Rachel Upton
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About me
Feeling overwhelmed with what life is throwing at you? Feeling sad or stressed? Feeling unhappy with your relationships? By looking on here, you have already taken the first step! I’m Rachel and I offer a warm, safe and compassionate space where you can be honest and open without judgement.
I am passionate about helping people. It is always a great privilege to work with individuals to help them gain clarity, feel calmer, and more accepting of themselves and their situation.
I adopt an integrative style of counselling, using a variety of techniques from different theoretical models, targeted to your needs. I aim to provide the opportunity and conditions for you to work towards living in a more balanced and manageable way.
Contact me
- via email here
- via telephone, either text or call on 07714100017
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (accredited by the BACP)
- Level 2 and 3 in Counselling Skills
- BA Hons and PGCE
- Face to face, online and telephone experience with clients experiencing depression, bereavement, relationship issues, low self-esteem, anxiety, low self-worth, stress and more.
- Online, telephone and face to face experience with people affected by domestic abuse.
- Charities including Trafford Domestic Abuse Services and Lymm Counselling Hub.
- Counselling teachers.
- Volunteering as a Samaritan since 2021.
- Working with children in care who have experienced trauma.
- Pastoral support within a school setting.
- Over 18 years experience in education.
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
£45.00 - £55.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Free initial 15 minute session over the telephone.
- Face to Face £55 Telephone/ video call- £45
- Concessions available for students or low-income/unemployed
- I accept business, occupational health, and EAP enquiries.
As an experienced ex-teacher, I particularly welcome those from the education sector as a profession in need of mental health support.
When I work
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I can be flexible regarding my working hours, so if the above times do not work for you, please reach out to have a chat.
Further information
As a Registered member of the BACP, I work ethically and am fully committed to the principles of confidentiality and client safety.
My first career was in teaching and I have worked in the UK, the Middle East and the Far East, which I believe has given me an insight into other cultures and practices. As well as private practice I volunteer in a school, supporting young children.
