Rebecca Fahey, BACP

Counsellor and BACP member, Rebecca Fahey has five years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She offers counselling for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship issues, trauma and depression. Rebecca also lists work on grief, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting stress, anger and self-esteem matters.

Rebecca trained with an FdSc degree in Integrative Counselling and holds a Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. She also has certificates for working with people affected by addiction. Her background includes one-to-one and group work in residential settings for substance and alcohol misuse, and therapy in a secure psychiatric hospital for long-term mental health problems.

In sessions she uses a mix of approaches drawn from client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), psychodynamic work and solution-focused methods. That combination is used to talk through current problems, identify patterns that keep issues going, and try practical ways to change day-to-day habits.

Rebecca describes therapy as a process of looking at how life events, relationships and coping styles affect someone now. She pays attention to past experiences and current practical steps. Work can include exploring feelings, learning skills for managing strong emotions, and setting small goals to change behaviour.

Her experience includes supporting people affected by severe mental health difficulties such as bipolar disorder and psychosis, and by self-harming behaviour. Rebecca has worked with people impacted by trauma, abandonment and attachment problems, and with carers facing long-term stress.

How Rebecca uses therapy approaches in online counselling