About Rachael
Rachael Walker offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling stressed, anxious or stuck. She introduces a gentle, collaborative approach so people can talk through what matters most. Her manner is warm and non-judgemental, and she aims to help clients build practical coping skills they can use day to day.
Rachael is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and she has five years of professional experience.
How Rachael works
She listens without directing or judging and encourages clients to find their own answers. Sessions focus on understanding thoughts, feelings and behaviours so patterns become clearer. Her way of working blends client-centred ideas with cognitive behavioural techniques.
That means Rachael pays attention to a person’s perspective and feelings, while also gently challenging unhelpful thinking and testing small changes. The mix is chosen to fit each person rather than following a single formula. In practical terms, she helps people identify when thinking feels distorted and build new coping strategies.
This can include simple exercises between sessions to practise different ways of responding. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Rachael has supported people around stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anger, career stress and coping with life changes.
She also works with trauma and abuse, ADHD and compassion fatigue, among other issues. Conversations are paced to match each person’s readiness to change.
Rachael lists 2 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Rachael’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting a person’s own experience back to them. It helps people feel heard and supported while they make sense of their emotions and choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses short exercises to try new ways of thinking and behaving.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Rachael will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods together with the client. That way the plan fits the person rather than the other way round, and adjustments can be made if something does not feel helpful.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video lets people read facial expression and tone, phone calls need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to keep a regular rhythm of sessions and to try techniques between meetings.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with RachaelWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What kinds of concerns does Rachael focus on?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
How much professional experience does she have?
What credentials and region are listed for this counsellor?
Which languages are supported and can international clients book sessions?
What session formats are available with Rachael?
How are sessions charged and paid for?
How do I begin a course of therapy with her?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions