Roda Ali

Roda Ali is a counsellor with 11 years of practice who supports people through stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She works with issues such as trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief, addictions and problems around intimacy. Roda also focuses on women's issues alongside concerns like parenting, career strain and compassion fatigue.

Roda uses a blend of approaches to fit each person's needs rather than a single fixed method. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Mindfulness exercises are used to slow things down and manage overwhelming feelings.

Her work aims to help people regain balance and make practical changes in day-to-day life. Sessions may cover setting boundaries, improving communication, managing panic or working through loss. Roda emphasises building resilience and finding ways to make choices that feel empowering.

She describes counselling as a step-by-step process where clients first identify what keeps them stuck. Then they work together to break down those barriers into manageable steps. Roda supports both short-term focused work and longer-term counselling depending on what a person needs.

Roda holds BACP, which indicates her registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers sessions from the United Kingdom and works in English and Somali. International clients are accepted; please confirm session formats before booking.

How Roda’s approaches translate to online work

Roda uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape patterns of feeling and relating. This approach helps when trust, closeness or past hurts affect current relationships and self-view. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small changes in behaviour. It suits worries, low mood and practical problems that benefit from clear steps and experiments.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and what feels most helpful, then try methods that match those aims. They review progress together and adjust the plan as needed so the work stays relevant to everyday life.

If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking to confirm how Roda offers sessions. Online work can make fitting therapy into a busy schedule easier and reduce travel time. It also allows brief check-ins when a full session is not needed, and different formats can suit lower bandwidth or quieter check-ins. Registered or accredited professionals can guide you on what will work best for your situation and help arrange sessions to fit around work, caregiving and other commitments.