Rebecca Riley
A listening counsellor who walks alongside you
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About Rebecca
Rebecca Riley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of experience supporting people through emotional challenges. She helps with worries like stress, anxiety and depression, and with feeling low self-esteem or lacking confidence. Rebecca also offers support for grief and major life changes.
She aims to make the first step easier by listening without judgement and walking alongside people as they begin therapy. Rebecca uses a client-centred style that focuses on each person's experience.
Background and approach
Sessions are built around what matters to the individual rather than a fixed roadmap. She gives time for people to tell their story and helps them notice choices and next steps.
Her background includes work with trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, and a range of additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, addiction issues, and sexual assault and abuse. Rebecca also supports people facing guilt, shame, isolation or struggles with life purpose and money worries.
She describes her role as creating a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can be heard. That approach is aimed at helping people build self-compassion, clearer thinking and practical ways to cope. Sessions are paced to suit the person's needs and readiness.
If someone is unsure about starting, Rebecca encourages small steps such as a short initial conversation and completing the matching questionnaire. That helps people decide whether her way of working feels right before scheduling further sessions.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 409047
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Rebecca's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Rebecca works with
Everything Rebecca lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Adoption and foster care
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rebecca lists
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How Rebecca works online
Finding the right way of working is part of therapy. Rebecca will discuss goals and preferences together and help decide how to proceed. That collaboration guides whether to focus on emotional processing, practical coping skills, or both as therapy continues.
Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing a shorter check-in when needed. It can also support continuity when routines change, while the therapist and client work together to find what scheduling and pacing suit them best.
Questions and answers
What kinds of concerns does Rebecca help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression, plus relationship and family matters and trauma and abuse.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Rebecca uses a client-centred approach that puts the person's experience at the centre and emphasises being heard and respected.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of experience working with people through emotional and psychological challenges.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Rebecca is BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from another country?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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