Rita Sandhu, BACP
Rita Sandhu is a counsellor with 13 years' experience offering practical, down-to-earth support.
About Rita
Rita Sandhu is a counsellor with 13 years' experience offering practical, down-to-earth support. She uses a mix of approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety and depression. Rita frames sessions around what each person needs in the moment and keeps language straightforward and clear.
Rita brings professional experience from a long nursing career in the United Kingdom into her therapeutic work. That background means she is used to holding difficult conversations and attending to emotional and physical concerns at the same time.
Background and approach
She is a BACP member, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. In sessions she often draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to focus on values and manageable action. Attachment-based thinking guides her where relationship patterns matter.
She adapts techniques to the issue and the person rather than using a rigid template. Rita helps people with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, anger, addictions and relationship difficulties. She also supports people coping with life changes, parenting stress, sleep or eating problems, and workplace strain.
Her practice includes support for LGBT concerns and for those navigating neurodiversity and disability-related issues. Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, and international clients are accepted. The therapy subscription can be cancelled at any time and fees vary with location and therapist availability.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions once a match is made.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 169966 | November 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Rita works with
Everything Rita lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- 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 counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rita lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour 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
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
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rita will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose or mix methods together. This collaborative process helps make therapy relevant to everyday life and keeps sessions practical and goal-focused.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions are good for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of support.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems can Rita help with?
She works with stress, anxiety and depression and also supports people facing trauma, grief, anger and addictions. Additional areas include relationship strain, parenting stress and work-related concerns.
What is Rita's therapeutic style like?
Rita uses a blended, practical approach. Sessions focus on noticing thoughts and patterns, clarifying values, and building manageable habits for change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of experience as a therapist and over 26 years of professional experience working in nursing roles in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are associated with this counsellor?
She is a BACP Therapist and a registered member MBACP (Accred). Her practice is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
How are sessions delivered online?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does the subscription and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the matched therapist's availability.
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