Rita Sandhu, BACP

Rita Sandhu uses an integrative, person-centred approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief and major life changes. She blends several methods so sessions stay practical and focused on what matters to the individual. Rita’s style aims to be warm and down-to-earth, making it easier to talk about difficult topics.

She draws on 13 years of experience as an integrative therapist alongside a long nursing career. That background informs how she supports people through trauma, chronic illness, caregiving stress and bereavement. Rita also works with concerns such as depression, anger, addictions, self-esteem and sleeping problems.

Her practice includes work around relationships, parenting and career pressures, and she offers support for people exploring identity and LGBT issues. Additional focus areas listed include ADHD, attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care, body image, and chronic pain or illness. Rita describes herself as a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP (Accred).

Sessions aim to help people learn practical skills and new ways of coping. Techniques may include elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches adapted to the person’s needs. The emphasis is on collaboration and small, manageable steps.

Rita offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. The service uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How Rita’s approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and new behaviours to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people develop safer, more helpful ways of relating when past hurts affect the present.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Rita will aim to understand what the person wants to change, their daily life constraints and any past experiences that matter. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made, so the process feels collaborative rather than fixed.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and let people meet from different locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins or telephone-only sessions when that better suits someone’s day. Many registered or accredited professionals use these practical benefits to help therapy fit into everyday life.