Rachel Huyton, BACP

Rachel Huyton is a Midlands-based counsellor with three years of full-time professional practice and more than ten years of management experience within a mental health service, bringing a broad understanding of how mental health challenges affect people and their families. She works with stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, as well as depression and low mood, tailoring each session to address the specific concerns and circumstances a person brings.

Rachel approaches her work with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and she prioritises the health and needs of the individual when agreeing a treatment plan. She adapts her practice to suit single clients and couples, offering flexible options that draw on her knowledge of meditation and relaxation techniques to help sessions feel welcoming and constructive.

As a BACP practitioner - a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - Rachel combines hands-on counselling experience with managerial insight from her time in mental health services. She is available for online and face-to-face appointments and, as a private therapist, invites prospective clients to suggest days and times that suit them so she can respond and arrange sessions as soon as possible.

Client-Centered and Existential Support Offered Online

Rachel draws on client-centered therapy to create a supportive, non-judgmental space where clients lead the pace and focus of sessions; this approach helps people feel heard and is useful for concerns like low mood, relationship struggles, and general stress. Existential therapy is offered alongside this, encouraging exploration of meaning, choice, and values when clients face questions about life purpose, loss, or feelings of emptiness - it helps people confront difficult life themes and find ways to move forward.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work and Rachel treats that as a collaborative process. She will discuss different ways of working and help identify what fits best with each person’s needs, goals, and preferences so the plan evolves together over time.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging adds practical flexibility, making it easier to fit therapy into busy days or when travel is difficult. These options allow registered professionals to offer continuity of care and make it possible to access therapy from home or another convenient location, while keeping the focus on progress and accessibility.