Rachel Hamilton

Rachel Hamilton is a BACP-registered counsellor who offers a calm, person-centred approach. She aims to make first steps feel manageable and focuses on building a trusting working relationship. Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs and goals, at a pace that feels right for them.

Rachel works in a non-directive, integrative way that brings different approaches together. She commonly helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties and trauma. She also supports those facing issues with self-esteem, addictions, sleep, eating, parenting strains and career uncertainty.

Her background includes volunteering with victim support organisations where she supported people affected by emotional abuse, domestic and sexual violence. That experience informs how she listens and responds to trauma-related difficulties. Rachel draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches to match the work to the person.

With five years of practice, Rachel helps people make sense of major life changes such as bereavement and relationship breakdown. She also addresses longer-standing patterns like attachment issues, codependency and problems linked to neurodiversity such as autism and ADHD. Her practice emphasises plain language and practical steps.

Rachel works with adults in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).

How Rachel’s approaches translate to online counselling

Rachel often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas with a person-centred way of working. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed and then choose actions that match their values; it suits issues like anxiety, depression and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current trust and intimacy, which can help with attachment issues, abandonment concerns and relationship difficulties. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being listened to and understood, giving people the space to work through their own thoughts and feelings at their own pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and adapt the methods as the sessions progress. This is a collaborative process and changes can be made if something does not feel useful.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people join from different locations, which supports international clients. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the exact options before booking to know what is offered and how to arrange appointments.