Rachael Davies, BACP, NCPS

Rachael Davies is a counsellor, coach and clinical hypnotherapist who helps people carrying the weight of past experiences. She draws on eight years of practice to support those who feel worn out by anxious thoughts, stuck survival patterns, or unresolved loss. She explains things plainly and offers practical tools alongside deeper reflective work.

Rachael focuses on trauma and bereavement while also helping with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, self-esteem and everyday coping. She commonly uses approaches that look at thoughts and habits, and she adapts the work for people with neurodivergent traits such as autism or ADHD. This makes sessions flexible to how each person prefers to work.

Her style blends reflective listening with concrete techniques. That might mean talking through patterns that began in childhood, learning simple ways to settle the nervous system, or using hypnotherapy to access subconscious material. Rachael aims to move at a pace the person feels comfortable with.

She also uses cognitive behavioural tools to spot and change unhelpful thought loops. Solution-focused methods are used when people want short-term practical steps. Psychodynamic ideas help when someone wants to understand how past relationships shape present behaviour.

People who come to Rachael often want to feel safer in relationships, trust their own judgement more, and reduce the daily drain of anxious or ruminating thoughts. If that sounds familiar, the first step is a short matching process that leads to scheduling a session.

Approaches you can expect and how online work fits in

Rachael often uses client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening and helping people make sense of their feelings in a non-pressured way. This approach is useful for people who want space to reflect and be heard without a directive agenda.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, panic, sleep problems and repetitive thinking. Hypnotherapy is another tool she employs to access subconscious patterns and support change in how someone experiences memories or sensations.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Many people find online sessions can fit more easily around work, childcare and travel, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce time spent commuting. Registered or accredited professionals can apply the same talking therapies and practical tools through remote appointments, adapting techniques to suit video or phone conversations where appropriate.