- CBT approaches
- Psychodynamic ideas
- Solution focused work
About Rachel
Rachel Kilburn is a BACP counsellor with ten years' experience working therapeutically with adults, adolescents and children. She presents herself as a practising integrative therapist who draws on several approaches to respond to what each person brings.
Rachel describes her work as combining Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution-Focused work, Transactional Analysis and Psychodynamic ideas. She aims to adapt her way of working to the client so sessions can address practical problems and deeper patterns. Many people come for help with stress, anxiety, grief, loss and difficulties following trauma or abuse.
She also lists support for issues around self-esteem, guilt and shame, attachment, caregiver stress, control, loneliness and life purpose. Rachel notes she offers help around workplace pressures, panic and social anxiety, and womens issues. The profile records that coaching is also an area she uses alongside therapy.
In practice she uses conversation and creative ways of working where appropriate. She describes allowing space for feelings to be expressed and for the clients history to be discussed. Rachel says the first session is used to gather background and to begin building trust.
Her stated aim is to help people relate differently to past events and choose differently for the future. She works at a pace the client finds right and focuses on making changes that feel manageable in day-to-day life.
How Rachel blends different approaches for online work
Rachel draws on Client-Centred and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her integrative practice. Client-Centred work focuses on the persons experience and aims to let them speak and be heard, which helps when sorting out shame or grief. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers practical tools to reduce anxiety and manage panic attacks.Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. She aims to decide collaboratively which methods suit a person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts the balance between practical techniques and deeper exploration over time.
Please confirm the available session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a day. Registered or accredited professionals can use different ways of meeting clients, and this therapist will discuss which approach fits the practicalities and therapeutic aims.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and coping with life changes, plus trauma and abuse and related concerns such as guilt and shame.
How would she approach shame or guilt?
She uses an integrative approach, combining practical CBT techniques with psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused work to look at feelings and the patterns behind them.
How much experience does she have?
Rachel has ten years of therapeutic experience working with adults, adolescents and children.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She accepts international clients.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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