Rachael Oliver
Compassionate client-centred counsellor
About Rachael
Rachael Oliver helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by loss, relationship strain or big life changes. She writes simply and clearly, making space for thoughts and feelings to be spoken without judgment. Rachael aims to help people feel heard and understood so they can make practical changes that matter to them.
Rachael has five years of professional experience and holds BACP registration from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centred ways of working that keep the person’s experience at the heart of each session. Sessions focus on what the client wants to address and move through at their own pace. Her main areas include bereavement, anxiety and depression, trauma, relationships and loneliness, and issues around fertility, pregnancy, birth trauma and miscarriage.
She also supports people facing self-esteem concerns, caregiving stress, communication difficulties and separation or divorce. Additional focuses listed in her background include attachment and personality-related issues and ageing concerns. Rachael takes part in ongoing professional development and receives regular clinical supervision.
That helps her reflect on her work and continue to learn practical ways to support people. She aims for a straightforward, compassionate approach in sessions. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged online for people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
People interested in working with her complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
What Rachael works with
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Sessions & fees
How client-centred work translates to online therapy
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening deeply, reflecting back what the client says and helping them find their own solutions. It is useful for grief, relationship problems, low self-esteem and navigating major life changes because it keeps the person’s needs and goals central.Rachael’s approach is collaborative. She will work with each person to decide which ways of working suit them best and adapt over time. Finding the right approach is part of the process and clients can raise preferences or try different formats as sessions progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for fuller interaction, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel, and let therapists and registered or accredited professionals focus on the issues a person brings.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
