Rachel Hamilton, BACP
5 years in practice
Rachel Hamilton offers emotionally focused care that helps people settle overwhelming feelings.
License and registration
- BACP
- 399666 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Rachel
Rachel Hamilton offers emotionally focused care that helps people settle overwhelming feelings. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside person-centred ways of working to create a calm space for talking. Rachel writes simply and listens closely so people feel heard as they sort through what matters most to them.
She draws on five years of counselling experience and a background working with organisations that support survivors of abuse. That work involved helping people affected by emotional abuse, trauma, domestic violence and sexual violence.
Background and approach
Rachel pairs that experience with a person-centred approach so each session follows the client’s pace and priorities. Sessions are tailored to practical concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, sleeping and eating difficulties, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with addiction, bipolar challenges, ADHD, career strain and compassion fatigue.
Rachel works with attachment concerns, abandonment issues, blended family matters and long-term illness or caregiving stress. Rachel holds a diploma and certificate in counselling recognised by COSCA and is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists - BACP. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.
Her approach aims to help people build clearer emotional understanding and steadier coping, one step at a time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rachel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- 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
- 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)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rachel names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
Using emotion-focused and acceptance-based approaches online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify, sit with and shift painful emotions that get in the way of relationships and everyday life. It focuses on feelings, how they show up in the body and how they shape what people do next. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take small, values-led steps forward when life feels heavy. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current responses, which can help with intimacy and trust issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachel will discuss different ways of working and choose methods together with each client based on their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps make sure therapy fits the person, not the other way round.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can choose what suits them best. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and messaging or chat works well for short check-ins or those who prefer typing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving and travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Rachel work with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma-related concerns, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues and practical struggles like sleep, eating and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Rachel blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with a person-centred, non-directive style and other evidence-based approaches to keep sessions focused on the client's feelings and goals.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has five years of counselling experience and has volunteered with organisations supporting people affected by emotional abuse, trauma and domestic or sexual violence.
Where is Rachel based and what credential does she hold?
Rachel practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counsellors & Psychotherapists - BACP.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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