Rachel Xuereb, BACP

Rachel Xuereb is a counsellor with seven years of practice and a BACP credential. She draws on workplace experience as a senior executive to understand how pressure at work and at home can affect daily life. Rachel helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, low self-esteem, grief and other common concerns.

She uses an integrative style, adapting the work to what each person needs. That may mean looking into how past events and attachment patterns shape current reactions. It can also mean focusing on practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve sleep or clarity for career decisions.

Sessions aim to establish what happens, when it happens and why it keeps coming up. Rachel emphasises finding acceptance as a step towards change, then works with clients to build tools that fit their life. Conversations are plain and direct, with space to notice feelings and try new ways of coping.

Her background in a corporate setting informs how she supports people facing workplace strain and life transitions. She combines person-centred listening with cognitive and existential ideas when useful. This blend lets her move between emotional exploration and hands-on techniques.

Rachel works with common issues such as trauma, loss, relationship strain and career challenges. She aims to help people leave sessions feeling a bit clearer and more able to take the next step towards change.

How Rachel uses different approaches online

Rachel commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy when working with worries and relationship patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then choose actions that match their values; it can suit anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current trust and closeness, which can help with intimacy issues and family dynamics.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachel treats this as a collaborative process and will help identify which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. That may mean trying a more skills-based direction for immediate stress relief, or a deeper attachment focus when relational patterns are central.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy day and easier access when travel is difficult. Confirm the session options available before booking, as formats are listed with the therapist at sign-up. Many people find remote sessions helpful for regular check-ins, focused skill practice, and keeping therapy consistent alongside work and family commitments.