Rita Sandhu, BACP
13 years in practice
Rita Sandhu is a counsellor who draws on existential ideas to help people face life’s big questions.
License and registration
- BACP
- 169966 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
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About Rita
Rita Sandhu is a counsellor who draws on existential ideas to help people face life’s big questions. She combines that perspective with practical methods to address stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and relationship concerns. Rita holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, MBACP (Accred).
Rita brings 13 years of therapeutic experience to her work and more than two decades of nursing experience. That background informs a calm, steady approach when people are dealing with hard or sensitive issues.
Background and approach
She keeps language simple and meets people where they are in the moment. Her practice uses a mix of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques. Sessions are focused on what the person wants to change and on small, practical steps to get there.
Conversations aim to clarify values, build coping strategies and reduce overwhelming feelings. Rita has supported people with depression, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD, bipolar concerns and compassion fatigue. She also helps with parenting strain, career stress, body image and long-term health challenges.
The work can include talking through past loss, coping with life changes or learning to manage strong emotions. Sessions are offered in English and Rita accepts international clients. She uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their life.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are arranged from there.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rita lists on their public professional profile, 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 counseling
- 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 names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility. It helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed or unsure about life direction by opening up questions about values and what matters. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to actions that match personal values; it is useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns; it can help people understand and change repeating relational behaviours.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as the client learns what works best for them.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical next steps.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this counsellor address?
Rita works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and depression. She also helps with addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, parenting strain, relationship worries and career stress.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Her style blends an existential outlook with practical therapies such as ACT, CBT and attachment-informed work. Sessions focus on values, coping skills and steps people can try between meetings.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has 13 years of experience as a therapist and over 26 years working as an NHS nurse. Both roles shape a steady, practical approach to sensitive issues.
What credentials and region are listed?
Rita is a BACP Therapist and is listed as MBACP (Accred). She practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and services use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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