Rachael Walker, BACP

Counsellor and BACP member Rachael Walker has five years' experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She works with relationship worries, grief, trauma, parenting strains and a wide range of life changes. Rachael practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.

Rachael uses a client-centred foundation alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy when helpful. She focuses on listening and helping people notice patterns in their thoughts and actions. Sessions aim to help people name what is happening and try different ways of responding.

She describes counselling as a collaborative process. Rachael does not give direct advice or tell people what to do. Instead she helps clients weigh options, practise skills and build ways of coping that fit their daily life.

Her approach draws on parts of Person-Centred, Gestalt and CBT approaches. She thinks carefully about which methods to use with each person and adjusts the work as needs change. This can include practical tools from CBT to challenge unhelpful thinking and person-centred listening to explore feelings.

Rachael also supports people with topics such as ADHD, attachment and caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image and issues around intimacy and commitment. She works to help people increase self-awareness, shift old patterns and develop coping strategies they can use after sessions end.

Working online with client-centred and CBT ideas