Ilona Rakauskaite, BACP

Ilona Rakauskaite is a licensed UK counsellor, coach and hypnotherapist with seven years of professional experience supporting people through difficult transitions and emotional challenges. She works with issues such as stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem, relationship and family problems, addictions, and career-related difficulties, alongside related concerns including attachment and abandonment, codependency, communication and control issues, dissociation, and compassion fatigue. Ilona approaches each person as the expert in their own life and seeks to build on existing strengths to help clients move toward greater balance and wellbeing. She values the courage it takes to reach out for change and aims to offer steady support and practical tools for navigating painful experiences and life adjustments. Ilona also brings hypnotherapy and other therapeutic approaches into her work when appropriate, tailoring methods to fit individual needs. She holds BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - a recognised professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. Ilona provides services in English and Lithuanian and accepts international clients, offering a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment for people seeking clearer direction and emotional relief.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Ilona

Ilona blends Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and hypnotherapy to address emotional wounds and current life struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence present patterns of connection and trust - it can help with abandonment, attachment issues, and relationship difficulties by identifying recurring dynamics and developing healthier ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person rather than the problem, offering a nonjudgmental, empathic space where clients lead the pace and focus of sessions to build self-awareness and confidence. Hypnotherapy supplements talk-based work by using guided relaxation and focused attention to access resources for motivation, habit change, and managing stress-related symptoms.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Ilona works with clients to clarify goals, assess what feels most helpful, and adjust methods over time so therapy fits each person’s needs and preferences.

Online therapy with Ilona is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from different locations, and choose the format that best matches a client’s pace and communication style.