About me
Rachel is a psychotherapist with a genuine passion for helping people find their way to positive, lasting change. She takes time to understand each client as an individual, gently tailoring her approach — drawing on psychodynamic, person-centred, behavioural, and mindfulness therapies — to suit what they need most. Her work is collaborative and flexible, built on respect for each client's unique story, and focused on nurturing self-awareness, emotional regulation, and personal growth at a pace that feels right for them.
Rachel has particular experience working with children and young people, using creative, play and nature-based approaches to help them process their experiences and build emotional understanding, in ways that feel natural to them. She also works with couples, helping them strengthen their relationship and navigate challenges together. In addition, she supports survivors of abuse, having trained and worked with Waves Counselling, and offers grief and bereavement counselling, having trained with Cruse.
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community and someone who is neurodivergent (ADHD), Rachel personally understands the importance of feeling truly seen and accepted. She offers a warm, non-judgemental space where every client can feel safe to be themselves, informed by her own lived experience.
Rachel is also a certified hypnotherapist, helping clients with a range of issues including anxiety, smoking cessation, phobias, and weight loss.
Rachel believes wholeheartedly that every client deserves fair, compassionate, and impartial care. She welcomes all clients with open arms, without prejudice, however they subscribe to life and regardless of their colour, gender, religion, culture, background, disability, or sexuality.
Rachel is an Accredited Registrant member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCS20-01089) and abides by their code of ethics.
She holds professional indemnity insurance with Holistic Insurance.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Prince's Trust Level 5 Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling Practice (Prof.Dip.Psy.C.)
- Ironmill Post Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Young People (PQ Dip. CYP)
- Prince's Trust Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills and Theory (Dip.CST.)
- AIM Level 3 Certificate in Hypnotherapy and Counselling Skills (Cert.Hyp.CS.)
- Cruse bereavement & grief training
- Certificate in Parts Hypnotherapy (HSOH)
- Certificate in Hypno-Gastric Band (HSOH)
- Certificate in Hypnotherapy IMR and Regress to Cause (HSOH)
- Trauma counsellor with Waves Counselling Project for survivors of domestic abuse
- Previously a school counsellor with Place2Be
- BA (Hons) History, University of Warwick
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
Fees
£65.00 - £95.00
Additional information
Individual sessions for adults, children and teens are sixty minutes, in-person or online
couples sessions are ninety minutes in length
Individual adult fee £65 per session
CYP fee £75 per session
Couples fee £95 per session
When I work
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Further information
I am also a certified hypnotherapist capable of addressing a range of issues including anxiety, smoking cessation, phobias, and sleep disorders and I offer specialised hypno-gastric band treatment for sustainable weight loss.
