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Rebecca Sutherland, BACP

Compassionate counsellor for anxiety and trauma

25 years in practice · based in United Kingdom · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Rebecca

Rebecca Sutherland is a BACP counsellor with 25 years of experience. She offers calm, practical support for people facing stress and anxiety. She listens without judgement and helps clients make sense of difficult feelings.

She has worked in a rape crisis centre providing one-to-one support for victims of rape and adult survivors of child sexual abuse. She also spent time at an alcohol residential rehabilitation unit delivering one-to-one psychodynamic counselling and co-facilitating group work focused on personal development.

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Background and approach

Work in a women's refuge and a mental health residential setting has informed her response to domestic and psychological abuse. Those roles involved supporting people who were managing mental health difficulties alongside experiences of abuse and addiction. Her approach is client-centred, so conversations reflect what the client brings.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from the past and systemic thinking to consider how relationships affect current problems. Sessions are shaped to suit each person’s needs. Rebecca offers online options including video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging.

She aims to create a respectful, sensitive and compassionate space where people can gain insight and plan practical steps. Choosing to start therapy is a step towards change, and she focuses on supporting that process.

How Rebecca’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience. The counsellor listens attentively and helps the client find their own way forward; this can help with anxiety, low mood and decision-making.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how earlier relationships and experiences shape present feelings and reactions. This approach can be useful for people who notice repeating patterns or who want to understand the roots of long-standing distress.

Systemic Therapy pays attention to relationships and how they influence a problem. It helps people see how family or close relationships affect stress, parenting concerns, intimacy issues and conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rebecca will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and help choose or adapt methods that feel most useful. That decision is made together and can change as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is hard. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or the camera feels distracting. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, flexible scheduling and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to keep continuity of care across locations.
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Questions people ask

What concerns can I bring to sessions?
Rebecca works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting worries and anger. She also addresses related topics such as attachment, abandonment and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centred style that puts the individual's experience first, alongside psychodynamic ideas to explore past patterns and systemic thinking to look at relationship dynamics.
How much experience does she have?
She has around 25 years of professional experience working in rape crisis services, alcohol rehabilitation, women's refuges and mental health residential settings.
What credentials and region are relevant?
Rebecca is a BACP counsellor and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
25 years
Licensed
Languages
English

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