Rebecca Shore MBACP

How I work

Sessions aren’t hurried. You choose what we talk about, and I won’t push a topic you’re not ready for. Some days we stay with something difficult; other days we simply talk about whatever is there. Both are useful.

I work integratively — drawing on counselling and psychotherapy in a way that adapts to you, rather than following one fixed method. My practice is influenced by Transactional Analysis, attachment-informed thinking, and relational ways of working. Sometimes creative techniques help when words alone feel hard to reach. Sometimes a little psychoeducation makes a pattern clearer. There are also times when a gentle challenge helps us notice something that may no longer be serving you. None of this is used because it’s expected — only when it feels useful for the person sitting with me.

You don’t have to have everything worked out before you come. You don’t need a diagnosis, a perfectly defined problem, a list of goals, or to know exactly what you want to say. Plenty of people start with only a sense that something isn’t right. If the words come out unevenly, or take a while to find, that’s fine. Silence is fine too. Mostly, I’m listening: trying to understand your experience as you live it.

Experience

Alongside private practice, I’ve worked in SEMH education and within mental health and addiction services, supporting young people and adults through a wide range of difficulties — sometimes quietly, sometimes in the middle of complicated lives.

That work taught me to stay calm when things feel messy, and to meet people from different backgrounds without assuming I already know their story.