About Roda
Roda Ali offers support for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strains, low self-esteem and issues with addiction. She also helps people coping with grief, parenting pressures, career changes, anger and intimacy-related concerns. Roda is named up front to make it clear who a caller will meet.
She communicates plainly and directly so worried parents can read quickly and feel understood. Roda brings 11 years of practice working with people facing a wide range of difficulties.
How Roda works
Her background includes work around trauma related to domestic violence, refugee and trafficking experiences, panic attacks and major life transitions. She uses an integrative approach, drawing on different therapy styles to suit individual needs. In sessions she focuses on building trust and exploring patterns that keep people stuck.
Conversations look at how attachment and past experiences shape current relationships and reactions. Practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new ways of coping. Mindfulness skills and motivational interviewing techniques are available to help with motivation, self-care and making changes that last.
Roda aims to help people reconnect with their strengths, increase resilience and make choices that feel empowering. She works both short term and longer term depending on what someone needs. Roda offers appointments in English and Somali and accepts international clients.
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
Roda lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Roda works with
The areas below are the ones Roda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English, Somali |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional responses. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and work towards feeling safer and more connected in how they relate to others.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and giving a supportive, non-judgemental space. This approach helps people clarify their own goals and find solutions that feel right for them.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and the behaviours that follow. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change thinking patterns and improve mood and coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to the person’s needs, goals and preferences. Decisions about technique are made together so sessions match what someone wants to achieve.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow a fuller face-to-face style when that helps. Phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or a gentler option without video. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short updates, on-the-go check-ins or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These formats make sessions easier to fit around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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