About Rachael
Rachael Bentovim-Gill helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar, depression, ADHD, addictions and a wide range of relationship or life challenges. She is introduced here with a direct, calm approach that aims to make getting help feel manageable. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than jargon.
Rachael has four years of work as a therapist in independent practice. Before that she spent many years in mental health and education roles, and worked at senior level mentoring teams and advising on mental health for 25 years.
How Rachael works
That background informs how she supports people now. Her approach blends several well known methods. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to tackle unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to build values-based action, and attachment-informed work to look at relationship patterns.
Elements of dialectical behaviour therapy and client-centred listening also appear when they suit someone. Sessions are tailored to each person. Rachael aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about plainly.
Practical tools and small experiments are used between meetings to help change day-to-day routines. She also offers coaching for professional and executive concerns alongside therapeutic work. That makes it easier to address career strain, caregiver stress, work-life balance and burnout alongside emotional symptoms.
Rachael writes that taking a first step takes courage, and she positions herself as a supporting partner in that process. The focus is on helping people build a life that feels more fulfilling and sustainable.
Rachael lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Rachael works with
The areas below are the ones Rachael selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts without letting them stop meaningful action. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps that fit those values, which can help with anxiety, depression and chronic stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current behaviour and closeness; it supports people working through intimacy issues and communication problems. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and trying practical exercises to change mood and behaviour, which can be helpful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan so it fits the person's life and needs rather than imposing a single model.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while still using ACT, attachment work or CBT in practical ways.
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