About me
BACP Registered Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor | Adults, Children and Young People | Southport and Online
Whether you are an adult seeking counselling, a parent or carer looking for support for a child or young person, or a counsellor looking for clinical supervision, I offer a warm, professional and confidential space to think, reflect and move forward.
You may be looking for counselling because life feels difficult, overwhelming or uncertain. You may be experiencing anxiety, stress, trauma, bereavement, relationship difficulties or low self-esteem, or you may be trying to make sense of experiences that feel hard to carry alone.
Hello, I’m Rachel. I am a BACP Registered Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor with 28 years’ experience supporting adults, children and young people. My counselling and supervision work is grounded in person-centred values, professional experience and respect for each individual’s circumstances. I work face-to-face in Southport and also offer online sessions.
How I can help
Adult counselling
You may be looking for counselling because you feel anxious, stressed, low, overwhelmed or unsure how to move forward. You may be coping with trauma, loss, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, domestic abuse, addiction, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, attachment difficulties or other experiences that are affecting your emotional wellbeing.
Sometimes there is a clear reason for seeking counselling. At other times, you may simply know that something does not feel right and that you need a safe, confidential space to begin making sense of things. Counselling can offer time to talk, reflect, understand patterns and explore what support or change may be needed.
Counselling for children and young people
You may be looking for support because your child or young person seems anxious, withdrawn, angry, overwhelmed or unable to talk easily about what is happening for them. They may be coping with loss, family change, school pressures, trauma, care or adoption experiences, or another difficulty that is affecting their emotional wellbeing.
I have extensive experience of counselling children and young people, including work in educational settings and with young people who have experienced disruption, loss, care, adoption, trauma or significant change. I understand that children and young people often communicate and process their experiences differently from adults, so I adapt the work to their age, needs and way of expressing themselves.
Where appropriate, I also keep in mind the wider world around a child or young person, including parents, carers, school and other professionals involved in their care, so that the support offered is thoughtful, safe and responsive to their circumstances.
My approach
I offer an integrative approach grounded in person-centred counselling. I do not believe there is a single approach that works for everyone, so I take time to understand you as an individual and adapt the work to your needs, circumstances and goals.
The therapeutic relationship is at the heart of how I work. My aim is to provide a warm, confidential and non-judgemental space where you can feel listened to, understood and supported as you explore what is happening for you.
I work collaboratively and at your pace. Counselling can offer space to reflect, understand patterns, process difficult experiences and consider what may need to change.
Clinical supervision
I offer clinical supervision for trainee and qualified counsellors. You may be looking for supervision because you want a reflective, supportive and professionally grounded space to explore your client work. You may be a trainee counsellor developing confidence, a qualified practitioner wanting space to think more deeply, or a counsellor working with adults, children or young people who would value supervision from someone with long-standing clinical experience.
I offer supervision to counsellors working in private practice, education, voluntary-sector services and other professional settings. My aim is to provide a supervision relationship that feels safe, collaborative and appropriately challenging, so you can bring uncertainty, ethical questions, risk, safeguarding concerns, difficult client work and the moments when you need time to think things through.
My supervision is informed by many years of counselling experience and by the Seven-Eyed Model, which supports reflection on the client, the therapeutic relationship, the practitioner, the supervisory relationship and the wider professional context. I see supervision as a space to step back from the work, consider what may be happening within and around it, and develop your clinical thinking, professional judgement and confidence.
For counsellors working with children and young people, I can offer supervision informed by my experience of education, safeguarding, care, adoption, attachment and the wider network surrounding a young person. I understand how complex this work can be and how important it is to hold the child or young person, their context and the counsellor’s responsibilities safely in mind.
Clinical supervision is available face-to-face in Southport or online.
Qualifications and professional experience
I have been a qualified counsellor for 28 years and have worked across private practice, voluntary-sector services, educational settings and local-authority services supporting children and young people.
I am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work within the BACP Ethical Framework.
Taking the next step
Choosing a counsellor or supervisor can feel like an important decision. Whether you are looking for counselling for yourself, support for a child or young person, or clinical supervision, you are welcome to get in touch so we can discuss what you are looking for and whether I may be the right fit.
I am based in Southport and offer sessions in person and online.
Training, qualifications & experience
My qualifications and training include a Degree in Humanistic Counselling; Diplomas in Person-Centred Counselling, Counselling Children and Young People, Clinical Supervision, Relationship Counselling, CBT, NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapy; Certificates in Counselling Studies and Counselling Skills; and further training in areas including trauma, attachment, self-harm, suicide, grief and loss, addiction, mindfulness and IEMT.
I continue my personal development and training on a regular basis to ensure my skills and knowledge are continually up to date enabling me to be committed to providing the best quality service I can.
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
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
Individual clients - £60.00 per session (1 hour)
Couple counselling - £70.00 per session (1 hour)
Clinical Supervision - £60.00 per 1 hour session
When I work
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I can offer online / face to face supervision Monday - Friday.
Counselling is Wednesday/Thursday.
