Rachel Button , BACP

Rachel Button is a counsellor who aims to make therapy approachable and practical. She understands how hard it can be to reach out, and focuses on helping people feel heard and seen. Rachel works in the United Kingdom and brings four years of professional experience to her practice. She holds BACP accreditation, which she uses to guide her work with individuals facing anxiety, stress and low mood.

Rachel draws on her own experiences with depression, anxiety and disordered eating to inform a compassionate, down-to-earth style. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with space to talk about feelings, triggers and patterns. She helps people identify small, doable steps they can take between sessions to feel steadier in daily life.

Her caseload has included concerns such as eating difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem problems and persistent worry. Rachel also supports people dealing with body image, loneliness, communication problems and the strain of caregiving or chronic illness. She listens for what matters most and works with clients to untangle what is keeping them stuck.

Therapy with Rachel is collaborative and paced to each person. She aims to help people find clearer choices and more self-compassion. Practical tools and reflective conversation are used together, so progress can feel real and relevant to day-to-day life.

If someone prefers to meet remotely, Rachel offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. The first steps are simple: complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions that fit into the client’s schedule.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Rachel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common element is cognitive work that helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced ways of viewing problems; this can be useful for anxiety, stress and low mood. Another strand involves working with emotions and past events to reduce the hold of trauma and shame, helping people feel safer in their daily lives and relationships.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rachel will listen to each person's concerns, goals and preferences, and then suggest ways of working together. Over the first few sessions she checks what helps and adapts methods so the work fits the client's pace and priorities.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions or shorter live chat exchanges can suit days when time is tight or bandwidth is low. Text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions and can help maintain momentum. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments while working with registered or accredited professionals.