Rebecca Matthews

Rebecca Matthews offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people who are worried, overwhelmed or stuck. She introduces herself clearly and listens first, helping clients name what matters and set small, realistic goals to move forward. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making sessions feel practical and useful from the start.

Rebecca trained as a counsellor and is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP. She has six years' experience working with loss, low mood and relationship difficulties. She commonly supports people coming to terms with grief, changes in close relationships, and struggles with self-esteem and anxiety.

Her approach is person-centred at heart, which means she prioritises each person's experience and works at their pace. She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, dialectical behaviour therapy skills for emotion regulation, and mindfulness exercises to reduce stress. Attachment-based ideas are used when relationship patterns are a central concern.

Rebecca often works with issues such as abandonment fears, communication problems, codependency and intimacy concerns. She can also help with panic attacks, feelings of emptiness, guilt, and navigating infidelity. She lists LGBT concerns and family-related stress among her common areas of focus.

Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative. Rebecca helps people try out new ways of coping and keeps goals realistic. Prospective clients are encouraged to ask questions and discuss what they hope to achieve before booking.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Rebecca commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas in her work. ACT encourages people to notice painful thoughts and feelings without fighting them and to focus on actions that match their values, which can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication, useful when trust, closeness or repeated conflict are the problem.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and will be decided together. The counsellor will ask about what you hope to change, try different techniques, and adjust the way you work based on your goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed formula.

Please confirm the current online session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try techniques such as mindfulness practices and emotion regulation exercises from their everyday setting, which can help transfer skills into daily life.