Rita Da Silva

Rita Da Silva is a counsellor with 17 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem and depression. Rita offers a calm, respectful approach and aims to make people feel heard from the first session.

Her work focuses on listening and practical support. She helps people name what is worrying them, spot patterns that keep problems going, and try small changes that make daily life easier. Conversations are paced to suit each person, and Rita adapts her style to what feels most useful in the room.

Rita also gives time to issues that often sit under those main concerns. She supports people dealing with abandonment and attachment worries, body image and sexuality concerns, caregiver stress, and the strain of divorce or separation. Isolation and loneliness are listed among the areas she addresses, alongside panic, social anxiety and questions about life purpose.

She works in both English and Portuguese, which can help when someone prefers to use their first language. Rita draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide practical steps and to help people build tools they can use outside sessions. Her aim is to help clients feel more able to manage emotions, relationships and everyday demands.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the available times. Rita uses a subscription model for bookings that can be cancelled at any time.

How Rita uses evidence-based techniques online

Rita draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage strong emotions and difficult situations. One common approach she uses focuses on recognising and changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can reduce anxiety and low mood by encouraging small, manageable experiments in everyday life. Another approach emphasises understanding attachment and relationship patterns, helping people see how past connections shape current feelings and choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rita will discuss options with each person and try methods that suit their goals and preferences. She treats therapy as a collaboration where pacing, techniques and topics are agreed together as progress unfolds.

If you are considering online work, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time and keep continuity when circumstances change. It also allows people to choose a quieter moment for a shorter check-in or a longer conversation without needing to leave home. Registered or accredited professionals like Rita can tailor sessions so the work fits daily routines and personal commitments.