Mrs Rachel Jones

About Rachel

We all make sense of ourselves through our relationships with partners, parents, families, friends, colleagues, and ourselves. These relationships shape how we see the world, how we communicate, and how we understand who we are. When relationships become difficult, or life feels overwhelming, therapy offers an opportunity to slow down, explore what is happening beneath the surface, and discover new ways of understanding ourselves and connecting with others. I work with young people, adults, couples, and families, providing a warm, thoughtful, and collaborative space where every voice is valued. Alongside the depth and reflection that therapy can bring, I believe there is also room for humour. Moments of laughter can help us feel more at ease, more connected, and remind us that even during difficult times, hope and change are possible.

With over 17 years' experience as a Systemic Psychotherapist and Registered Mental Health Nurse, I have extensive experience supporting children, young people, adults, couples, and families through a wide range of emotional, psychological, and relational challenges. My experience includes working with anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, low self-esteem, life transitions, relationship difficulties, and challenges relating to identity, connection, and sense of self. My practice is grounded in systemic thinking, recognising that our experiences are shaped by our relationships, personal histories, and wider social contexts. As well as my systemic background, I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), narrative therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and attachment-informed approaches. These approaches provide different ways of understanding experiences, emotions, relationships, and patterns of relating and responding, while allowing therapy to be tailored to each person's unique needs, strengths, and goals.

I work in a fluid and attuned way, recognising that each person and relationship requires something different from therapy. Some people benefit from slowing down to explore emotions, attachment needs, unconscious experiences, and the patterns that have developed to protect them. Others may find it more helpful to have a more direct and practical approach, focusing on understanding difficulties, identifying strategies, developing new skills, and finding different ways of responding to challenges. I aim to adapt my approach to each so that therapy feels meaningful and connected to everyday life.

Couples and Families: For couples and families, therapy is not about deciding who is right or wrong. Together, we explore the patterns that may be keeping people feeling stuck, helping each person feel heard, understood, and better able to express their needs. By developing greater insight into one another's experiences, couples and families can strengthen trust, repair connections, navigate conflict more effectively, and create healthier ways of relating.

Children and Young People: When working with children and young people, I recognise that they are both individuals and part of a wider family and social system. By working collaboratively with children, young people, parents, and carers, I support families to better understand each other's experiences, strengthen communication, and create environments where everyone can feel understood, heard and supported.

Parents and Carers: I also support parents and carers who may be seeking to better understand their child's experiences, strengthen their relationship, and develop approaches that support connection, communication, emotional regulation, and wellbeing. Parenting can bring many challenges, particularly when children experience the world differently, and therapy can provide a space to explore new perspectives and develop strategies that work for the whole family. I have significant experience working with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body dysmorphia across a range of ages and presentations. My work recognises the complex interaction between emotional wellbeing, relationships, identity, attachment, neurodiversity, and wider social and cultural influences. Together, we explore the function these difficulties may have come to serve, developing greater understanding of emotions, strengthening self-worth, and finding new ways of relating to food, body, and self. My approach is compassionate, curious, and non-judgemental, with a focus on supporting meaningful and sustainable change. Recovery is rarely about perfection; it is about developing greater flexibility, self-compassion, and trust in yourself.

My work is underpinned by a trauma-informed approach that recognises the importance of safety, pacing, and choice. I understand that experiences of trauma can influence how we relate to ourselves, others, and the world around us. Therapy begins with creating a secure and trusting relationship where you feel safe, heard, and understood. Where appropriate, therapy may involve making sense of difficult experiences, but this is always guided by safety, choice, and your readiness. Together, we work at a pace that feels right for you, using grounding, emotional regulation, and compassionate curiosity to build resilience, deepen understanding, and support meaningful and lasting change.

I have specialist expertise in neurodiversity and provide neuro-affirming support for autistic and ADHD children, young people, adults, couples, and families. I recognise that many neurodivergent people have spent years adapting to environments that may not have fully understood or supported their needs. Therapy can provide a space to explore identity, strengths, challenges, masking, communication differences, emotional wellbeing, and ways of creating a life that feels more authentic and sustainable. Together, we move away from ideas of fixing and create space that allows for curiosity, understanding, self-acceptance and self-care.

Therapy should provide a space that feels safe enough to be vulnerable and supportive enough to embrace meaningful change. I believe lasting change happens when people feel genuinely understood and accepted, while also being gently encouraged to explore new perspectives and challenge patterns that no longer serve them. My role is to be alongside you with warmth, curiosity, authenticity, and humour, supporting you to develop a deeper understanding of yourself and your relationships. My hope is that therapy becomes a place where you can make sense of your experiences, strengthen your relationships, and develop new ways of responding to life's challenges with greater confidence, compassion, and authenticity.

Session setting options

• Face to face
• Phone
• Clinic
• Online

What I can help with

• Individual
• Groups
• Adult families
• Depression
• Bereavement
• Alcohol and substance misuse
• Care leavers
• Living with neurodiversity
• Sexual issues
• Suicide
• Families
• Couples
• Families with teenagers
• Couples therapy
• Anxiety
• Eating difficulties and disorders
• Gambling
• Trauma and abuse