About Rachael
Rachael Bentovim-Gill is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She supports those coping with bipolar disorder, ADHD, addictions and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also offers help for parenting pressures, grief, self-esteem issues and work-related stress.
Rachael brings four years of practice in personal therapy and a long background working in mental health and education. Before independent practice she spent more than 15 years in mental health roles and around 25 years mentoring, coaching teams and advising on mental health in education.
Background and approach
Her wider experience informs a practical, down-to-earth approach in sessions. Her sessions are tailored to each person. She blends somatic awareness with cognitive and acceptance-based methods, plus client-centred listening and attachment ideas.
That means Rachael pays attention to how feelings show up in the body as well as in thoughts and relationships. People can expect straightforward, practical conversations. Sessions focus on small, achievable steps that fit day-to-day life.
Rachael aims to create a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. She describes therapy as a collaborative process. Together a plan is made to address immediate problems and build longer-term coping skills.
Rachael also offers coaching-style support for professional and executive concerns when that is helpful. If someone is ready to explore change, she helps set realistic goals and supports progress at a steady pace. Rachael’s background in education and team coaching often shapes how she frames practical strategies for everyday difficulties.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Somatic-informed work pays attention to how emotions show up in the body. Online sessions can still include guidance on breath, posture and grounding exercises so people become more aware of physical sensations that relate to stress or anxiety.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions, which works well through conversation and short practical exercises in remote sessions.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current behaviour and feelings. In online sessions this approach helps people understand interpersonal triggers and try new ways of relating in everyday life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That may mean mixing somatic awareness, ACT and attachment ideas and adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, while phone, live chat and text-based messaging provide options for different comfort levels and schedules. These formats make it easier to fit regular support around family, work and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English