About Rachel
Rachel Chakawodza is an Accredited Social Worker (AASW) with more than 12 years' experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and parenting pressures. Rachel aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can reflect and begin to feel steadier.
Rachel trained at master's level in social work and has practised across community and clinical settings. She has spent much of her career supporting people affected by family and domestic violence and childhood trauma.
Background and approach
She also supports carers and parents dealing with burnout and ongoing stress. Her approach is collaborative and respectful. She uses trauma-informed, culturally safe, and strengths-based ways of working.
Sessions focus on practical ways to manage overwhelm and restore routine and connection. Rachel welcomes people from diverse cultural and faith backgrounds and can include faith-based perspectives when clients request this. She pays attention to attachment, communication and the practical impacts of separation, fertility or immigration stress on daily life.
In sessions Rachel helps people talk through guilt, shame, isolation and questions of life purpose and financial stress. She keeps language simple and aims for tangible next steps. Rachel offers support that is warm, grounded and direct.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Rachel works from trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches that focus on safety, pacing and building on what already helps a person cope. A trauma-informed approach looks at how past hurts affect current responses and aims to reduce overwhelm while restoring a sense of control and calm.She also uses culturally safe practice which recognises a person’s cultural and faith background as part of their healing. This involves listening for cultural meaning, respecting values and weaving those elements into practical strategies for daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client explore what feels helpful, try a few techniques and adjust based on how the client responds. Rachel tailors methods to each person’s goals, preferences and the issues they bring to sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations when non-verbal cues matter, while phone calls work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can help with quick reflections, ongoing support between sessions, and flexibility around work or family commitments. These options make therapy easier to fit into a busy life and keep continuity when in-person attendance is difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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