Counsellor profile
Rebecca Sutherland, BACP
BACP counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Client-Centred Therapy
- Psychodynamic approach
- Systemic perspective
About Rebecca
Rebecca Sutherland is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 25 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction and parenting strains. She also supports people dealing with trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, and major life changes.
Rebecca has a long history of one-to-one therapeutic work in specialist settings. She has worked at a rape crisis centre supporting victims of rape and adult survivors of child sexual abuse. She has also carried out psychodynamic counselling and co-facilitated CBT-based group work at an alcohol residential rehabilitation unit that ran an intensive six-month programme.
Her practice includes work in a women's refuge and in mental health residential settings, helping people who have experienced domestic and psychological abuse alongside other mental health needs. Through these roles she gained experience with attachment and abandonment issues, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, and intimacy-related harms including sexual assault and abuse.
In sessions she follows client-centred principles that foreground the person's perspective. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from the past, and systemic thinking to consider family relationships and interactional patterns. Conversations are paced to the person and aim to build clearer understanding of difficult feelings and behaviour.
Rebecca offers online counselling options and accepts international clients. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, users are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used in online counselling
Rebecca commonly uses client-centred therapy in online work. This approach focuses on listening to the person and following their concerns, helping them talk through what matters most and find their own solutions.She also draws on psychodynamic therapy to look at recurring patterns and earlier experiences that influence current feelings and relationships. This can help when issues repeat or feel stuck and when understanding origins helps reduce their hold.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rebecca will discuss goals and preferences and collaborate with the person to decide whether client-centred, psychodynamic, or systemic ideas best suit the situation. That choice can change as therapy progresses and will be reviewed together.
Practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions into a busy week and saving travel time, which can make it easier to keep appointments. Online work can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, and suit people who prefer to speak without being on camera. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting problems does she address?
She helps people with family conflict, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy-related issues drawn from her listed specialties.
How would you describe her way of working in session?
She uses client-centred listening alongside psychodynamic and systemic ideas to understand feelings, patterns and relationships.
How much experience does she have?
Rebecca has 25 years of professional experience in counselling and therapeutic roles.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, international clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography indicates online counselling opportunities. Please confirm current session formats before booking.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your 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.