Rachel Hamilton
Person-centred counsellor who listens
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About Rachel
Rachel Hamilton offers a person-centred, integrative approach that keeps the person at the heart of therapy. She aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through their concerns and begin to make sense of difficult feelings. Rachel uses simple, steady support and works at a pace that suits each individual.
She helps people facing loss, bereavement and major life changes. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Rachel also supports people coping with relationship strain, intimacy issues, addiction and challenges linked to parenting and caregiving. Her background includes volunteer roles with Victim Support Scotland and Healed Scars, where she worked with people affected by emotional abuse, trauma, domestic and sexual violence. That experience has informed how she responds to trauma and the needs of those recovering from abuse.
Rachel holds a COSCA diploma in counselling and a COSCA certificate in counselling. She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, listed as MBACP, and belongs to Person Centred Therapy Scotland and the National Counselling Society. BACP stands for the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her. Rachel adapts sessions using ideas from acceptance and commitment, cognitive behavioural and dialectical behaviour approaches when these fit the person's goals. She aims to help people find practical steps and new ways of coping for everyday life.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 399666
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Rachel's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Rachel works with
Everything Rachel lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- 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
- 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
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rachel lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Rachel works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful. That way they can try techniques that match the person’s needs and adjust over time in a collaborative way.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Some people find shorter check-ins are easier to schedule around work or caring duties, while others prefer longer sessions for deeper discussion. Please confirm the session formats currently offered before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Rachel help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, self-esteem and many life changes.
What is her style of therapy?
Rachel practices a person-centred, integrative style that keeps the person in charge of the pace and content of sessions.
What experience does she have with trauma?
She volunteered with Victim Support Scotland and Healed Scars, working with people affected by emotional abuse, trauma, domestic and sexual violence.
What qualifications does she hold and where is she based?
Rachel has a COSCA Diploma and COSCA Certificate in Counselling and is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP). She practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm the current session options with the service before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Rachel?
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