About Rachael
Rachael Davies is a counsellor, coach and clinical hypnotherapist with eight years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on trauma, loss and the lingering effects of distressing events. Rachael helps people who feel worn down by anxiety, who get stuck in repeating thought patterns, or who carry emotional pain that no one else sees.
Her approach blends talking therapies with practical tools. She uses client-centred work to listen and make space.
How Rachael works
She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking, psychodynamic ideas to look at how early patterns began, and hypnotherapy when it might help calm the nervous system. Rachael often supports people coping with grief, stress, depression, bipolar mood concerns, relationship problems, sleep difficulties and the impact of abuse or assault.
She also works with neurodivergent adults, including those with autism and attention differences, and with people managing obsessive thoughts, panic or phobias. Sessions aim to leave people feeling calmer in their bodies and clearer about next steps. Rachael describes her role as listening, asking thoughtful questions and offering practical strategies alongside deeper reflective work.
She adapts the pace to what feels manageable for each person. People can expect a mix of reflection, breathing and grounding techniques, cognitive work to shift rigid thought patterns, and option of hypnotherapy when appropriate. The goal is to help people feel safer in relationships, less overwhelmed by memories, and more able to trust their own judgement.
Rachael lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Rachael’s approaches work online
Client-centred therapy begins by making space for what matters to you and following your pace. Online sessions let the counsellor listen and reflect, helping you name emotions and decide what to try next. Cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. In an online session this often means setting simple, practical tasks and reviewing progress together in following meetings. Hypnotherapy aims to calm the nervous system and access different ways of working with memories or habits; online hypnotherapy usually uses guided relaxation and imagery tailored to your needs.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachael will talk with you about goals, preferences and what feels manageable. Together you can try different ways of working and choose what helps most, adjusting pace or tools as needed in future sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, reflecting between sessions, or when writing helps you say things more clearly. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and day-to-day life.
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