I am licensed in the UK with 3 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, & intimacy related issues. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Emptiness, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #395288
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Rachel Challans. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Rachel has helped me to look at things in a different way, she has recommended some resources and different coping methods.
She check in with me throughout the week and I feel like there’s some hope with her
Written on Nov 04, 2025 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and compassion fatigue
Rachel has been amazing, I have amazing progress. It’s a safe space in which I can unpack my problems talk through them and not feel judged and understand the root cause. Also approached with a fantastic sense humour. My life is changing for the better and I feel grateful.
Written on Sep 16, 2025 after therapy with Rachel for 7 months on issues concerning relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues
She is a good listener and gives great insights on the issues or feelings you struggle with
Written on Aug 16, 2025 after therapy with Rachel for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Rachel is always there with a listening ear. But will also provide meaningful and insightful advice where it is needed. She has the balance just right.
Written on May 08, 2025 after therapy with Rachel for 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Rachel has been nothing but professional and swift in her responses and has been extremely fair and understanding with my varying issues and concerns
Written on Mar 07, 2025 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
Rachel was of great help in a time of need. I felt really heard and she gave direct, and productive advice.
Written on Feb 13, 2025 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues