Rebecca Garside, NCPS

Rebecca Garside is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, family conflict and changes in life stage. She works with LGBT concerns and supports those coping with adoption, foster care and issues around birth family identity. Rebecca draws on 13 years of experience to guide conversations so people feel heard and better able to make decisions.

Her approach is person-centred, which means sessions focus on the person rather than a checklist of symptoms. She listens without judgement and helps people find their own solutions. That approach suits people dealing with grief, loss, emptiness and the complex feelings that follow separation or divorce.

Rebecca has worked with people who spent time in care and with parents adapting to later life changes, including the emotional shifts some experience when children leave home. She is an ally of the LGBT community and can support discussions about coming out and exploring sexual or gender identity.

In sessions she aims for straightforward, practical conversations. Topics can include communication problems, commitment worries, body image, addiction concerns, and family of origin issues. She uses a gentle, patient manner to help people talk through difficult memories and current challenges.

Before booking, clients can consider whether a person-centred style fits their needs. Rebecca is based in the United Kingdom and works with international clients, and she invites prospective clients to start with a short matching questionnaire to arrange the next steps.

How person-centred care translates to online therapy

Rebecca's practice is rooted in person-centred counselling, which focuses on being listened to and understood. This approach helps people who are navigating identity questions, family and parenting challenges, grief, and major life changes by giving them time and space to find their own next steps.

Person-centred work concentrates on the client's experience in the room and on building a trusting working relationship. That means the therapist reflects what you say, offers gentle prompts, and supports you to make choices that feel right for your life. This style is helpful when you need to talk through feelings about adoption, foster care, coming out, separation or later-life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rebecca will work collaboratively to see whether a person-centred way meets your needs and may adapt how sessions run to match your goals and preferences. She aims to agree on practical steps together rather than impose a one-size-fits-all method.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm which session formats are available before booking. Online work can make therapy fit more easily into daily life, for example by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins, or making it simpler to fit a session around work or childcare. Discussing practical arrangements during the matching process helps ensure sessions work for you.