Rebecca Rust-Ashford, BACP
Rebecca Rust-Ashford is a counsellor with a clear focus on trauma, anxiety and depression.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
- +3 more
About Rebecca
Rebecca Rust-Ashford is a counsellor with a clear focus on trauma, anxiety and depression. She holds BACP registration and brings three years' practical experience to her sessions. Rebecca aims to create a calm space where people can speak without rush and be listened to closely.
Her style is grounded and straightforward. She uses client-centred ways of working to follow what matters most to each person. She also draws on trauma-focused methods and EMDR where these fit a person's history and goals.
Background and approach
Rebecca helps people untangle stress, low mood and worries about relationships. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and feelings tied to abandonment or attachment. Her practice covers many related concerns such as chronic illness, body image and caregiver strain.
Sessions usually start by looking at what a person hopes to change and what has worked for them before. Rebecca adapts pace and techniques to suit different needs, choosing conversation, practical coping skills or trauma work as appropriate. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging for flexibility.
People in the United Kingdom can complete a short questionnaire to match with her and then arrange sessions that suit their schedule.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 403539 | August 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Rebecca works with
Everything Rebecca lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rebecca lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of traumatic events and ongoing abuse. This way of working focuses on understanding the impact of trauma and developing skills to manage distress and intrusive memories.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used when appropriate to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. EMDR involves guided methods to revisit memories while calmly attending to sensations and thoughts, and can be offered as part of trauma work.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss options, consider a person’s history and goals, and agree a plan together. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different routines. Video calls suit deeper conversational work, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can offer quicker check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make therapy more accessible across the United Kingdom and allow people to fit sessions around work, family or health needs.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Rebecca works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also addresses related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, chronic illness, body image and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centred and empathic, focused on listening and following what matters to each person. She combines conversational work with trauma-focused methods when appropriate.
What experience does she bring?
She has three years of practical experience working with people on trauma, anxiety and mood-related concerns.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration as provided in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; work is with people in the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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