About Rita
Rita Lally is a counsellor who uses a person-focused approach to help adults through difficult moments. She offers steady, attentive support for worries such as anxiety, stress, depression and relationship strain. Rita works with people who feel overwhelmed by life changes, grief, trauma, addictions or low self-esteem.
With nine years of experience, Rita draws on several therapy styles to match the work to the individual. She listens closely and asks practical questions to clarify what matters most.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make everyday coping easier and to reduce unhelpful patterns that keep problems stuck. Rita pays attention to how past relationships shape present feelings. She explores attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency and communication difficulties that affect close connections.
She also helps people facing caregiver stress, blended family tensions, separation or the emptiness that can follow major losses. Mindfulness and client-centred methods are often used to slow down strong emotions and build self-compassion. Psychodynamic ideas and Internal Family Systems language may be introduced to map internal parts and recurring patterns.
The therapist adapts these approaches to each person’s pace and priorities. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online through video, phone, chat or messaging. Practical steps are discussed from the first meeting, with an emphasis on small, achievable changes that fit daily life.
How Rita’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Rita commonly blends client-centred work with mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says, helping them find their own solutions to anxiety, relationship strain or low self-esteem. Mindfulness therapy teaches practical ways to notice and tolerate strong feelings, which can help when stress or panic arise. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past relationships and patterns influence current reactions, useful for recurring problems like attachment issues and codependency.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Rita will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and will try different ways of working to see what fits. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made as progress and needs become clearer.
Online sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can fit into busy days or provide brief ongoing contact between meetings. These options offer flexibility for different lifestyles and help people keep therapy consistent around work, caring duties or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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