Counsellor profile
Boutaina Rahal, BACP
United Kingdom
UK MBACP psychotherapist - Codependency and relationships
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 404637
- Experience
- 20 years
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- CBT techniques
- Emotion‑focused work
- Client‑centred approach
About Boutaina
Boutaina Rahal is a UK MBACP registered psychotherapist with 20 years of national and international experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self‑esteem and depression, and relationship and intimacy concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Arabic. She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting pressures, career strain, ADHD and codependency patterns.
Her approach blends client‑centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy. She draws on emotionally‑focused and existential ideas to help people understand their feelings and values. Jungian perspectives inform work with meaning and personal narratives.
Boutaina’s background includes long experience with trauma survivors and people managing PTSD symptoms, abuse recovery, and anxiety. She has worked across cultures and brings that awareness into conversations about identity and belonging.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s own story guides the work. Sessions often involve talking through problems, testing out new ways of responding, and noticing patterns that keep people stuck. She encourages small, manageable steps that fit daily life.
Boutaina is of British Arab background and speaks English and Arabic. She holds a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy membership, and has a British Sign Language certification. Her international experience informs how she supports people navigating cultural or migration-related issues.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client‑centred therapy focuses on attentive listening and reflecting what the client brings. Online sessions using this approach often centre on conversation, making space to name feelings and priorities. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises. In online sessions this can mean setting short tasks between meetings and reviewing outcomes together. Emotionally‑focused therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift unhelpful interaction patterns and emotional responses; online EFT can guide people to notice emotion cycles and try new ways of responding in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, then suggest tools from these methods. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
The original biography does not specify which online formats are used, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check‑in meetings when needed. They also support working through emotional patterns from day‑to‑day life by letting people bring current examples into sessions without promising any particular outcome.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Arabic
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self‑esteem, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, ADHD and codependency patterns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines client‑centred listening with practical CBT techniques and emotionally‑focused work. She also brings existential and Jungian ideas into discussions about meaning and identity.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of national and international clinical experience working with adults in a range of concerns, including trauma recovery and cultural identity issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is UK MBACP registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Arabic.
Can she work with people outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and starting up handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.