About Rebecca
Rebecca Smith is a counsellor who helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, relationship and family difficulties, grief, parenting pressures and career concerns. She offers a calm, steady presence for people who feel overwhelmed. Rebecca holds the NCPS credential and has 18 years of practice in the United Kingdom.
Her approach is practical and tailored. She does not rely on a single method. Instead she draws on client-centred work, cognitive behavioural ideas, psychodynamic thinking, solution-focused steps and trauma-focused tools as needed.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on what will help day to day. Rebecca works in partnership with people. She listens first and helps set clear goals together.
Then she uses techniques and conversations that suit the person’s needs and pace. Expect gentle challenge when helpful, and space to reflect when needed. She is used to helping with complex emotional patterns such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, communication and control issues, dissociation, and the effects of chronic illness or caregiver stress.
Rebecca also supports people dealing with divorce and separation, bereavement, body image and forgiveness. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through a range of online formats. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client.
Rebecca aims to make the steps into therapy clear and manageable.
Approaches online and how they help
Client-centred work focuses on listening and building a trusting therapeutic relationship, helping people feel heard and understood while they make sense of their fears and life changes. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and offers practical tools to reduce anxiety and phobias and to change unhelpful habits. Psychodynamic therapy explores past patterns and relationships to uncover how these shape current feelings and reactions, which can help when concerns feel repeated or hard to shift.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with the client to set goals, try different techniques and adjust the plan as progress becomes clear. The emphasis is on what helps the individual most, not on sticking rigidly to a single model.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different lifestyles. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging suits short check-ins, tracking progress and people who prefer written conversation. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical, helpful work.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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