Selina Rainford
Hopeful, practical support for emotional change
About Selina
Selina Rainford helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports clients with relationship and family concerns, grief, anger and intimacy-related issues. Selina works with LGBT people and those dealing with attachment, abandonment and codependency problems.
She has six years of professional training and work experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which she uses to guide ethical practice. Selina believes clients are the experts in their own stories and starts by listening carefully to their experience.
Background and approach
Her approach is collaborative and strengths-based. Sessions focus on building coping skills, talking through past hurts, and setting small, practical goals. She aims to help people notice what already works for them and use those strengths to make changes.
Selina offers a calm, supportive space for people to name painful experiences and try different ways of relating to them. She encourages honest, practical conversation rather than jargon. Work may include checking patterns, improving communication, and learning how to manage strong feelings.
People often come for help with specific problems such as addictions, family conflict, or feeling empty after a relationship ends. Selina will work at a pace that suits each person and focus on what matters most to them. Her goal is to help people feel more confident and able to cope in day-to-day life.
What Selina works with
Sessions & fees
Evidence-based ways to work online
Selina draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and change patterns. One common approach focuses on practical coping skills such as grounding, breathing and activity planning to reduce anxiety and manage cravings; this helps people get through difficult moments and build steady routines. Another approach looks at past relationships and attachment patterns to understand why certain reactions repeat; this can help with abandonment, codependency and intimacy issues by naming patterns and practising new responses.Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Selina will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. She listens to what has helped before and adapts techniques so they feel manageable and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or need shorter, more frequent contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping progress on track.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
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- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
