Rebecca Rust-Ashford
Compassionate counsellor for trauma and anxiety
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About Rebecca
Rebecca Rust-Ashford is a counsellor with three years' professional experience. She works in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. Her focus is on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and the impact of trauma and abuse.
Rebecca uses a flexible, client-centred approach that adapts to each person's needs. She combines different methods so sessions suit the individual. That means she listens first, then suggests ways to work together that feel manageable and clear.
Background and approach
In practice she offers space to talk through relationship strain, feelings tied to abandonment or attachment, and challenges linked to adoption, foster care or blended family situations. She also supports people affected by chronic illness, cancer, caregiver stress, body image concerns and co-morbid mental health issues. Her work includes approaches that address traumatic memories and their effects.
She pays attention to how past experiences affect daily life and helps people develop coping skills for stress and anxiety. Sessions are aimed at making small, practical changes that reduce overwhelm. Rebecca values a warm, non-judgemental tone in sessions.
She aims to help people feel heard and to find ways forward that fit their life. To begin, readers should use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to arrange sessions according to her availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 403539
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- 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
- 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 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
- Multicultural concerns
- 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)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- 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
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rebecca lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Rebecca works online
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is used to reduce the intensity of distressing memories. It focuses on the memory and associated feelings and can help with trauma-related reactions when introduced at the right pace.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding how past experiences affect current thoughts and behaviours. It helps people make sense of those links and build coping skills to reduce day-to-day overwhelm.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then recommend ways of working. This is a collaborative process where plans can change as progress is made.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify them here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often find remote work helps people keep consistency and continue progress alongside daily commitments.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Rebecca specialise in?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship strain and trauma and abuse. Additional areas include attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centred and non-judgemental, adapting methods to suit the individual. Sessions start with listening and then agree on practical steps together.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of experience working as a counsellor. Her background emphasises an integrative approach that draws on several ways of working.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, noted as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions billed and what is the cost model?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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