Rachel Kaye

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

Hi, I’m Rachel (she/her), a counsellor and online therapist based in Shipley. I mainly work with LGBTQ+ clients and those who feel like their identity and experiences might mean other therapists don’t get them.

Working with me can help you

Understand your experiences of anxiety and learn to manage it so it doesn’t stop you living
Improve your relationships, set boundaries, make decisions and stand up for yourself and what you need
Overcome your challenges and past trauma so you feel less overwhelmed and can live a more fulfilling life.

We might be a good fit if:

You value a compassionate approach, which can also be gently challenging
You want a down-to-earth therapist, who will be real with you, answer questions and not leave long, awkward silences
You don’t want to spend your session time educating your therapist about your queer identity.
You are ready to try something new and are aware that therapy can take work and time.

Sexual identity:

Queer

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: Unsure

Personal pronouns: She/Her

Qualifications - Links to websites:

Postgraduate Diploma - Counselling and Psychotherapy (Leeds Beckett University)

BACP member - 388130

Qualifications - Additional:

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Experience and approach:

I create a welcoming space to explore your experiences with you and use my knowledge of attachment, how trauma impacts our nervous system and insights and hope from my lived experience, to help you find what might help you feel better. I strive to make my practice as anti-oppressive as possible, providing therapy that is queer affirmative, trauma informed and neuro-affirming. My approach comes from the perspective of being more interested in what happened to you than what’s ‘wrong’ with you.

Together, we will explore patterns in your relationships, how your past might be affecting your present and what to do about it. Working relationally means I’ll be keeping an eye on how your patterns might play out in the therapy room and looking out for opportunities for us to practice doing things differently, so you can grow the confidence to make the changes you want in the real world.

My counselling draws from a range of therapy models, include Relational Psychotherapy, Attachment-informed, Compassion and polyvagal/somatic (body-focused) approaches.

I am committed to examining my own areas of privilege and am educating myself as I strive to make my practice as anti-oppressive as possible – including undertaking training on the impact of racism, neurodiversity, class and disability.

Alongside my work in private practice, I currently work with Yorkshire MESMAC, one of the oldest and largest sexual health organisations in the country.

I understake regular training and CPD to keep my skills and knowledge up-to-date, with a focus on self-compassion, embodied mindfulness approaches and working with LGBTQ+/GSRD clients.

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