Rachel Ambrose

I know making the first steps looking for a counsellor can seem daunting. Choosing to ask for and accept support takes a huge amount of courage. Always remember:

鈥測ou are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think鈥�- A.A Milne.

I have experience of helping people with a range of mental health conditions. My areas of special interest are Neurodiversity. Chronic illnesses such as Long Covid, CFS/ ME and Fibromyalgia. Also helping people with Migraines and Chronic Headaches.

My therapeutic approach

I am here to help you on your therapeutic journey. I believe that the relationship between counsellor and client is central to therapy and I hope this profile will help you decide if you feel we can work together. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further please get in touch.

As a person-centred therapist, I believe therapy needs to be tailored to each individual to suit your needs. In therapy I will work alongside you to find a better understanding of how and why you have come to feel the way you do and helping you to develop strategies to better manage unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

I also work as a relational therapist and I believe the relationships we experience in life with ourselves and others are important to our well-being. I will help you to explore your relationships and explore their effects on your well-being. We will work collaboratively as I believe it is for you to decide what issues you want to explore to find a way forward and to empower you to make positive changes in your life. I am happy to work both long-term and short-term. I can adjust the duration of individual sessions and overall length of therapy to suit  clients needs.

I work online and by telephone. My service is available to people from across the UK. A lot of my clients like the accessibility of remote counselling. As it means they can talk to me from a safe space in their home without the worry of travel requirements. 

People come to counselling with a wide range of issues. Feeling burnout? Feeling frustrated with fatigue and managing energy levels? Feeling not good enough? Worried about becoming a burden to friends and family or them seeing you that way? Feeling overwhelmed by a world that doesn鈥檛 suit the neurodivergent brain? 

Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed & unable to see a way through; alone with no one to share your difficulties; stressed and 'frazzled' at work; trapped or bored in your current circumstances? Struggling after a bereavement or the end of a relationship? Feeling concerned about worrying or being a burden to loved ones? You may wish to appear stronger than you feel to support them. You may be dealing with big life changes and have a lot of uncertainty on adjusting to the changes and understanding the loss you may feel around the change.

Qualifications

Leeds Beckett University PG Certificate in Counselling and interpersonal skills.

Leeds Beckett University - PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy 

I have professional indemnity and public liability insurance and I have a fully enhanced DBS check

Experience:

I have worked with clients in both short-term sessions and long- term sessions depending on the clients鈥� needs.

Please see my website for more details on my experience and qualifications. 

Please note I work online (via Zoom video conferencing) and by telephone only, offering sessions of up to an hour. My service is available to people from all areas of the UK.

Fees

拢55.00 per hour

How I accept payments:

Payments are made prior to each session to confirm your session. I accept payment by PayPal or Bank transfer. Payments are usually non-refundable in event of a short notice cancellation (less than 48 hours). I will let you know details after you make contact.

Working hours

I am available weekdays.

How to contact me

If you would like to talk about whether I can help you through counselling, I would love to hear from you. Please send me an email with a brief outline of the help you feel you need. If you don鈥檛 like to send emails call me and leave a voicemail about what you want help with and I will get back to you.

What to expect after making contact

I will contact you for a free phone call for up to 15 minutes to discuss your needs further. If you wish to go ahead with counselling, we can then book our first session.

 This first session will include talking further about the services I offer, starting to get to know each other, agreeing how we will work together and checking that therapy feels right for you. We will then go through my counselling contract and data privacy and any other necessary paperwork. 

We will then arrange regular online video or telephone sessions of up to 60 minutes each.