Counsellor profile
Rebecca Fahey, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor for relationships and addictions
Continue with RebeccaWhere Rebecca stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 394589
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Client-centred work
- CBT and DBT techniques
- Addiction experience
About Rebecca
Rebecca Fahey is a counsellor and psychotherapist registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with five years' clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression and a wide range of related issues including codependency and attachment difficulties. Rebecca speaks English and practises in the United Kingdom.
Rebecca uses a mix of approaches to help people who feel overwhelmed by relationships, substance use, mood changes or loss. She listens to a person's story and looks at how patterns, past experiences and current stresses keep problems going. Sessions are practical and focused on what the person wants to change next.
Her background includes a Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling and a Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. She also holds certificates for working with people affected by addiction. Rebecca has experience offering one-to-one and group work in residential services for substance and alcohol misuse.
She has worked in a secure psychiatric hospital supporting people living with long-term mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder, psychosis and personality disorder, and people who have self-harmed. That experience informs how she supports people with complex or overlapping difficulties.
In sessions she draws on Client-Centred ways of working alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused techniques. Together with the client she looks at coping skills, relationship patterns and ways to manage mood and urges. To begin, she asks about the immediate problem and what feels most important to address.
How sessions work
How Rebecca uses therapeutic approaches online
Rebecca draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience so they can explore issues at their own pace. This approach helps when someone feels unheard or stuck in relationship patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and to build practical skills for anxiety, low mood and coping with urges. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers techniques for managing intense emotions and improving emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is something the therapist will do together with the client. Rebecca discusses what is most pressing, what has helped before and what a person wants to change. She then suggests ways to combine listening, skill-building and short-term, goal-focused work so the plan fits the client's needs and preferences.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use video or audio depending on what feels most practical for them. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists generally adapt exercises, worksheets and skills practice so they work well in virtual appointments.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression and related concerns such as codependency and attachment problems.
What is her therapy style like?
She combines client-centred listening with practical tools from CBT and DBT and uses psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas when helpful.
How long has she been practising?
She has five years of professional counselling and psychotherapy experience across residential and hospital settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not listed here; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it 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 then 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.