Rachel Challans

• Attachment based therapy
• Client centred counselling
• Somatic therapy

About Rachel

Rachel Challans works with relationship issues, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns using a client-centred approach. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years' experience in practice.

Rachel frames sessions around the client’s own experience. She treats people as the experts on their lives and helps them notice strengths they can draw on. Conversations focus on practical steps and clearer ways of relating rather than on labels or judgement.

Her background includes work with anxiety, stress, addictions, grief and depression. She also supports people dealing with eating concerns, bipolar-related struggles, ADHD and the pressures of parenting and caregiving. Rachel has carried out work related to adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and blended family dynamics.

She uses methods drawn from attachment-based work and client-centred counselling to explore relationship patterns. Somatic approaches are used when bodily responses are part of the difficulty. Trauma-focused methods are employed where past harm needs careful attention.

Sessions are conversational and aim to build clearer communication and coping strategies. Rachel helps people notice unhelpful patterns and test small changes between sessions. She works in English and accepts international clients, while keeping the practicalities of scheduling and cost clear.

How her approaches are used with remote counselling

Rachel often combines attachment-based work and client-centred counselling in sessions. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current reactions; it helps when relationship dynamics and trust are a concern. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and reflecting what the person says, helping them find their own solutions and clarify values.

She also uses somatic methods where bodily reactions matter, such as showing how tension or grounding techniques can affect feelings. These approaches can help with trauma-related symptoms, relationship wounds, anxiety and stress, by linking feelings, body responses and ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rachel aims to agree plans collaboratively, adjusting methods to fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the options available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and travel, and they may allow shorter check-ins or sessions without video when that helps. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use remote sessions to increase flexibility and keep appointments practical.

Topics Rachel lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• LGBT
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Eating disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Co-morbidity
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Intellectual disability
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Rachel

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. Rachel lists anxiety and stress among the areas she works on and incorporates coping strategies into sessions.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She draws on attachment-based therapy, client-centred counselling, somatic methods and trauma-focused approaches.

What experience does she have?

She has three years of professional experience working with relationship concerns, trauma, family issues and related areas.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Yes. Sessions are offered to international clients and she works in English.

What session formats does she provide?

The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start counselling with her?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.