Rita Sandhu
Integrative therapist focused on practical change
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About Rita
Rita Sandhu works from an integrative approach that draws on a range of well known therapies. She is a BACP registered member and brings 13 years of therapy experience to her work. Rita writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Rita blends methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches. She adapts sessions to what an individual needs and aims to make therapy clear and manageable.
Background and approach
Sessions cover everyday struggles as well as longer standing patterns. People come to Rita for help with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She also supports those facing grief, addiction concerns, relationship difficulties and parenting strain.
Other areas she works with include sleeping and eating issues, self-esteem, career worries and coping with life changes. Rita has additional experience with adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
She also has experience supporting people with body image, BDSM and kink related concerns, and complex presentations such as co-morbidity and personality issues. Her nursing and midwifery background informs her therapeutic manner and attention to practical needs. Therapy aims to be collaborative - helping people notice what matters, build skills, and try small changes between sessions.
To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 13
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 169966
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Rita's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
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
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How Rita works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together you decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as you go so it fits your needs.
The biography did not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people work with a registered or accredited professional who may be based elsewhere in the UK or internationally. Practical benefits include being able to schedule around work or caregiving and choosing a session length that suits daily life.
Questions and answers
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief along with relationship, parenting and career worries. Other areas include addictions, sleeping and eating problems, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is integrative and practical, using methods such as ACT, CBT and attachment-based ideas to suit each person. Sessions focus on clear steps and skills you can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of experience working as a therapist and also draws on a longer professional background in nursing and midwifery. That combination shapes her practical, caring approach.
What are her professional credentials and location?
She is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP (Accred) and works from the United Kingdom. The credential is presented as supplied.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not specify session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. The matching process will show how sessions are arranged.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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