About Rachel
Rachel Shaw is a counsellor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She works with those coping with trauma and abuse, addictions, low self-esteem and grief. Rachel also supports people facing parenting strain, career changes, intimacy concerns and issues related to LGBT identity.
She holds an NCPS credential and practises in the United Kingdom. Rachel uses a person-centred outlook that treats the client as the expert in their life.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She takes a pluralistic stance, drawing on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailoring them to what feels most useful for the individual. In practical terms Rachel helps people name and understand how past experiences affect present feelings.
She offers straightforward tools to manage anxiety, panic and stress, while also exploring deeper patterns that keep people stuck. Conversations cover everyday coping as well as longer-term change work. Her work often looks at attachment and abandonment themes, patterns of codependency and communication problems.
She also addresses body image, guilt and shame, infidelity and substance-related issues alongside grief and life transitions. Rachel aims to help people reconnect with their values and move toward a steadier sense of self. Rachel has three years of clinical experience and practises in English.
International clients are not currently accepted. To begin, users are invited to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Rachel works with
Everything Rachel lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Rachel is listed here; the rest shows what else Rachel works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Rachel’s work draws on person-centred principles and a pluralistic approach. Person-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement, helping people clarify their own thoughts and feelings so they can make choices that fit their values. This approach is useful for building self-awareness, improving self-esteem and handling emotional overwhelm.Her pluralistic stance means she can combine short-term practical tools with deeper exploration. That might include straightforward strategies to reduce anxiety and panic, alongside work on attachment patterns and past trauma that influence current relationships. These techniques aim to balance immediate coping with longer-term change.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit your needs and preferences. Clients are invited to give feedback so the approach can be adjusted over time, rather than being fixed from the start.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel time or allowing a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. It can also help people keep continuity through life changes and maintain regular momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Rachel
What kinds of problems does Rachel help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship difficulties, plus issues such as addictions, grief and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is person-centred and pluralistic, so sessions are collaborative and techniques are chosen to match each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rachel has three years of experience working as a counsellor with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and region apply?
She holds NCPS and provides services based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted for therapy with this counsellor.
How are costs and payments handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; therapy uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Rachel?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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