Rachel Simpson

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Psychotherapy for Anxiety, Self Esteem & Low Mood

About me

Are you struggling with anxiety, low mood or self esteem?

Our work together can help you make sense and gain more control of your difficult thoughts & feelings, gain confidence and make changes in your life.

Together, we'll work on the thoughts and feelings that are impacting your ability to live life to the full. We'll work psychodynamically - this means we'll make sense of your unconscious processes and past experiences - empowering to you to become the version of yourself you'd like to be.

In your free intro call, we'll form an initial understanding of what you'd like to work on, and our approach for getting you where you want to be. This will give you a good idea of what it would be like to work together.

If this sounds like it could work for you, do reach out or book an intro call. Our work together will combine psychoanalytic and integrative transactional analysis theories. I offer therapy in both English and Spanish

Training, qualifications & experience

  • My specialist areas are anxiety, self-esteem and low mood / depression. I also work with trauma, ADHD and neurodivergence, OCD, bereavement, imposter syndrome, stress and burnout, relationship difficulties, and questions around sexuality or identity.
  • In our time together, we’ll draw on two core foundations of my work: a four-year postgraduate course in Integrative Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy at the Manchester Institute for Psychotherapy, and training in Relational Psychoanalysis with the International Association of Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
  • Alongside my clinical work, I am currently studying for a Master’s degree in Psychoanalysis with the Asociación Escuela Argentina de Psicoterapia para Graduados (AEPG) / Universidad Nacional de La Matanza. The institutions and location were chosen for their deep commitment to psychoanalysis, with Buenos Aires known as a global centre for psychoanalysis.
  • I am an LGBTQ+ and GRSD (gender, relationship and sexual diversity) affirmative therapist, and our work together will be grounded in cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£110.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Students
  • Unemployed

Health Insurance/EAP

  • Vitality
  • WPA

Additional information

I also work with Allianz health insurance.

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Early morning
Morning
Early afternoon
Late afternoon
Evening

Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2

London, Greater London, EC4A

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

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Additional languages

Spanish

Tambien atiendo clientes en espanol, si es tu preferencia o tu idioma materno :).