Rachel Lockwood
A calm, person-centred counsellor for practical change
About Rachel
Rachel Lockwood offers calm, person-centred support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or relationship strain. She invites clients to set the pace and focuses on creating a non-judgemental space where they can speak honestly and be heard. Rachel uses straightforward, practical ways of working so conversations stay useful and grounded in everyday life.
She adopts an integrative approach that combines several therapy styles to match each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions draw on attachment-based ideas to look at how early connections shape current relationships. Cognitive behavioural techniques help break negative thinking patterns and try out small changes that make a real difference day to day. Rachel also uses client-centred and narrative methods to help people make sense of their story and find their own solutions.
Motivational interviewing is used when someone is trying to change habits, such as alcohol or substance use. She aims to be clear, direct and compassionate in sessions so clients understand practical options. Her background includes work in a range of clinical settings over five years, supporting people with anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, intimacy and relationship issues, and life changes.
Rachel is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged online for people inside and outside the United Kingdom. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client’s routine.
What Rachel works with
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Sessions & fees
How Rachel’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current ways of connecting with others. Online conversations can help identify those patterns and try different ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behaviour changes to ease symptoms like anxiety or low mood. It suits online sessions where practical exercises and homework can be set between meetings. Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work, with the counsellor listening, reflecting and following the client’s pace to create understanding.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Rachel will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, then adapt methods as the work unfolds. That collaborative stance helps ensure the tools and pace match each person’s situation rather than imposing a single method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is helpful for fuller face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need flexible, on-the-go contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or busy days while keeping the focus on steady, practical progress.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
