potentially, one sibling may have been the “golden child,” with the other as the “black sheep” of the family. These roles that have been put upon us can impact our relationships with our parents and also our siblings; it can breed resentment or envy of one another. We can repeat the pattern when we have our own families. Again, I can support you to build a safe space to explore your feelings around this together to rebuild a healthy connection.
Blending families
Bringing two families together can be tough. I can support you and your partner to be a strong team when it comes to decisions and step-parenting, keeping everyone in your household in mind when considering how your family works and how to blend successfully. Together we can consider how you can respect and consider each other’s opinions and boundaries and make room for the families to grow and bond with each other.
Co-parenting
It can be difficult to parent with an ex-partner. Sometimes we haven’t had the closure that we need from the relationship’s end, or resentment and frustrations haven’t been resolved or repaired. I can help to create a safe space for you both to explore the ending of your relationship if needed, and how to move forward together as respectful co-parents with your child or children’s best interests at heart.
Neurodiversity in couples and families
Relationships can become complex when partners or family members experience and communicate with the world in different ways. Whether you or a loved one is autistic, has ADHD, is dyslexic, dyspraxic, or identifies with another form of neurodivergence, therapy can help develop greater understanding, reduce conflict, and strengthen connection.
My approach recognises that neurodiversity is not something to be "fixed." Instead, I work with individuals, couples, and families to understand how different thinking styles, communication preferences, sensory experiences, emotional regulation, and executive functioning influence relationships and everyday life. Together, we explore practical strategies alongside deeper emotional work to create relationships that feel more secure, respectful, and fulfilling.
I support clients with a range of concerns, including:
Communication differences and misunderstandings
Relationship conflict and recurring patterns
Emotional regulation and overwhelm
Navigating autism or ADHD diagnoses within the family
Parenting in neurodiverse households
Blended families and differing parenting approaches
Intimacy, connection, and trust
Life transitions and changing family dynamics
Anxiety, stress, and burnout associated with neurodivergence
Building self-understanding, acceptance, and resilience
I strive to make therapy accessible by considering communication preferences, sensory needs, and pacing, ensuring sessions feel safe, collaborative, and meaningful.
Whether you are a couple feeling stuck in repeated misunderstandings, parents seeking to better support a neurodivergent child, or family members wanting to strengthen your relationships, I offer a space where everyone can feel heard, understood, and empowered to move forward together.
I believe that when differences are understood rather than judged, relationships have the opportunity to thrive. My role is to help you build greater insight, compassion, and practical tools that support lasting change and healthier connections.
Group work
I work with a collaborative group who support new mothers in the fourth trimester. I support new mums to consider what their needs are and how to communicate those needs to the people around them. This can be in person (Olney, Bucks) or online over Zoom.
Training, qualifications & experience
I complete a minimum of 50 hours of CPD each year. I am a member of the NCPS and work with my client’s best interests at heart. I have a strong interest in working with clients who have experienced or are experiencing depression or the impacts of depression. I am trained to work with the IAPT couple counselling for depression model.
- Level 2 Understanding Mental Health
- Level 2 Understanding Autism
- Level 3 counselling skills
- CPCAB Level 4 Introduction to Relationship Counselling
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Relationship counselling
- Institute of family therapy Advanced certificate in systemic practice with families and couples
- Accredited IAPT Couple counselling for depression therapist
- BA (Hons) Counselling
- Level 2 - Understanding Domestic Abuse.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Birth trauma
Therapies offered
Fees
From £80.00
Additional information
Sessions from £80
Sessions will run for 50 minutes and will be delivered over zoom or telephone.
I offer a free 20 minute assessment phone call for us both to explore what you would like from counselling, and also an opportunity to see if you are happy to proceed with working with me as your therapist. If for any reason you are unable to attend your session with 24 hours of the agreed time, I'm afraid the full session fee will be applied, so please bear this in mind when booking.
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