Rita Sandhu, BACP
13 years in practice
Rita Sandhu uses a systemic approach to help people untangle patterns that keep them stuck.
License and registration
- BACP
- 169966 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Rita
Rita Sandhu uses a systemic approach to help people untangle patterns that keep them stuck. She combines that with person-centred listening and practical strategies so sessions feel both warm and useful. Rita is a BACP therapist - Registered Member MBACP (Accred) with 13 years of experience in counselling and therapy.
She works online with people across the United Kingdom and internationally and conducts sessions in English. Rita draws on methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice thoughts and take small, meaningful actions.
Background and approach
She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. In practice this means listening carefully, naming unhelpful patterns, and trying simple experiments between sessions. Her background includes many years in nursing and midwifery, which influences a calm, attentive manner and an emphasis on practical support.
That clinical experience informs how she approaches stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and chronic health concerns. It also shapes how she supports people dealing with addiction, compassion fatigue and caregiving challenges. Rita works with a wide range of concerns such as self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship difficulties, bipolar mood issues, ADHD and career transitions.
She also addresses specific topics like body image, blended family dynamics, adoption and abandonment, and alternative sexual cultures when relevant to an individual’s story. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist’s availability.
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
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Rita’s approaches work online
Rita often uses Systemic Therapy to map recurring patterns in relationships and daily life. This helps uncover how habits, roles and routines influence feelings and choices, and supports practical steps to change them.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking small actions that match what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early relationship experiences affect current reactions, helping people try different ways of relating and soothing themselves.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Rita will work with each person to identify goals and test what helps most. Together they choose methods that fit the client’s needs, comfort and preferences rather than sticking to one fixed model.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video contact lets visual cues guide the work, phone calls can be easier when less bandwidth is available, and messaging options suit brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and allow people to use the style of contact that feels most practical for them.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Rita help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and depression, along with issues such as addictions, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and career changes.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
The work is systemic and person-centred, using practical tools from ACT and CBT and attention to attachment patterns to spot and change repeating cycles.
What experience does she bring?
Rita has 13 years of therapy experience and over 26 years working as an NHS nurse and midwife, which informs a calm, practical style of support.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP (Accred) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live abroad or outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Rita?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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