Profile / United Kingdom
Rachel Xuereb, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- ACT ideas
- Attachment focus
About Rachel
Rachel Xuereb BACP counsellor has seven years of experience and is based in the United Kingdom. She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps with trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related problems, sleep issues, parenting strain, anger and career concerns.
Rachel uses an integrative approach that draws on several therapies. She aims to identify what keeps a problem happening - the thoughts, habits and situations that maintain stress or anxiety. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as on understanding underlying causes. She works with people to notice patterns, try new ways of responding and accept aspects of experience that are hard to change.
Her practice includes cognitive behavioural techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to clarify values and take action despite difficult feelings. Attachment-based approaches look at how early relationships affect current patterns and connection with others.
Rachel describes her style as adaptable to the challenge someone brings. She explores when and why certain feelings or behaviours show up. Then she suggests exercises, behavioural experiments and conversational work to test different approaches.
Her background in a corporate senior executive role means she has regular exposure to workplace and home stressors. That day-to-day experience informs how she talks about practical pressures and role demands. People who want structured, practical work alongside deeper exploration may find this helpful.
How Rachel combines practical approaches for online work
Rachel commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and then try alternative responses. CBT is concrete and task-focused, useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify personal values and encourage action even when difficult feelings are present. ACT can help with making purposeful changes and reducing struggle with painful emotions.
Attachment-Based Therapy is used to examine how early relationship patterns affect current connections and communication. This approach suits concerns about intimacy, trust and repeated relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Rachel will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals and adjust if something is not helping. The choice of techniques evolves from what works in sessions and between appointments.
Confirm the exact session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote work helps them maintain continuity and practice strategies in everyday settings.
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Primary focus
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
Rachel works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, self-esteem and related problems such as trauma, grief, parenting and career challenges.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative style that combines practical exercises with discussion. The focus is on noticing patterns, testing new responses and understanding root causes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rachel has seven years of experience working as a counsellor and draws on her workplace experience in a senior executive role to inform her practice.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions conducted in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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