Rebecca Smith, NCPS

Rebecca Smith is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has 18 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, family and relationship issues, grief and the practical strains of parenting and career change. Rebecca writes plainly and directly in sessions, helping people talk through what feels heavy and find manageable steps forward.

Her approach draws on several well-established methods so she can match the work to each person. Rebecca uses client-centred conversations to understand what matters most to the client and to help them set clear goals. She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try new coping strategies in everyday life.

Rebecca pays attention to how past relationships and early patterns still affect current feelings, using psychodynamic ideas to look at repeated patterns and sense-making. She includes solution-focused techniques when people want short-term practical changes, and trauma-informed work for those who have been harmed or overwhelmed by painful events.

Sessions are straightforward and focused on what the person needs now. Rebecca aims to help people reduce the things that get in the way of daily life, whether that is panic around social situations, problems with communication, or the ongoing stress of caregiving. The work is collaborative and paced to the client’s comfort.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session. Rebecca can talk through what approach may suit each person and how to structure follow-up sessions.

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