About Rachel
Rachel Smitheman is a person-centred counsellor who trained in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. She has five years of professional experience and uses a warm, respectful approach. Rachel offers therapy in English and works with people facing stress, anxiety and mood concerns.
Her style is straightforward and kind. She aims to make conversations feel easier to start. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on practical steps that can help day to day.
Background and approach
Rachel emphasises listening and understanding before suggesting ways forward. Rachel has helped people dealing with relationship strain, low self-esteem and life changes. She also supports those coping with depression, loneliness and issues around attachment or abandonment.
Practical topics such as communication problems, guilt and forgiveness are often part of the work. Sessions can also address long-term health challenges, caregiver stress and body image concerns. She is familiar with supporting people through divorce, control issues and feelings of impulsivity.
Life-purpose questions and midlife transitions are also within her scope. Rachel takes a person-centred approach that centres the client's view. Together clients and Rachel explore feelings and identify small, manageable steps.
The process is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
How Rachel’s Person‑centred Approach Works Online
Rachel practises person-centred counselling, which means sessions start with a focus on the person's experience. The counsellor listens closely and reflects what she hears, helping people clarify their feelings and priorities. This approach suits issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship concerns and coping with life changes.That way of working is gentle and collaborative. Rachel will work with each client to decide how therapy should proceed, and will adjust the approach as goals and needs become clearer. Finding the right fit is part of the process and happens together over a few sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are helpful for a conversational session resembling face-to-face contact. Phone sessions can be quicker and work well when someone needs a low-bandwidth option. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and reach people who live outside the local area.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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