Rachael Bentovim-Gill

I have worked in education and mental health for over 25 years as a teacher and behaviour coach supporting children and their parents to find positive solutions to difficult behaviours. I am an expert in special educational needs and have worked at a specialist level to support children and young people to access resources and help they need to manage their mental health.

I have also worked as a coach and mentor managing teams at an executive level within schools. This culminated in leading my own department and supporting other schools to develop strategic plans and build resilience within their own departments. I went on to lead my own school successfully with strategic oversight for key developmental areas with a keen focus on children’s mental health.

I trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and hypnotherapist as this has been a life long dream of mine as I could see the benefits that therapy has for people. It has also brought greater strength to my continuing work in education and mental health. I work in private practice as a psychotherapist, an executive coach and specialist teacher.

I have always believed in a client centred approach so I offer a bespoke experience for my clients based on what they bring to therapy. Outside of a strong therapeutic relationship, I offer a range of modalities. I often find that a blend of approaches including CBT and mindfulness at the core has good results.

I have completed over 2,500 hours of supervised client work and have supported a range of clients specifically those who have complex trauma, Bipolar, Borderline personality disorder and other PD’s, OCD, childhood abuse, domestic violence survivors, PTSD. I have worked with clients in long term therapy work (26 weeks) and short term therapy work (3-6 weeks).

I am also experienced in online therapy work as this is my main therapeutic approach and I have worked for a similar online platform using the video, chat and messaging functions.