Boutaina Rahal, BACP
Boutaina Rahal is a UK-based counsellor with 20 years of national and international experience.
About Boutaina
Boutaina Rahal is a UK-based counsellor with 20 years of national and international experience. She speaks English and Arabic and draws on a broad range of therapeutic ideas to help people facing low mood, anxiety and life changes. Her approach is conversational and practical, aimed at helping someone feel steadier day to day.
Boutaina uses person-centred work to make space for each person's story. She listens for strengths and helps people notice what already helps them cope.
Background and approach
This often leads to clear, small steps that fit into busy lives. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and test different ways of responding. Those tools are presented in plain language and practised between sessions when useful.
Emotion-focused ideas are included too, helping people name feelings and repair important connections in relationships. Her background includes work with adults recovering from trauma, stress and abuse, and with people managing depression, self-esteem and identity concerns. Boutaina has worked across cultures and understands how cultural background can shape expectations and relationships.
Clients can expect a collaborative style. Boutaina invites people to set goals and try approaches that suit their pace. She emphasises practical change alongside understanding, so sessions mix talking, reflection and simple exercises that build coping skills.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 404637 | March 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 Boutaina works with
Everything Boutaina lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Boutaina lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Boutaina treats this as a joint process and will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Techniques can be combined and adapted as needs change, so therapy evolves with the person's progress.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make attending more flexible. Video is good for longer conversations and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, and messaging is useful for brief updates or ongoing support between calls. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does this counsellor help with?
Boutaina supports people with stress, anxiety and depression as well as trauma and abuse. She also works with issues like self-esteem, relationship or identity concerns and caregiving stress.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centred with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural work and emotion-focused approaches. Sessions combine listening, reflection and exercises to build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
Boutaina has 20 years of national and international experience supporting adults through trauma, depression and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Arabic.
What session formats are offered?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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