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Rachel Hamilton, BACP

Rachel Hamilton is a counsellor who focuses on helping people cope with trauma, stress and relationship problems.

About Rachel

Rachel Hamilton is a counsellor who focuses on helping people cope with trauma, stress and relationship problems. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what matters to them and work at a pace that feels manageable. She uses a person-centred, integrative style.

That means sessions are shaped around each person's needs rather than a fixed formula. Rachel listens closely and helps people make sense of difficult feelings like anxiety, grief or low self-esteem.

Background and approach

Rachel draws on experience supporting people affected by emotional abuse and violence through volunteer work with Victim Support Scotland and Healed Scars. That practical background informs her approach to trauma and abuse related concerns and to issues such as addiction, depression, and coping with life changes.

Her ways of working include Trauma-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, used alongside client-centred practice. She aims to help people develop day-to-day coping skills and clearer perspectives on relationships, parenting and career decisions. Rachel is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, shown as BACP, and has counselling diplomas from COSCA.

She works with adults in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Practical session options include video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	399666	January 2027

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Sessions and payment

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Rachel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counselling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Rachel names

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How Rachel’s approaches work online

Rachel uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process distressing events and reduce their impact on daily life. This approach looks at the specific effects of traumatic experiences and works on ways to manage intrusive memories, intense emotions and avoidance behaviours.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them. ACT focuses on values-based steps so people can move towards what matters to them despite feeling anxious or low.

Attachment-Based Therapy informs her work on relationship and intimacy issues by exploring how early bonds affect current connections. That can help with communication problems, commitment worries and patterns that repeat across relationships.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Rachel will discuss options with each person and adapt methods to match their goals, needs and preferences. The first few sessions are used to agree priorities and plan how best to work together.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face from anywhere, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth situations, and texts or live chat are useful for short check-ins between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments.

Frequently asked

What types of problems does Rachel help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and addictions. Other concerns include relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, self-esteem and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She works in a person-centred, integrative way that adapts to individual needs. Techniques from ACT, CBT and attachment work may be used alongside trauma-focused methods.

What relevant experience does she have?

She has five years' experience and volunteer work supporting people through emotional abuse, domestic and sexual violence. That background has informed her trauma work.

What are her qualifications and where is she based?

She holds counselling diplomas accredited by COSCA and is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, shown as BACP. She practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international arrangements are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

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