Rachael Bell

As a Psychotherapist I am passionate about seeing people grow and change to achieve a fulfilling quality of life for themselves and thriving relationships. I believe you can move from where you are not by running or by strides but by moving step by step with support to achieve your goals.

Areas of Special Interest

• couple’s therapy
• relationship difficulties (personal/professional)
• anxiety
• depression
• stress
• effective communication
• family dynamics
• attachment issues
• life/work direction
• loss
• grief
• life transitions
• trauma experiences

Counselling/Therapy Services

Counselling and Psychotherapy involves regular sessions. The duration and frequency depends on the nature of the problem and individual needs. I offer short, medium and long term work.

Individual Psychotherapy with Adults:

In the context of a safe, supportive and empathic relationship therapy allows space for exploring your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to gain insight, understanding and enhance your connection to yourself. The therapy process assists in raising awareness and insight into unconscious processes which are affecting your present and allows you to be supported in making positive changes to enhance your quality of life.

Couples Therapy:

I provide couples work using the imago therapy approach and EFT (Emotionally focussed therapy) to assist couples in improving their communication and enhancing connection in relationship. Tools to manage conflict in relationship.

Counselling/Therapy Approach

Psychotherapy:
Longer term focusing on deep seated, persisting issues or patterns of behaviour. I am trained in Transactional Analysis (TA) which is based on the theory that decisions made in childhood have a significant influence on how we live our lives in the present. Through therapy insight can be gained about out of awareness patterns which can then be transformed.

Person centered counselling:
Shorter term focusing on current stresses/issues and problem solving.

Supervision services:

As a Supervisor I carry a warm, grounded, supportive and challenging style to nurture and inspire growth in your work and in your personal and professional development. I have worked for a variety of agencies and have varied experience in the mental health sector. I aim to offer a collaborative, holistic and strengths based approach to providing supervision support. All tailored to your individual needs and unique work environment.

Offering my supervision services to people in the helping professions.  Including but not limited to : Mental health support workers, Counsellors, Therapists, Managers, Youth workers, Allied health, Family violence workers, Group facilitators, Pastoral care, Volunteers.

Background and Experience

Over the last 18 years I have worked as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist in a variety of settings including addiction services, family centered service, family violence agency, child and family mental health service and private practice.

I have also facilitated addiction recovery groups, women’s living free from violence groups and children’s groups.