About Rebecca
Rebecca Rust-Ashford is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress and low mood. She works with individuals dealing with trauma and abuse and supports those who want to build self-esteem or improve relationships. Rebecca holds BACP accreditation and brings three years of professional experience.
She uses an adaptable style to match what each person needs. Sessions are straightforward and client-centred, with space to talk and be heard.
How Rebecca works
Rebecca may also use trauma-focused methods and EMDR where appropriate to address distressing memories and symptoms. In practice she aims for clear goals and small, manageable steps. That might mean learning ways to cope during a panic, practising techniques to ease stress, or looking at patterns that affect relationships.
The work is paced to what feels doable for the person in front of her. Rebecca also attends to a wide range of related issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, long-term illness, body image and carer stress. She brings that breadth into conversations so practical life pressures are part of the plan.
This helps turn insight into concrete changes. People meet Rebecca through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. She aims to make therapy fit around everyday life so people can access support when it works for them.
Rebecca lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Rebecca works with
The areas below are the ones Rebecca selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person and their experience. Sessions give people space to speak and be heard while the counsellor reflects and helps identify what matters most. This approach suits issues like stress, anxiety and relationship concerns.Trauma-Focused Therapy works directly with the impact of upsetting events. It helps people process how those experiences affect daily life and coping. This is useful for people dealing with trauma and abuse or long-term symptoms linked to past events.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a method used to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories. In practice it involves guided processing of upsetting memories and can help when intrusive memories or strong emotional reactions are a problem.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and make decisions together with the person, based on needs, goals and preferences. It is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow a face-to-face style of working, phone sessions can fit around busy days or low bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into everyday life while maintaining continuity of care.
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