Rachel Haworth

I offer face-to-face counselling sessions in Cardiff city centre, as well as online and phone sessions across the UK.

I currently have availability on weekdays during the day and on Saturday mornings. I may also be able to offer an evening session during the week, so please let me know if that would be your preference. I'm happy to discuss timings over email or in our first session.

I charge £55 for an online session (60 minutes) and £60 for an face-to-face session (60 minutes). Let me know if you'd like to discuss a discount for block bookings of multiple sessions.

I’m a humanistic-existential counsellor based in Cardiff. I work with adults and young people aged 16+.

Life can be a real struggle at times. I can help you feel safe, supported and understood as you make sense of the world and your experiences.

You might be feeling low and despondent, or lost and lacking in purpose. You could be going through life changes or dealing with conflict in a relationship. You may be overwhelmed by day-to-day worries, or feeling stuck in old patterns that are getting in the way of living a full and satisfying life.

Whatever you’re going through, I’m here to listen. I aim for us to establish a warm, trusting relationship, in which you feel unconditionally accepted for who you are.

We can work together to build a shared understanding of what it's like to be you, generating insights about your thoughts, feelings and patterns of behaviour. In time, this may lead to you making meaningful changes in your life and finding a more authentic way of being.

My approach

My approach to therapy is known as humanistic-existential counselling.

One of the most difficult things about being human is that we aren't given a rulebook on how to live a good life: we have to work it out for ourselves. We make decision after decision in our lives without knowing how it will work out or if taking another route would have felt better. It's no wonder we often feel uncertain, confused or overwhelmed.

Humanistic-existential counselling can help you to get to grips with these uncomfortable feelings by supporting you to explore your unique experience of being a person. 

You might have some clear goals for counselling or you may just want to see where things go. Either way, I believe that you know yourself and your life better than anyone else. I won't give advice or make assumptions about how you think or feel.

Instead, I will give you the space to make sense of things and work out what gives your life meaning. I reflect what you say so you can hear it back. I also ask open questions about your outer and inner worlds. For example, I might suggest you tell me more about a particular situation or relationship. At another time, I might ask you to describe your experience of an emotion, perhaps in terms of how it feels in your body or any mental images it brings up.

My experience

I have experience of working with clients on a range of issues  including anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal feelings, bereavement and loss, relationship issues, sexual identity, sexual and emotional abuse, autism, ADHD, and loss of purpose or meaning.

I have worked as a practitioner for a helpline supporting children and young people, where I developed extensive experience of working with young people on issues such as anxiety, low self-worth and self-harm. 

Before becoming a counsellor, I worked across a range of industries in both the corporate and non-profit worlds, and have seen how work pressures can present in different work environments.

I offer an optional free 30-minute consultation for all new clients, where we can talk about what’s going on with you and what you might be looking for from counselling.

If you’d like to find a time to speak, please send me a message. I'll aim to come back to you within 24 hours.