Individual, relationship & couples therapy.
I'm Rachel Allen, founder of Rallentando Therapy.
I began Rallentando Therapy in 2022. When the opportunity came in 2024 to work from a building in New Abbey, I felt its calmness, quietness and tranquility fitted well with what I offer in my therapy. Often following trauma or tough times, people feel frazzled and unable to rest, connect with themselves or really enjoy life.
Spacious Listening to Promote Recovery and Growth is what I seek to offer at Rallentando Therapy.
Much of my work is in supporting people to process the emotions that impact them from past events, grieve any losses and regulate their nervous system differently (often slowing down, easing up) to enable more connection, curiosity and creativity for the future. I believe that no matter what happens to us in life, we can grow from it, and have immense resources within to support our growth.
As Carl Jung wrote, "I am not what has happened to me, I am what I choose to become".
Through a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship, people can access these resources, build on them and feel the difference in their life and sense of self. It's amazing the difference that can be made by being listened to and really learning to listen to yourself with compassion. I can use mindfulness, creativity, and a little neuroscience in our therapeutic work if these are of interest to you.
Sometimes people will come for short term counselling for a specific issue, and other times for longer term psychotherapy exploring things in greater depth: the root of the difficulty as well as rebuilding from it. I'm very comfortable with either approach, and my therapeutic style has been described as warm, empathic, creative and lifechanging.
I'm happy to work with anyone on anything (unless additional specialist training is ethically needed in the area you're bringing, in which case I'd help you find someone else).
Sessions are £60 for an hour.
I offer a free introductory chat (usually about 15 minutes) for anyone who may be interested in exploring therapy with me, and where I can, two reduced price spaces for up to 10 sessions. There is often a waiting list for these.
I work with an employee assistance programme and with a number of local businesses offering 8 sessions to their employees, as well as with individuals, couples and groups in private practice. I value continual professional development and am currently reading on addiction , OCD, trauma and the body, attachment and Internal Family Systems.
Relationship, Family and Couples Therapy
Relationships can be our biggest source of joy and also of destructive misery. They can shape our sense of ourselves for better or worse. For this reason, I have undertaken additional training in relationship counselling (PGDip in Systemic Family Therapy, and more recently a certificate in Couples and Relationship Counselling (completed Aug 2025). I have worked with people in a variety of relationship patterns, sexualities and genders and am commoitted to inclusive and non-discrimatory practice.
Again, I offer a short free introductory chat for couples/families and as sessions are longer (typically 1.5 hours to allow everyone to be heard and to really hear each other) they are £75. Shorter sessions of an hour are possible if needed, at £50
My career pre-therapy training spanned a variety of roles, including over 10 years in non-medical roles (including management and training delivery) in mental health, acute and palliative NHS settings. I very much enjoy my therapy practice and beyond it, enjoy art, music, swimming, yoga and 5 rythms when I can, walking locally, travel and most important of all, being with the people closest to me.
Feel free to get in touch on
Rachel.rallentandotherapy@gmail.com
or 07826 687188
I'm accredited by BACP (which is an additional level of quality assurance, demonstrating competent, safe and ethical practice) and registered with COSCA. I'm on the Professional Standards Authority Register. I have PVG clearance. More details on my therapy website: www.rallentandotherapy.co.uk
