Rachel Blythe, BACP, NCPS

Rachel Blythe is a United Kingdom based counsellor with three years of professional experience who works compassionately with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. She supports clients from the LGBTQ community and focuses on practical steps to rebuild confidence, find motivation and cope with loss. Rachel also has experience with longer-term mental health concerns, including obsessive thoughts, personality disorder presentations and other persistent difficulties that affect daily life.

Holding BACP and NCPS credentials, Rachel is affiliated with recognised professional counselling bodies and has completed the training and standards those memberships require. She adapts her conversations and therapeutic plan to each person, offering sensitive, respectful care that reflects individual needs and goals. Sessions are designed to be collaborative, with attention to building coping skills, improving emotional regulation and addressing interpersonal or family problems when relevant.

Clients can expect a tailored approach to issues such as panic attacks, social anxiety and codependency, along with support for self-harm recovery and women’s specific concerns. Rachel aims to create a steady, respectful working relationship that helps clients move toward clearer thinking and greater wellbeing, and she welcomes the opportunity to begin that work with new clients.

Evidence-informed approaches and flexible online therapy

Rachel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on how thoughts and behaviours influence emotional wellbeing, helping people identify unhelpful patterns and learn practical skills for managing anxiety, panic and stress. She also applies emotion-focused and grief-informed strategies that support processing loss, building resilience and restoring self-esteem after difficult life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Rachel collaborates with each client to explore which techniques fit their needs, goals and personal preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical advantages for Rachel's practice - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and she also provides live chat or text-based messaging when that better suits a client's routine. This flexibility makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, access support from home, and maintain continuity of care even when schedules change.