Rebecca Garside, NCPS

Rebecca Garside, who sometimes goes by Beck, is a person-centred counsellor with NCPS accreditation - a professional counselling credential that indicates formal training and membership in a recognised body. With 13 years of practice, she has worked across the lifespan, supporting teenagers through to older adults as they navigate challenging life chapters.

Rebecca has extensive experience supporting people for whom everyday life can feel overwhelming, including those coping with grief, loss and profound emotional distress. She has long worked with people who have experience of the care system and with those exploring identity issues connected to birth families, adoption and foster care. As an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community, she is able to discuss coming out, sexual identity and gender identity in an open and affirming way.

Her practice also addresses family and relationship concerns, from blended family dynamics and parenting transitions such as empty nest experiences to the emotional impacts of later life changes. Rebecca offers a supportive, nonjudgmental space where people can explore their circumstances and work toward longer-term change, and she is open to seeing people from the UK and internationally.

Client-Centered Support Delivered Online

Client-Centered Therapy is Rebecca's primary approach. It emphasises empathy, active listening and respect for each person's experience, helping people feel heard and understood as they explore identity, relationships and life transitions. This way of working is especially helpful for those facing family changes, questions about sexual or gender identity, or the emotional impacts of adoption and foster care.

Rebecca adapts the same person-focused principles when working with couples and families, creating space for open communication and helping members express needs and boundaries. The approach aims to foster insight and self-directed change rather than prescribing solutions, making it suitable for a wide range of concerns including parenting shifts, blended family issues and coping with loss.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Rebecca works collaboratively with each person to identify what feels most helpful based on their needs, goals and preferences. Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, by phone, through live chat or by text messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from different locations.