Rachel Challans , BACP

Rachel Challans is a United Kingdom licensed therapist with three years of professional experience and a BACP credential (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She works with people facing relationship difficulties, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns, bringing a calm, collaborative approach to help clients find clearer ways forward.

Rachel believes each person holds expertise about their own life and that existing strengths can be mobilized to overcome challenges. She frames therapy as a courageous step toward a more fulfilling life and aims to support and empower clients as they explore change. Her practice emphasizes listening, validation, and practical tools tailored to individual needs.

Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space to process difficult experiences and to build skills for coping with stress, anxiety, grief, or changes in relationships. Rachel draws on attachment-informed and somatic perspectives alongside client-centered methods to address both emotional patterns and present-day concerns, helping clients rebuild connection, clarity, and confidence at a pace that suits them.

Attachment-Informed and Somatic Options for Online Therapy

Rachel integrates attachment-based and somatic approaches alongside client-centered principles to guide online work. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current ways of connecting and helps people rebuild trust, boundaries, and healthier relationship habits. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on providing empathic understanding and acceptance so clients can explore their goals at their own pace and discover internal resources for change. Somatic Therapy pays attention to how emotions show up in the body and offers gentle ways to track and regulate physical responses to stress or trauma - this can be helpful for people who notice tension, overwhelm, or dissociation.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Rachel works collaboratively with each person to identify what feels most useful based on their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts methods as progress unfolds.

Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from different locations. These options offer flexibility in scheduling, consistency for ongoing work, and multiple ways to communicate so clients can choose what feels most comfortable and effective for them.