My name is Rebecca Fielder. I'm a qualified therapeutic counsellor and psychotherapist in training, working from the heart of the Gloucestershire countryside near Stroud.
I came to this work because I have seen — up close, and in some of the most difficult moments people carry — what genuine change looks like. Not the tidied-up version. The real thing: the slow, unglamorous, profound shift that happens when someone finally feels safe enough to be honest about their experience. Witnessing that has been one of the greatest privileges of my life, and it is what gets me out of bed every day.
My therapeutic training is rooted in the person-centred tradition — the belief that each person is the expert on their own life, and that the right conditions for healing are warmth, honesty, and being genuinely heard without judgement. I draw on a range of other modalities alongside this, integrating somatic, creative, and relational approaches as each individual client needs. I am currently completing my MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice, which keeps my work anchored in both rigorous academic thinking and deep clinical reflection.
I hold dual professional registration — as a registered member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and as a professionally accredited member of AAHEP (the Association for Animals, Horticultural and Equine Practitioners), the only body in the UK with Professional Standards Authority accreditation for equine and animal assisted therapy. I hold a current DBS certificate and Level 3 training in Child Protection.
When you come to work with me, you will not be given a template or a formula. You will be met with curiosity, patience, and a genuine commitment to understanding what your experience actually is — not what it should look like, or what would be convenient to work with.
I offer two distinct ways of working — and the combination of both is something genuinely rare in this area.
Individual Talking Therapy takes place in a calm, private therapy room set within the English countryside near Stroud. Sessions are open-ended and led by you: we work at your pace, for as long as is useful to you. I also offer online sessions, which many clients find equally effective and significantly more accessible around busy lives or limited mobility.
Equine Assisted Therapy is something I am one of very few practitioners in Gloucestershire qualified and registered to offer at professional standards level. Sessions take place outdoors with my resident herd of horses, working entirely on the ground — there is no riding, and no prior experience of horses is needed or expected.
Horses are not props in these sessions. They are extraordinarily attuned beings who respond instinctively and honestly to the emotional state of those around them, without agenda, social performance, or judgement. That attunement is precisely what makes them such powerful therapeutic partners. Working alongside them helps to regulate the nervous system — bringing the body into a state where the kind of deep emotional processing that talking therapy aims for becomes far more accessible. For many clients, particularly those who carry trauma in the body, the horses offer a route into your inner world that the therapy room simply cannot replicate.
All sessions are fully confidential and held within the BACP Ethical Framework. I receive regular clinical supervision to ensure my practice remains safe, reflective, and of the highest standard. Concessionary rates are available for students and those on lower incomes — please do ask, as I am committed to this work being as accessible as possible.
People come to me for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes they arrive with a clear name for what they're carrying; often they simply know something isn't right, or that they've been managing rather than living for a long time. You don't need to have the language for it yet.
Some of the areas I work with most frequently include:
Anxiety and overwhelm — the constant low hum of dread, the intrusive thoughts, the exhaustion of a nervous system that won't switch off.
Depression and low mood — feeling flat, disconnected, unmotivated, or like a diminished version of yourself without knowing quite how you got there.
Trauma and PTSD — including childhood abuse, neglect, and adverse early experiences, as well as the way unresolved past experiences show up in present-day relationships and functioning.
Grief and loss — bereavement, but also the quieter, less socially acknowledged losses: the relationship that ended, the version of yourself you've had to let go of, the life that didn't happen.
Life transitions — divorce, redundancy, retirement, becoming a parent, relocating — those moments when who you were no longer fits who you are becoming, and the space in between can feel frightening.
Relationship difficulties — repeating patterns, communication that keeps breaking down, feeling unseen or misunderstood by those closest to you.
Self-esteem and identity — a persistent sense of not being enough, not knowing what you want, feeling disconnected from your own sense of self.
Work stress and burnout — particularly for those in caring professions, NHS and healthcare workers, and anyone carrying the weight of other people's needs alongside their own.
If what you're experiencing doesn't appear on this list, please still reach out. If I am not the right person to help, I will do everything I can to point you towards someone who is.
