About Rita
Rita Sandhu is a counsellor who blends practical talking therapy with compassionate support. She brings 13 years of therapeutic practice and a background in nursing to her work. Rita holds BACP registration as MBACP (Accred).
Rita takes a straightforward approach in sessions. She listens first, then helps people spot patterns that keep problems going. She uses exercises and simple tools to manage stress, anxiety, panic, sleep problems and phobias.
Sessions are plainspoken and focused on what helps day to day.
Background and approach
Her work also covers trauma, grief, depression, anger and addiction. Rita supports people dealing with relationship strains, parenting pressures, career stress and life transitions. She can help with attention difficulties, self-esteem and coping after illness or bereavement.
Rita draws on several clinical approaches to suit each person. That includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based work and client-centred ways of talking. She matches methods to the concern and the person’s preferences.
Rita practised as an NHS nurse and midwife for many years and brings those professional habits into therapy. She aims to make sessions calm and practical. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step helps match people to her work and the right format for sessions.
Practical approaches for online therapy and phobia work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and fears that limit daily life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying worrying thoughts and testing them with small behavioural steps to reduce avoidance and build confidence. That approach is commonly used for phobias and panic. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current reactions and can help when fears and trust issues affect relationships.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Rita talks through goals and preferences with each person and adapts methods as work progresses. The focus stays on what the individual finds most helpful, and plans are adjusted based on feedback and results.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for exercises and face-to-face style conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection and those who want flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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