About Rita
Rita Lally works from a person-centred way of doing therapy. She focuses on helping people feel heard and understood while they tackle anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties. Rita also supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and major life changes.
Rita uses gentle listening and straightforward conversation to help people understand what matters to them. She draws on approaches such as client-centred work, mindfulness, psychodynamic thinking, existential questions and Internal Family Systems to shape sessions.
How Rita works
That means she will pay attention to how past experiences, inner parts, and present choices are connected to your difficulties. Sessions aim to be practical and reflective. Rita helps people notice patterns, try different responses, and build small changes that add up.
She also helps with workplace strain and compassion fatigue, and supports people dealing with family problems, separation, and issues like attachment or codependency. Rita has nine years of experience and is a BACP member. She offers therapy in English from the United Kingdom and can work with people internationally.
Sessions can take the form of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the person's needs. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire so Rita can understand their main concerns. Appointments are then scheduled to suit both the person and the counsellor's availability, with ongoing reviews as therapy continues.
Rita lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Rita works with
The areas below are the ones Rita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online work and support
Rita uses a client-centred approach that prioritises listening and building a trusting relationship. This way of working is helpful for people who need a calm space to talk through anxiety, stress, relationship strain or low self-esteem.She also uses mindfulness therapy to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed. Mindfulness exercises can be used to reduce stress and to practise new ways of responding in everyday situations.
Rita draws on Internal Family Systems to explore the different parts of a person that might hold fear, anger or protective behaviours. That approach can be useful when someone wants to understand recurring patterns, such as codependency, attachment worries or core feelings of emptiness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rita collaborates with each person to agree what feels most helpful based on their goals and preferences. She will adapt methods over time as needs change so that the work remains relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows visual connection and richer conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel.
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