Rachael Holden
Practical, empathetic therapy for everyday challenges
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About Rachael
Rachael Holden offers a warm, client-centred approach to therapy that puts the person at the heart of each session. She presents as calm and encouraging and aims to help people make choices that feel right for them. Rachael uses plain, practical talk so clients can focus on real steps forward.
She works with stress, anxiety and depression, and supports people dealing with trauma and abuse. Other common areas she addresses include relationship concerns, grief, addictions, self-esteem and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
Rachael also helps with sleep and eating struggles, parenting worries, career stress and compassion fatigue. Rachael draws on a mix of methods to match what each person needs. She uses client-centred therapy to follow the person's lead and build trust.
She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to break unhelpful thinking patterns and practical mindfulness to reduce overwhelm. Her work includes solution-focused ideas to set clear goals and psychodynamic perspectives to notice repeating patterns that affect day-to-day life. Sessions aim to strengthen coping skills so people can manage symptoms and feel more resilient.
Rachael holds NCPS as a credential and has three years of professional experience. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. The approach is collaborative and paced to the individual so people can move forward at their own speed.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS24-01176
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Rachael's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Rachael works with
Everything Rachael lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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 counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rachael lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Rachael works online
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Rachael will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She checks in about what helps and adapts plans as progress is made so the approach evolves with the client's needs.
Confirm the exact session options before booking, as the biography does not list formats. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits the client. It can also let people use exercises and worksheets between meetings, which supports steady progress.
Questions and answers
What issues does Rachael commonly help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety and depression plus trauma and abuse. Rachael also supports people facing relationship issues, grief, addictions and self-esteem problems.
What is Rachael's therapy style like?
Her style is non-judgemental and client-centred, with practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
Rachael has three years of professional experience working with a range of mental health concerns and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
Rachael holds NCPS as a credential and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How does payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Rachael?
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