Rebecca Rust-Ashford, BACP

Rebecca Rust-Ashford is a counsellor who works with people dealing with trauma, depression and anxiety. She holds BACP registration, which is listed as BACP, and she brings three years of experience to her practice. Her manner is described as empathic and non-judgemental and she adapts her way of working to each person. Rebecca uses an integrative approach that draws on different methods to match a person's needs. In sessions she aims to listen carefully, help people name what is happening, and decide together what to try next. That might include talking through how past experiences affect current feelings and relationships. She commonly helps people coping with stress, low mood and relationship difficulties. She also offers support around self-esteem, trauma and abuse, and concerns linked to abandonment or attachment. Rebecca has experience with issues such as body image, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and aspects of sexual culture including BDSM and kink. Her trauma work includes approaches aimed at easing distress linked to past events. She is familiar with methods that focus directly on trauma and with therapies that centre the person’s experience. Rebecca explains options clearly and helps people choose an approach that fits their situation. Rebecca works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. If someone wants to begin, they follow the site's Start Therapy process and complete the short matching questionnaire before scheduling a first session.

Therapeutic approaches and remote counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's perspective, with the counsellor offering empathy and acceptance while the person leads the pace and topics. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to make sense of feelings and decisions.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is a trauma-related method that aims to reduce distress linked to painful memories by processing them in a structured way. It is used for people who continue to feel overwhelmed by past events. Trauma-Focused Therapy centres on understanding how traumatic experiences affect daily life and works on practical ways to reduce that impact.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rebecca will talk through options and help decide what fits someone’s needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method. Together they can adapt techniques as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online work, confirm the exact session formats available before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins during a lunch break or between commitments. Some formats may also let people choose audio-only options if video is difficult, or shorter sessions when that suits a person's schedule. Ask about current session options when you complete the matching questionnaire.