Rachel Florence, BACP

Rachel Florence is a psychotherapist who works with people recovering from trauma and related struggles. She is an EMDR practitioner and brings a person-focused way of working to sessions. Rachel aims to meet each client where they are and shape therapy around their needs.

She has three years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. Rachel blends talking therapy with EMDR when that fits the issue being addressed. This means some sessions focus on verbal processing while others use structured EMDR techniques when appropriate.

People come to Rachel with a wide range of concerns. These include relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety and depression, stress and sleeping problems. She also supports work on self-esteem, boundaries, communication problems, codependency and caregiver stress.

Rachel has particular experience with abandonment and attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, avoidant and dependent personality patterns, dissociation, and recovery after domestic violence or separation. She also works with eating and body-image concerns and with people facing career or life changes.

Her style is responsive and calm. Sessions are aimed at helping someone feel understood, name what is happening, and try small steps toward change. Clients and therapist agree the pace and methods together so therapy stays relevant to day-to-day life.

How Rachel uses therapeutic approaches online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of connection and safety in relationships. It helps people understand how earlier bonds affect current trust, closeness and feelings of security. This can be useful for attachment worries, abandonment concerns and relationship communication problems.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centres on identifying and shifting emotional responses in the moment. It helps people notice what they feel, name needs behind emotions, and try new ways of responding in relationships and intimate situations.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured method used to process painful memories. In practice Rachel blends EMDR with talking therapy when it supports healing from trauma, PTSD or C-PTSD.

Finding the right approach is part of early work together. Rachel will talk through options and decide with the client what to try first, based on their goals and preferences. That collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made.

If you are considering online work, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-in meetings when that is helpful. They can also allow use of EMDR-informed techniques and focused talking sessions without needing to rearrange your day.