Rachel Challans , BACP

Rachel Challans introduces herself as a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom who brings three years of professional experience to her work. She says people have strengths they can draw on, and she aims to support those strengths while clients make changes. Rachel frames therapy as a courageous first step towards a more fulfilling life and offers steady support along the way.

She focuses on relationship and intimacy concerns, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of emotional struggles such as anxiety, depression and addiction. She also works with issues linked to identity and sexuality, including LGBT matters, and practical stresses like parenting, grief and coping with life changes.

Rachel uses approaches that centre attachment, the body, and the client's own perspective during sessions. That means she pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns, notices bodily responses to emotion, and follows the person's pace and priorities in conversation.

In a session she listens closely, asks questions that clarify patterns, and helps clients try new ways of relating or responding. Practical ideas may be offered alongside time to talk through painful events or tricky decisions. The tone is collaborative and respectful rather than directive.

Her registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - is noted as her professional credential. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged for people in the UK and internationally.

How Rachel's approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape present patterns. Online sessions can help clients spot those patterns in their current relationships and try different responses in everyday life. Client-centred therapy puts the person's perspective at the heart of sessions. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting and working at the client's pace to clarify values and goals.

Somatic therapy pays attention to the body's role in emotion and memory. In remote work this might involve noticing breathing, posture or bodily sensations and using gentle exercises to shift how the body holds tension. These approaches are used flexibly to match the person's needs rather than following a fixed script, and the therapist will collaborate with the client to choose what feels most useful.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as fitting sessions around work or family life, avoiding travel time, and choosing formats that suit mood and energy. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these formats so people can work on relationship, trauma and emotional concerns in ways that fit their life.