Rupinder Sagoo, BACP

Rupinder Sagoo is a counsellor with 25 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety and life change. She holds BACP accreditation, and she blends talking therapy with attention to everyday factors like sleep and routine. Rupinder works in a practical, down-to-earth way to help people feel steadier and clearer about next steps.

Her background spans short-term and longer-term work. She draws on a mix of approaches to match what each person needs, including cognitive behavioural ideas, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed thinking. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on useful steps to try between meetings.

Rupinder pays attention to the whole of a person’s life. That means looking at relationships, work, meaning, rest and body routines alongside emotions and thoughts. She helps people examine patterns such as low self-esteem, sleep disruption, or difficulties connecting with others, and then build practical ways to change them.

She has supported people through bereavement, relationship breakups, career transitions, identity questions, and long-standing anxiety or depression. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs, with space for both exploration and straight talking about next steps.

Sessions are offered in English and can work for people based in the United Kingdom and internationally. Rupinder invites prospective clients to reflect on what they want to change and to try small, achievable steps that add up over time.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression and getting unstuck from unhelpful patterns.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try different, healthier ways of connecting with others.

Rupinder will work together with each person to find which approach fits best. She discusses goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, so the plan is a shared decision rather than a fixed prescription.

Online work offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, while live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, travel and family life, and they let therapists use the same techniques they would in person while adapting exercises to the chosen format.