- Client-Centred therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Addiction experience
About Rebecca
Rebecca Fahey is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression and a broad range of life challenges including grief, parenting and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Rebecca uses straightforward talking therapy to help people understand how their history and current situation shape their feelings. She explains thoughts and feelings simply, and encourages practical steps alongside reflection. Sessions focus on what is happening now and how to make manageable changes.
Her background includes a Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling and a Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. She also holds certificates for working with people affected by addiction. Rebecca has run one-to-one and group work in residential settings for substance and alcohol misuse.
Rebecca has experience working in a secure psychiatric hospital supporting people with long-term mental health problems. That work touched on emotional regulation, self-harm, bipolar disorder, psychosis and personality disorder presentations, giving experience of complex presentations and care settings.
In practice she draws on Client-Centred, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas, and uses DBT and solution-focused techniques when helpful. She aims to help people notice patterns, try new ways of coping and reduce the burden of shame or guilt linked to relationships, trauma or life changes.
How her approaches come through in online sessions
Rebecca commonly blends Client-Centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Client-Centred work involves open, listening-led conversation that helps people describe their experience and decide what matters to them. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers small experiments and exercises to test different ways of thinking and acting.She also draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy ideas for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT techniques focus on practical skills for managing intense feelings and improving communication, which can be useful for people dealing with shame or repeated relationship patterns.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. She will talk through the options with each person and agree what to try based on needs, goals and preferences. The plan can change as work progresses, with room for short skills practice or deeper reflective work.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can help fit therapy into a busy week by avoiding travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or offering ways to connect without being on camera. Registered or accredited professionals can offer these practical benefits, and the therapist will discuss what will work best for everyday life when arranging sessions.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression and related problems such as grief, intimacy and self-esteem.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses talking therapy that highlights how past events and current thoughts affect feelings. Techniques from CBT and DBT are used alongside reflective discussion to reduce unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has five years' clinical experience including work in residential substance misuse services and a secure psychiatric hospital, and experience in one-to-one and group therapy.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.