Ilona Rakauskaite, BACP

Ilona Rakauskaite offers practical, down-to-earth counselling for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life change. She writes simply and listens closely, helping clients sort priorities and build small steps toward feeling steadier. Sessions aim to strengthen confidence and motivation so day-to-day life becomes more manageable.

Ilona works from a person-centred viewpoint that treats the client as the expert on their own life. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current patterns. Hypnotherapy and mindfulness tools are also part of her approach when they suit a person’s goals.

Her background includes seven years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Ilona has supported people through grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, compassion fatigue and relationship and family difficulties. She also assists with career worries and struggles with self-esteem and motivation.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Expect clear, collaborative plans and ways to try things between meetings. Techniques may include guided relaxation, brief motivational conversations and noticing unhelpful thinking patterns to change how you react.

Ilona works in English and Lithuanian and accepts international clients. If you want a calm, steady counsellor who focuses on what you can do next, she can help you explore options and decide the next steps.

Using attachment, mindfulness and hypnotherapy online

Ilona often brings attachment-based ideas into online work to help people notice patterns that come from earlier relationships and how those patterns affect current feelings and choices. This approach can be useful for anxiety, relationship struggles and issues linked to abandonment.

She also uses mindfulness therapy to help people learn simple ways to reduce rumination and manage stress. Mindfulness involves short exercises in attention and breathing that quieten overwhelming thoughts and improve focus. Hypnotherapy is used as a gentle, focused method to support motivation, confidence and habit change when a client is interested.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ilona will work collaboratively to choose techniques that match a person's needs, goals and preferences. She aims to explain options clearly and try different things together to see what helps.

Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy lives, reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins when needed. Different approaches suit different practical situations, and Ilona will discuss how to shape sessions so they fit into everyday routines.