Rebecca Sutherland, BACP

Rebecca Sutherland welcomes people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood, or the strain of major life changes. She is a BACP counsellor with 25 years of clinical experience and a calm, respectful approach to therapy.

Rebecca focuses on helping people affected by trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy difficulties, addiction, family conflict and parenting stress. She also supports those facing issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, isolation, and post-traumatic stress. Her work often helps people dealing with anger, depression and the aftermath of sexual assault.

Her background includes work in a rape crisis centre providing one-to-one therapy to victims of rape and adult survivors of child sexual abuse. Rebecca has also worked in an alcohol residential rehabilitation unit delivering one-to-one psychodynamic counselling and co-facilitating CBT-based group work during an intensive six-month programme. She has supported people at a women’s refuge and in mental health residential settings.

In sessions she aims to offer time and space to understand what has happened and how it affects day-to-day life. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs and pace rather than following a fixed script. Rebecca describes her manner as sensitive and compassionate while encouraging practical steps towards change.

Therapy with Rebecca can include looking at past patterns and present interactions to help people make different choices. She helps clients build self-understanding, address harmful behaviours and find clearer ways to manage difficult feelings. Her work is collaborative and practical, focused on what clients want to achieve.

How Rebecca uses therapeutic approaches online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience. The therapist offers empathy and support so people can find their own solutions and make sense of difficult feelings. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past experiences and relationship patterns influence current reactions and relationships, helpful when someone wants to understand recurring issues or long-standing emotional pain. Systemic Therapy considers the wider relationships and dynamics that shape a person’s life, useful for spotting interaction patterns that affect stress and family tensions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca will discuss different ways of working and decide with each person what fits their needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative process means the method can change as progress is made and priorities shift.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can be useful for shorter updates, ongoing reflection between sessions or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments.