About Boutaina
Boutaina Rahal is a counsellor who helps adults facing anxiety, stress, trauma, low self-esteem and life changes. She works with people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting concerns, career pressures and identity questions. She speaks English and Arabic and brings 20 years of UK and international experience to her work.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. Sessions aim to build on each person's strengths and to make changes that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters to the client and helps them try small steps that can reduce distress and increase confidence. Boutaina draws on a range of approaches including client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural ideas and emotionally-focused methods. She may also use existential and Jungian perspectives to help people explore meaning, values and internal patterns.
This mix allows conversations about feelings, thoughts and behaviour in straightforward terms. She has worked with adults who have experienced trauma, PTSD, abuse, depression and chronic stress. She also supports people with compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar challenges and complex situations such as separation, abandonment or caregiving strain.
Her background includes national and international roles over two decades. People considering online work will find she offers several formats to suit different needs. Boutaina encourages a collaborative start where the client and counsellor decide together what approach and pace feel most useful.
How Boutaina’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters to the person. The counsellor reflects feelings and helps people notice their own resources, which can support confidence and clearer choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful cycles; it is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work through strong emotions that affect relationships and closeness.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, symptoms and preferences and then try methods that match those priorities. Sessions are collaborative and can be adjusted as progress and needs become clearer.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different circumstances. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions are simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who like writing or need support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments, while still allowing the same therapeutic focus and collaborative planning that Boutaina uses in person.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Arabic
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