Rita Sandhu , BACP

Rita Sandhu draws on 13 years of therapeutic experience to support people facing a wide range of challenges. She is a BACP therapist and works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and anger. Rita also provides help for relationship concerns, self-esteem, parenting strain and issues related to identity including LGBT matters.

Her approach blends practical talking work with skills people can use day to day. Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps such as spotting unhelpful thoughts, learning grounding techniques and practising new ways of relating to difficult feelings. The aim is to make coping feel less overwhelming and more doable.

Rita’s background includes long clinical experience in the UK health system as a nurse. That experience shapes how she listens and responds - with calmness, structure and attention to safety. She brings that same steady presence to conversations about bereavement, chronic illness, caregiver stress and addiction concerns.

She works with people dealing with life transitions, career pressures, compassion fatigue and neurodiverse issues such as ADHD and autism spectrum concerns. Rita also supports those navigating body image, eating and sexual expression topics including BDSM and kink in a non-judgemental way.

Sessions are available in English and can be arranged for people living outside the UK. Rita describes taking the first step as important and aims to make the early sessions straightforward and hopeful so people can decide what comes next.

How Rita’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating. It can help with trust, relationship concerns and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rita will listen to your concerns and goals and suggest which methods to try together. That choice is collaborative and may change as progress is made or new priorities emerge.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can pick what fits their routine. Video is good for a full conversation and visual connection. Phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break at work. Messaging and live chat suit brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make therapy more flexible for different schedules and needs.