Rachel Barrett

Rachel Barrett is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger and low mood. She greets each person with a calm, non-judgemental approach and aims to make the first steps into therapy easier to take. Rachel holds BACP registration and brings three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

She offers space to talk through difficult feelings and to make sense of them. Rachel works with people on relationship worries, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and confidence, and coping with life changes. She also supports those dealing with grief, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to ADHD.

Rachel draws on a mix of practical methods and reflective work. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful steps. Mindfulness and client-centred ways of working are woven into sessions to help slow down and notice what matters.

Attachment-based ideas are used when patterns in relationships need attention, helping people understand longstanding dynamics and try new ways of relating. Sessions aim to be collaborative, with the person setting goals and Rachel suggesting exercises that fit everyday life. Rachel encourages gentle pacing and practical strategies alongside emotional understanding.

People who prefer a straightforward, caring counsellor may find her approach supportive. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and to schedule sessions once a good match is found.

How Rachel uses evidence-based approaches online

Rachel often draws on cognitive behavioural therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress because it breaks problems into manageable steps and offers practical techniques to try between sessions.

She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values. ACT pairs acceptance of difficult feelings with committed action, which can be helpful for anger, grief and long-term worries.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest options to try. Clients are invited to feed back so the plan can be adjusted as needed in a collaborative way.

Session formats are not listed in her biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online work fits into busy lives because it removes travel time and can be scheduled around work or caregiving. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it easier to use written exercises, audio practices and mindfulness tasks between meetings.