Ilona Rakauskaite, BACP

Ilona Rakauskaite helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or big life changes. She speaks English and Lithuanian and brings a calm, straightforward manner to sessions. Ilona is a BACP counsellor with seven years of practice in the United Kingdom.

She encourages clients to use their own strengths when facing problems. Sessions aim to make small, manageable changes rather than sweeping promises. Ilona listens closely and works at the client’s pace to build practical ways forward.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, addiction, low self-esteem and career difficulties. She also focuses on issues such as attachment, abandonment, codependency and communication problems. People bring worries about trauma, anger, family problems and compassion fatigue.

Ilona uses a few core approaches that suit many everyday difficulties. Client-centred methods create space for people to tell their story and to be heard. Attachment-based ideas help examine patterns that repeat in relationships. Mindfulness and hypnotherapy offer ways to reduce stress and improve focus during hard moments.

Sessions are practical and conversational. The aim is to help people notice what is working, try new strategies and build confidence. Ilona supports each person to set realistic goals and to check progress as therapy continues.

How Ilona’s approaches work online

Ilona uses client-centred work to create a respectful space where people can tell their story and set goals. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own answers, which suits discussions about life changes, relationships and self-esteem.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns that repeat in relationships. That can help when someone wants to understand fears of abandonment, commitment challenges or communication problems. Mindfulness techniques are used to teach simple practices for calming the body and reducing worry in day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods together and adapt them over time. This collaborative process helps decide whether attachment work, mindfulness, hypnotherapy or other methods best fit the issue.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or shorter reflections. These options let people fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.