Rita Sandhu, BACP

Rita Sandhu is a BACP registered counsellor with 13 years' experience working as an integrative therapist. She brings a calm, practical manner to sessions and encourages small, manageable steps. Rita aims to help people reduce distress and build skills to cope with difficult feelings. Rita combines ideas from several approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioural methods to spot unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also uses attachment-informed ways of looking at relationships and emotional responses. Her background includes more than two decades of experience as an NHS nurse and midwife. Those years shaped how she responds to people who are anxious, grieving, or dealing with trauma and long-term health issues. Rita says she uses that practical perspective to keep therapy grounded and realistic. People contact her about stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, sleep problems and life changes. She also works with concerns such as parenting strain, body image, ADHD, identity issues, and relationship worries. Jealousy is listed among her areas of focus and may be discussed as part of relationship or self-esteem work. Rita works with adults and with children according to the biography. She asks for patience when taking the first step, and she supports each person at their own pace.

How Rita's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting pulled by them and encourages action that matches personal values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, low mood and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behaviour and testing small experiments to shift those patterns. This approach often helps with anxiety, sleep problems and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions, helping people understand patterns in close relationships and work towards safer emotional responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Rita will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit the person’s goals and preferences. She often blends techniques, checking in as needs change and adapting the plan based on what is helpful.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm format options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use visual or audio tools for practical exercises and homework tasks. Registered or accredited professionals can work this way to keep therapy focused on everyday life and coping skills.