About Rachel
Rachel Lockwood offers a calm, patient approach for people who need space to talk and think. She centres the conversation on each person and encourages a pace that feels manageable. Rachel is warm and non-judgemental, aiming to build a strong working relationship where difficult or unspoken things can be explored.
She is identified as BACP which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Rachel works in an integrative way, drawing from several approaches to match individual needs.
How Rachel works
Sessions often include listening together to understand patterns, trying small practical changes, and looking at how early relationships still affect current feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques may be used to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts. Attachment-based and narrative approaches help people make sense of relationship struggles and personal stories.
Common issues Rachel helps people with include stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship challenges, grief, self-esteem problems and addiction-related concerns. She also supports people with intimacy issues, body image and the emotional impact of chronic illness. Additional focus areas include communication and commitment concerns, coping with separation, and caregiving stress.
Sessions can be tailored to what works best for the person. Rachel aims to create a space where clients feel heard and can try out new ways of coping. Over time, conversations are used to build skills that fit everyday life and specific goals.
Rachel has around five years of experience working across different counselling settings. Her background includes work with adults and with people aged 12 and over, and she accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Rachel lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Rachel works with
The areas below are the ones Rachel 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns. Online sessions use this approach to help people understand why they react certain ways in close relationships and to try new ways of relating.Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and supporting people to lead the pace of their own progress. In remote sessions the counsellor offers empathy and acceptance while the person decides what to talk about and how quickly to move forward.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, involves noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioural changes. Delivered online, CBT can include practical exercises and short between-session tasks that fit into daily life.
Determining the right approach is part of the work. Rachel will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. This collaborative process means approaches can be mixed and adjusted as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, journalling between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking.
These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments while still working with registered or accredited professionals and therapists to make meaningful progress.
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