Rebecca Mcintosh

Rebecca Mcintosh is a BACP counsellor with 12 years of experience. She supports people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by strong emotions. Her approach is straightforward and attentive, aiming to help people gain clarity and take practical steps forward.

Rebecca works in a calm, non-judgemental way and adapts sessions to each person’s needs. She has experience supporting neurodivergent and disabled people, and has worked for several years at Cancer Support helping people affected by illness.

Her practice includes one-to-one work and couple sessions. Rebecca focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood swings, grief, relationship issues, and anger. She also offers support around ADHD, attachment and abandonment concerns, intimacy matters, and self-esteem.

Rebecca uses client-centred listening alongside mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. She can include trauma-focused work when it is needed, and she aims to build practical coping skills as well as understanding emotions.

Sessions are practical and paced to the person in front of her. People are encouraged to set clear goals and try small changes between sessions. Rebecca describes reaching out as the first step towards feeling more like oneself again.

How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online counselling

Rebecca uses client-centred listening alongside mindfulness and solution-focused methods. Client-centred work means the conversation is guided by what matters most to the person, with the counsellor reflecting and helping make sense of feelings. Mindfulness work teaches simple practices to notice thoughts and bodily reactions, which can help reduce stress and ease overwhelming emotions.

Solution-focused work concentrates on small, practical steps that move someone toward their goals. Sessions often focus on what is already working and what small changes could make life easier between meetings. These approaches suit concerns such as anxiety, stress, low mood, relationship difficulties and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be agreed together. The counsellor will check your needs, goals and preferences and adapt methods as therapy progresses. This is a collaborative process so plans can change if something does not feel helpful.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, cut travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to maintain regular sessions while managing health or caregiving demands.