Rita Da Silva , BACP

Rita Da Silva is a counsellor with 17 years of experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem and depression. She works in a warm, respectful way and aims to create space where clients feel listened to and understood. Rita offers support in both English and Portuguese for people in the United Kingdom and beyond.

Rita tailors sessions to each person. She helps clients talk through painful feelings and find clearer ways to cope day to day. Practical tools are offered alongside time to reflect, so sessions combine short-term relief with longer term change.

Many people come for help with abandonment and attachment concerns, body image or issues around sexuality. She also supports those struggling with caregiver stress, relationship communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, and the guilt and shame that can follow major life events.

Rita has particular experience helping people with panic attacks, social anxiety and phobia, isolation and questions about life purpose and self-love. Her approach is collaborative and paced to what each person can manage at the time. She helps clients set small, realistic goals and work through setbacks with patience.

Sessions can be delivered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different routines. Rita uses her years of practice to guide people through difficult moments toward clearer thinking and steadier emotion.

Approaches and how online therapy supports progress

Rita works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding feelings and learning practical skills to manage them. One approach helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try alternative ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach focuses on working through strong emotions like grief, anger and shame by naming feelings, tracking triggers and practising self-compassion.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rita will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences, and will adapt methods as the work progresses. This is a collaborative process so clients have a say in what feels most useful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works well for short check-ins and messaging suits people who prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping continuity of care.