Rita Hercska

Rita Hercska is a counsellor who offers a warm, person-focused way of working. She speaks English and Hungarian and is registered with the HCPC, and she aims to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed or burnt out. Rita often supports clients facing stress, anxiety, family strains and problems at work or in relationships.

Rita uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centred ways of working that put the person’s experience first. She also uses elements of mindfulness to help people manage strong emotions and calm racing thoughts.

Her practice includes exploring patterns that come from family history and past relationships. That can help when coping with abandonment, attachment issues, blended family challenges, or family of origin concerns. She also works with people facing grief, trauma and abuse, and with those juggling caregiving stress or compassion fatigue.

Rita describes her style as interactive, warm and personal. She treats each client as the expert on their own life and helps set clear, realistic goals together. Practical tools from cognitive behavioural ideas may be used alongside deeper psychodynamic reflection when that fits a person’s aims.

She does not provide legal or court documentation, formal diagnosis, assessment reports, or clinical letters. People who need those specific documents are advised to see an in-person provider who can offer them.

How Rita’s approaches translate to online counselling

Rita blends client-centred work with mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to help people make changes. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and can find their own solutions; it is useful for building confidence and self-esteem. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and manage strong emotions. Psychodynamic work looks at repeated patterns from the past and family history to understand current relationship or attachment difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rita will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest ways of working together. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing a shorter check-in during a lunch break. It can also let people continue therapy while relocating or balancing caregiving duties. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices and reflective discussion to suit remote sessions, helping you build practical coping strategies within your day-to-day routine.