About Rachel
Rachel Lockwood is a counsellor who places the client at the centre of the work. She invites people to move at their own pace and aims to build a non-judgemental connection. Rachel explains that the first priority is helping someone feel able to say the things they have not yet spoken.
She draws on several therapeutic approaches and tailors sessions to each person. Rachel uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape relationships.
Background and approach
She also applies cognitive behavioural techniques to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Narrative therapy helps people reframe difficult stories from their past. Rachel has five years' experience working in different settings.
Her background includes supporting people with anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties and sexual health concerns. She also works with a wider range of issues such as addiction, body image, trauma and chronic illness. She holds BACP which means she is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Rachel offers sessions for adults and for those aged 12 and over where appropriate, and she aims for a warm, honest therapeutic relationship. In sessions she listens without judgement and helps clients explore practical steps forward.
Rachel describes her role as supportive and collaborative - she welcomes people who want to understand their feelings and make changes at a pace that suits them.
Approaches that suit online therapy and how they help
Rachel commonly uses attachment-based work to help people understand how early relationships affect current connections. This approach often helps with anxiety, intimacy issues and feelings of abandonment by focusing on patterns in relationships.She also uses client-centred counselling which places the person's experience at the heart of the sessions. This way of working is helpful for people who want a warm, listening space to explore emotions and build self-understanding.
In addition, cognitive behavioural techniques are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. CBT can be useful for symptoms of anxiety, low mood and problem behaviours by offering practical tools and steps.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Rachel collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She reviews progress together and adjusts the plan as needed so the therapy stays relevant.
Online therapy makes these methods easier to access through flexible formats. Video calls let people talk face to face while phone sessions work well if someone prefers not to be on camera or has limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who find typing easier than speaking. These options help fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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