Rhys Williams, BACP

Rhys Williams offers a gentle, practical counselling style that focuses on helping people feel heard and supported. He creates a relaxed, pressure-free space where clients can talk about what matters most to them. Rhys keeps the pace guided by the client and aims to be steady and non-judgemental throughout the process.

He draws on a pluralistic, client-led approach, adapting methods to suit each person's needs rather than using one fixed method. That means sessions can blend practical skills, reflective conversation and short-term coaching tools depending on the issue. Rhys emphasises building usable strategies as well as exploring what has led someone to seek help.

His main areas of focus include stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, coaching and compassion fatigue. He also supports people dealing with attachment concerns, body image, communication problems, guilt and shame, impulsivity and feelings of isolation or loneliness.

Rhys has three years of experience in the field and holds BACP registration, which reflects his professional membership. He works with people on issues such as panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and workplace difficulties, and he offers short-term coaching for life purpose and self-love.

Sessions are delivered in English and conducted online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling is arranged according to therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online therapy

Rhys works in a pluralistic, client-led way which means he combines techniques to suit the person in front of him. That might include brief coaching-style support focused on goals and practical steps. Coaching helps people clarify priorities, set small goals and build routines to manage stress and move towards a clearer life purpose.

He also uses reflective talking therapies that focus on exploring past experiences and patterns, such as attachment difficulties, trauma responses and long-standing anxiety. These conversations aim to increase self-understanding and develop coping strategies for issues like panic attacks, social anxiety and workplace stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rhys will collaborate with each client to decide what methods feel most helpful and adjust the plan as progress is made. That means trying different ways of working and checking in about what is or isn’t useful.

Online sessions bring practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins and text-based messaging supports shorter reflective notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping continuity of care with a single therapist.