Counsellor profile
Rachael Holden, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - Trauma and relationship concerns
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- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS24-01176
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Talking therapy
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness tools
About Rachael
Rachael Holden is a NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions and issues such as codependency. Rachael also helps with concerns around self-esteem, grief, intimacy and ADHD.
Rachael uses talking therapy alongside practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. Sessions are paced to the individual and aim to build coping strategies that feel doable in daily life. She talks through problems and sets small, practical steps to practise between meetings.
Her background places emphasis on trauma-informed care and understanding how past experiences shape present patterns. That includes attention to attachment, abandonment and family-of-origin issues that often underlie people-pleasing, boundary difficulties and over-responsibility for others.
In sessions Rachael helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try out new responses. She draws on solution-focused ideas to set clear goals and on psychodynamic thinking to look at recurring relationship patterns. Mindfulness tools are offered to help reduce stress and improve sleep and concentration.
People are invited to reflect at a comfortable pace and to build concrete skills for managing emotions. Rachael also discusses practical ways to shift day-to-day routines, thoughts and behaviours so people can regain a clearer sense of what they want.
How sessions work
How Rachael uses therapy approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy is about focusing on the person's experience and working at their pace. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and try new behaviours. That approach is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention exercises and grounding practices to reduce stress and improve concentration and emotion regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachael will discuss different methods and agree together which ones to try based on the person's goals, symptoms and preferences. That collaborative planning can be reviewed and adjusted as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, remove travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They can also help people use written exercises and audio practices between sessions to reinforce what is learned in therapy.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions and related concerns such as codependency and low self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She combines client-centred talking therapy with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness exercises, keeping sessions paced to the person.
How much experience does she have?
Rachael has three years' experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered as NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking as the biography does not specify formats.
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 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.