About Rebecca
Rebecca Hird offers short and longer term psychodynamic counselling for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She works with issues such as trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief, addictions and intimacy-related concerns. Rebecca provides weekly sessions that give a calm space to talk things through and think about feelings and patterns together.
Rebecca listens without giving direct advice, helping people reflect on their experiences so they can see things from new angles.
Background and approach
Sessions are open so clients can bring whatever feels most important on the day. There is no rigid plan to follow, although goals between sessions can be discussed if helpful. Her approach draws on psychodynamic ideas to explore how past experiences and relationships influence current thoughts and emotions.
This can be useful for people dealing with attachment issues, mood disorders, panic attacks or ongoing difficulties such as narcissistic dynamics and control issues. Rebecca also supports those facing identity and relationship complexities, including non-monogamous arrangements and LGBT matters. Rebecca has five years of clinical experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She practises in the United Kingdom and offers work for international clients too. Sessions are held in English and can be arranged in a format that suits each person. People can expect a reflective, collaborative style that emphasises understanding patterns and feelings.
Rebecca aims to help people find clearer ways forward by naming experiences and considering them together.
How psychodynamic counselling works online
Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on how past relationships and early experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. Online sessions offer time to notice patterns, feelings and recurring themes and can help with anxiety, depression, grief and relationship problems.Rebecca will work collaboratively to find the right approach for you. She discusses what matters, listens to goals and adapts the pace and focus together. Deciding on short or longer term work is part of that process and will be reviewed as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let you talk face to face, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day, live chat allows shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments, while keeping the focus on understanding feelings and finding clearer ways forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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