Counsellor profile
Rachael Bentovim-Gill, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - Stress and relationships
Continue with RachaelWhere Rachael stands
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS19-07593
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- CBT approaches
- ACT tools
- Attachment focus
About Rachael
Rachael Bentovim-Gill is an NCPS counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of work in private practice. She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, addiction and codependency. She also supports concerns such as relationship strain, grief, intimacy issues and parenting stress.
Before private practice she spent over 15 years in mental health and education roles, and a further period mentoring and coaching teams at senior level. That background informs how she uses coaching and therapeutic skills together in sessions.
Rachael draws on several approaches when she works with someone, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness, attachment-based ideas and psychodynamic techniques. She mixes methods to respond to what a person needs in the moment rather than following a fixed formula.
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking alongside looking at patterns that repeat in relationships and work. People can expect to discuss how coping strategies are serving them, and to try small changes between sessions if that fits their goals.
Rachael frames work around clients' goals and values. She aims to be direct and steady in sessions, helping people notice unhelpful patterns - for example people-pleasing or difficulty saying no - and practice different ways of responding. The process is collaborative and paced to what each person can manage.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Rachael uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as part of her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real situations, which can help with anxiety, depression and practical coping. ACT looks at values and committed action, helping people notice difficult feelings without being driven by them and take steps that matter to them.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach helps when someone repeatedly sacrifices their own needs, struggles with intimacy, or finds it hard to set boundaries. Finding the most useful mix of methods is part of the early work; the therapist and client decide together which approaches to use based on goals and preferences.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current online options before booking. Many people choose online work because it can fit around work, care or daily routines, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Rachael aims to adapt the way sessions run so therapy fits into everyday life while addressing patterns like people-pleasing and codependency.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar, depression, ADHD, addictions, codependency and relationship issues among other concerns.
How would she approach people-pleasing and boundary issues?
She uses a mix of CBT, ACT and attachment-based ideas to spot patterns and practise different responses in everyday situations.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has four years in private practice, plus over 15 years working in mental health and education and additional experience mentoring and coaching teams.
What credential does she hold and where does she work?
She is listed with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify the exact formats used.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the 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.