About Rachael
Rachael Holden is a counsellor who uses a blend of talking therapies to help people manage anxiety and related concerns. She offers steady, patient support and works at each person’s pace to identify goals and practical steps. Rachael presents herself in a warm, non-judgemental way to make it easier to start difficult conversations.
She brings three years of clinical experience and holds NCPS. Rachael focuses on building stronger coping skills and emotional resilience.
Background and approach
That often means looking at thoughts and behaviours and trying small experiments between sessions to test new ways of responding. Her work often addresses anxiety and depression alongside trauma and relationship difficulties. Rachael also supports people dealing with grief, stress, addiction concerns, anger, self-esteem, and career strain.
She can help with a wide range of practical life challenges such as sleeping and eating problems, parenting strain, and changes linked to health or caregiving. Rachael draws on client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness in sessions. She matches the approach to what the person needs, and refines strategies over time.
Sessions are collaborative and focused on clear, achievable steps. People who choose Rachael can expect calm, straightforward guidance and encouragement to build on small wins. She welcomes questions and aims to create a space where people can explore feelings, learn new coping skills, and make decisions that feel right for them.
How Rachael's approaches work in online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters to the individual. It helps people feel heard, clarify goals, and decide the pace of work. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviours influence feelings and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve focus.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. That makes it easier to find what fits personal preferences and day-to-day life.
Online therapy with video calls lets sessions feel close to face to face while keeping travel time down. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good fit for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, more frequent contact and can help maintain momentum between longer sessions. These options give practical flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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