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Rachel Button, BACP

Rachel Button is a counsellor who focuses on helping people who are anxious, stressed, struggling with mood, or dealing with difficult experiences from the past.

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About Rachel

Rachel Button is a counsellor who focuses on helping people who are anxious, stressed, struggling with mood, or dealing with difficult experiences from the past. She offers a calm space to talk about eating concerns, low self-worth, and trauma. Her approach is straightforward and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people find clarity and small changes that make life easier.

Rachel draws on her own experience of living with depression, anxiety and disordered eating to shape a compassionate way of working.

Background and approach

She uses conversations to explore what has led to current problems and to identify patterns that keep them going. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding feelings and behaviour. She has around four years of clinical experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Rachel works with a wide range of concerns including obsessive thoughts, low mood, self-harm thoughts, health anxiety and past abuse. Her work also addresses body image, attachment and difficulties that come from caregiving and chronic illness. People usually come with a single issue or a general sense that something is wrong, and Rachel helps them find clearer direction.

She aims to help clients build everyday skills that reduce distress and improve decision making. The emphasis is on realistic, manageable change rather than quick fixes. Sessions can include talking through painful memories, learning ways to cope with strong emotions, and practising new ways of relating to oneself.

Rachel encourages honest conversation and a steady, collaborative pace so people can move forward at a speed that feels right for them.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	384536	August 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

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

How therapeutic approaches translate online

Rachel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at helping people understand and change unhelpful patterns. One common approach focuses on recognising and altering thinking patterns that keep anxiety and low mood active; it helps with worry, health anxiety and repetitive negative thoughts. Another approach concentrates on working through past trauma and distressing memories at a pace the client can manage, helping reduce the power of those memories over daily life.

Choosing a method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through options and together with the client decide what feels most helpful for their goals and day-to-day challenges. This means adjusting the approach if something isn’t working and checking in regularly about progress.

Online work can be flexible and practical. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection helps. Phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who have low bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, step-by-step planning, or when writing is easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or medical appointments and to keep continuity when travel or busy schedules would otherwise interrupt care.

Frequently asked

What kinds of problems are commonly addressed?

She works with stress, anxiety and depression, and with concerns such as disordered eating, trauma and low self-esteem.

What is Rachel's style in therapy?

The approach is conversational and practical, focusing on understanding patterns and building everyday coping skills.

How much experience does she have?

Rachel has four years of clinical experience working with a range of difficulties including OCD, self-harm thoughts and childhood trauma.

What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She is not currently working with international clients.

What formats are available for sessions?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.

How are fees and scheduling handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; to begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.