Counsellor profile
Ilona Rakauskaite, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor - stress and relationships
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 384751
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English, Lithuanian
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment based work
- Mindfulness techniques
- Hypnotherapy options
About Ilona
Ilona Rakauskaite is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has seven years of professional experience in the UK. She works with adults who are stressed, anxious, grieving, struggling with self‑esteem, or facing life changes. Ilona also supports people dealing with addiction, relationship and family issues, and codependency concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Lithuanian and she accepts international clients.
Ilona believes clients know their story best and brings a conversational, client-centred approach to sessions. She listens for patterns that keep people putting others first, losing themselves in relationships, or feeling stuck by fear and people‑pleasing. Conversations focus on practical steps to build clearer boundaries, reduce overwhelm, and increase confidence in everyday choices.
Her practice draws on attachment-based ideas to make sense of how early relationships affect current behaviour. Mindfulness techniques and hypnotherapy are used to help manage anxiety, reduce reactivity, and support calmer responses to triggers. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help with concrete goal setting and staying motivated through change.
People meet her for support with grief, work stress, addiction, and the complicated feelings that follow separation or family turmoil. She is also experienced with abandonment, attachment issues, dissociation and the emotional effects of domestic violence and substance use in relationships.
Practical next steps are simple: complete the short matching questionnaire, choose a session time and begin with an initial appointment to set goals and priorities together.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online sessions
Ilona uses attachment‑based work to help people notice how early relationship patterns show up now. This approach explains why some people keep putting others first or feel emptied by close relationships, and it helps name those patterns.She also draws on client‑centred therapy, which means sessions focus on the person's own goals and perspective. The counsellor listens and reflects so the person can make clearer choices. Mindfulness techniques are brought in to reduce anxiety and increase calm in day‑to‑day moments.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then adapt methods as work progresses. This is a collaborative conversation rather than a fixed plan.
Confirm the specific session formats and practical options before booking, as they are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example shorter check‑in sessions can slot into a lunch break, and sessions without video can reduce bandwidth needs. Registered or accredited professionals often find remote sessions useful for keeping continuity of care when schedules or locations change.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Lithuanian
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self‑esteem, addictions, relationship and family issues, and codependency among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a client‑centred approach that listens to the person's story and looks for practical steps. Techniques also include attachment‑based ideas, mindfulness, hypnotherapy and motivational interviewing.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working as a counsellor and hypnotherapist in the UK.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I speak with her in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Lithuanian.
Does she work with international clients?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
How are sessions organised and what formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the scheduling flow, as formats are not specified here.
How much do sessions cost and how does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.