Rachel ChallansBACP

Rachel Challans is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and a BACP registration. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths that can help with change. Rachel aims to offer steady, straightforward support when someone is facing hard moments related to relationships, trauma or intimacy concerns.

She works in a direct, respectful way and focuses on building trust. Sessions are practical and conversational. Rachel listens first, then helps people notice patterns and try small changes that can reduce distress.

Her background includes helping people with relationship difficulties, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people managing stress, anxiety, depression and life changes, as well as concerns such as grief, parenting strain and addiction. This breadth means she often helps people whose issues overlap in several areas.

Rachel draws on approaches that centre on attachment and how relationships shape our feelings, plus client-centred ways of working that keep the person’s goals central. She also uses somatic and trauma-focused ideas when bodily reactions or past events are part of the difficulty. Together these approaches help people feel more grounded and able to try different responses.

She works in English and accepts international clients. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. The subscription used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and practise different ways of connecting that feel safer and more satisfying.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and pace. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offering empathy and reflection to help people find their own solutions for stress, relationship issues and personal change.

Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily reactions tied to stress and trauma. It helps people recognise physical signals, learn grounding techniques and try simpler ways of responding when emotions become overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs and preferences. That can mean combining elements from different approaches and checking in regularly to see what helps.

The original profile does not specify which online session types are offered. Please confirm available formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel, allow shorter check-ins between commitments and let people choose quieter times that suit their routine. Registered or accredited professionals often use online sessions to maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are difficult.