My story
My professional path has been shaped by both formal training and lived experience. For over 15 years, I have been exploring the connection between mind and body—beginning in the late 1990s in the Netherlands, where I first immersed myself in yoga, meditation, and bodywork. My journey then took me across the world, studying with teachers and practitioners in India, Thailand, America, and throughout Europe.
I began teaching yoga in 2008 and witnessed profound emotional and psychological shifts, both in myself and in my students. Yet I also encountered a recurring limitation—particularly when it came to working with more complex issues..
This led me, in 2010, to deepen my training in London, where I immersed myself in Taoism, Tantra, and Psychotherapy. This work demanded a rigorous and often challenging process of inner exploration, but its transformative impact was undeniable.
Through this deep personal inquiry—and by developing an understanding of my own unconscious patterns—I have been able to support clients in meeting the most difficult aspects of their inner world, and in creating meaningful, lasting change.
Today, my work integrates creative, relational, and body-based approaches to support nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and a deeper reconnection with self and others.
If you would like to learn more about my therapy sessions, please get in touch to arrange an initial no obligation conversation. If you decide to go ahead and book an appointment, our sessions will be priced from £65
Email:
emailcounsellingwithrachel@gmail.com
My Qualifications
DEGREES
B.A. Honours (First class) in Integrative Relational Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Greenwich University)
Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling (Greenwich University)
Therapy Training
Certified Couples Counselling (Counselling Academy)
Award in Counselling Skills and Theory (NCFE CACHE Level 3)
Award in Helping Skills (NCFE CACHE Level 2)
Award in Interpersonal Skills (NCFE Level 1)
Certified Online Counselling (BACP)
Trauma Informed, treating complex trauma. (Headway, RASASAC)
Certified in Integrative Polyvagal Theory for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Attachment (Janice Fisher)
Narcissistic Relationships, Emotional Abuse & Gaslighting: Treating
and Empowering Survivors of Relational Trauma. (ONSITE, USA)Working with Co-dependency, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Addiction. (ONSITE, USA)
Yoga Qualifications
Certified Sivananda Yoga (Tirol)
Certified Jivamukti Yoga (New York)
Certified Iyengar Yoga (India)
Certified Well Woman Yoga Therapy Training (Uma Dinsmore Tuli)
Somatic Bodywork Qualification
Certified Holistic Pelvic Care (Tami Lyn Kent)
Certified Working with the womb and Menstrual Cycle (Miranda Gray)
Tao Tantric Arts womens circle facilitator (Shashi Solluna & Minke de Vos)
Seeds of Awakening Energy healing (Sasha Cobra)
Certified Abdominal massage therapy (Arvigo Massage Institute)
Certified in Emotional Detox (Tao Garden, Mantak Chia)
Certificate in Sexological Bodywork (CSB)
Certified Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher Training with The Eckhart Tolle School of Awakening
Certified Tantra Techer Training (Ma Ananda Sarita)