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Rita Sandhu, BACP

Based in the UK Online sessions

Compassionate practical counselling for life changes

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About

About Rita

Rita Sandhu is a counsellor with 13 years of experience who blends person-centred methods with structured approaches to help people facing difficult life moments. She presents therapy in clear, direct language and aims to make the first steps feel manageable. Rita holds BACP registration as a registered member (MBACP Accred).

Rita draws on a range of approaches such as cognitive behavioural tools and attachment-focused work to match what each person needs.

Background and approach

Sessions tend to focus on practical ways to reduce distress, manage strong emotions and build routines that support daily life. She also uses acceptance-based ideas to help people live with difficult feelings without being overwhelmed by them. Her background includes long experience working in health settings, which shapes a calm and grounded style.

That experience informs how she talks about physical health, long-term conditions and caregiving stress alongside emotional concerns. Rita uses everyday language and small, practical steps rather than jargon. People come for help with anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, relationship and LGBT concerns, sleep and eating issues, and challenges such as ADHD, addiction and chronic health problems.

She also supports those managing career strain, parenting pressures and compassion fatigue. Work is collaborative and paced to each person. Sessions explore what matters most, identify small changes, and practise useful skills between meetings.

To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

Focus areas and approaches

What Rita works with

Everything Rita lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Rita is listed here; the rest shows what else Rita works with.

Approaches Rita lists

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

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Rita uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practise different behaviours. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression and habits like sleep or eating problems.

She also works with attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. This approach can help with relationship worries, abandonment concerns and managing strong emotional responses.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Rita will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into work and family schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt CBT and acceptance-based exercises to work well in remote sessions, including setting practical tasks and developing everyday routines.
Questions

Questions people ask about Rita

What concerns does Rita focus on?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief alongside relationship and LGBT concerns. Other areas include sleep and eating issues, addiction, ADHD and coping with long-term health problems.

What is Rita's therapeutic style like?

Rita combines client-centred listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioural and acceptance-based approaches. Sessions are practical and aim to leave people with tools they can use between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She has worked in therapy for 13 years and brings additional professional experience from many years in nursing and midwifery.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a BACP Therapist and is listed as a registered member MBACP (Accred). She practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and Rita accepts international clients.

What formats are available for sessions?

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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