Rachel Challans, BACP

Rachel Challans is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She frames therapy around each person's story and strengths. She aims to support people who want change and relief from persistent difficulties.

Her work focuses on relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. She listens closely and helps people make sense of what has been happening for them. Sessions often centre on understanding attachment patterns and how these shape current relationships.

Rachel uses client-centred ways of working that prioritise the person's own goals and pace. She also draws on somatic ideas to notice how stress and trauma show up in the body. This can make it easier to spot patterns and try new ways of coping.

People come for help with anxiety, depression, grief, stress, addiction, eating concerns, ADHD and self-esteem. Rachel also pays attention to issues such as adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, blended family tensions, and sexuality including LGBT and kink-related topics.

Her approach is practical and collaborative. She aims to empower people to take small steps that feel achievable. If someone is unsure where to begin, she helps them set clear first goals and a sensible plan for moving forward.

How Rachel's approaches fit with online therapy

Rachel draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centred practice. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections affect current feelings and behaviour; it can help people who struggle with trust, closeness or repeated relationship difficulties. Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the session and focuses on what the person wants to work on; this approach supports people who need a careful, paced conversation about goals and values.

Rachel also integrates somatic ideas to notice how stress and trauma appear in the body and to use bodily signals as a way into emotion and regulation. These approaches suit issues such as anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties and coping with life changes. Finding the right approach is part of the work together and she will help clients choose or adapt methods based on needs, goals and preferences in a collaborative way.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make fitting sessions into a busy week easier and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when you need a quick conversation, or avoid being on camera if that feels difficult. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can support progress through conversations, reflective exercises and body-awareness practices adapted for remote sessions.