- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Rachael
Rachael Walker is a counsellor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She works with adults who are trying to make sense of difficult feelings and wants to support parents in their parenting challenges. Rachael aims to create a calm and non-judgemental space so people can talk about what matters to them.
She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shortened to BACP.
Background and approach
Rachael has five years of professional experience and draws on that background when planning sessions. Rachael uses approaches that centre the client and also borrows techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy. In practice this means she listens first, then helps people notice thoughts and behaviours that get in the way, and works with them to try small, practical changes.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. She avoids giving direct answers and instead helps clients discover their own solutions and coping tools. Over time this can reduce unhelpful thinking patterns and create ways to manage difficult feelings more easily.
Rachael pays attention to practical skills as well as emotional insight. She helps people develop clearer self-awareness, healthier habits, and strategies they can use between sessions. That pragmatic focus aims to make changes feel manageable rather than overwhelming.
What Rachael works with
Everything Rachael lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rachael helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Rachael lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Rachael’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on giving people space to talk and be heard without judgement. It helps people build self-awareness and find their own answers through a warm, empathetic relationship.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. It uses simple exercises and practical steps to test unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of coping, which can help with anxiety, depression and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then choose techniques together. That collaborative planning means sessions adapt as needs change rather than sticking to a single method.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls let the therapist see non-verbal cues and give a more conversational feel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and often suit a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexibility for those who prefer to write or need support between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and day-to-day demands, while still getting regular, professional help from registered or accredited professionals.
Questions people ask about Rachael
What kinds of problems can be addressed?
Rachael helps with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, grief, trauma and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and non-judgemental, focusing first on listening. She combines a client-centred way of working with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of professional experience working with adults on a broad range of emotional and life issues. That experience informs how she tailors sessions to each person.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the client.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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