Counsellor profile
Rachel Hamilton, BACP
BACP counsellor - relationship and parenting concerns
Continue with RachelAbout
- Person-centred approach
- ACT and CBT techniques
- Trauma support experience
About Rachel
Rachel Hamilton is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She specialises in common problems people bring when home life feels heavy, including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain and parenting concerns.
Rachel uses a person-centred, integrative way of working. She listens, then works with each person to decide what might help most. Sessions move at the clients pace and focus on practical ways to cope with difficult feelings and make sense of painful experiences.
Her background includes volunteer work with Victim Support Scotland and Healed Scars. That work involved supporting people who had experienced emotional abuse, trauma, domestic and sexual violence. Those experiences inform how she responds to loss, trauma and relationship harm.
Rachel draws on a mix of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and dialectical skills alongside person-centred ways of meeting people. She uses these methods to help with coping skills, managing strong emotions, and changing unhelpful thought patterns.
People often come to her when everyday life feels overwhelming, when parenting is wearing thin, or when relationships are strained. She supports adults working through those issues, helping them clarify what they want and try practical steps to feel steadier.
To begin, clients follow the site's process to match with her and schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and costs vary by location.
How sessions work
How Rachel blends approaches for online counselling
Rachel draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas alongside person-centred work. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, and it supports taking small values-based steps in everyday life. Attachment-based approaches look at how past relationships shape current patterns, which can help with intimacy issues and repeat hurt.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those aims. This is a collaborative process and may change as a client learns what helps them most.
The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm which online options are offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around parenting and day-to-day commitments, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a busy week. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to teach practical coping skills, plan steps for managing strong emotions, and practise communication strategies that can be used at home.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, parenting worries and many related issues such as trauma, addictions and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work is person-centred and integrative, blending client-centred listening with practical techniques from ACT, CBT and DBT where useful.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of counselling experience, including volunteer roles supporting people affected by emotional abuse and sexual and domestic violence.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can she work with people who live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and she conducts work in English.
Which session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm the current online session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary by location and sessions are accessed via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.