Rachael Foote

Rachael Foote is a counsellor with 13 years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression and anger. She works with individuals dealing with relationship and family concerns, grief, eating and body image issues, and problems with sleep and self-esteem. Rachael believes people know their own story and brings a respectful, strengths-based attitude to sessions.

Rachael practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She uses straightforward, practical ways to help people make changes. Conversations in sessions focus on what clients want to achieve and on steps that feel doable in everyday life.

Her approach draws on client-centred listening alongside techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused work. Motivational interviewing methods are used when people are trying to change habits such as substance use or other compulsive patterns. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

People can expect clear discussion of goals and simple tools to try between meetings. Rachael supports those coping with life changes, chronic illness, career stress, and the particular pressures of caregiving and compassion fatigue. She emphasises practical coping strategies alongside exploring meaning and values.

Rachael encourages an honest, down-to-earth conversation in a respectful setting. She helps people identify small steps forward and build on their own strengths when managing anger, trauma, addiction and other challenges.

How Rachael’s approaches support online work

Rachael combines client-centred listening with practical methods from cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing to help people manage stress, anger, addiction and mood problems. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience so they can shape their own goals. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers small strategies to try that reduce distress. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build motivation for new habits.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Rachael will talk with clients about their needs, goals and preferences and will tailor techniques collaboratively rather than insisting on one fixed method. That means practical strategies can be adjusted as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Please confirm which session formats are available before booking, as current options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around busy days, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some formats also make it possible to use worksheets, quick goal reviews or breathing and grounding exercises between meetings to support change in everyday life.