Ilona Rakauskaite, BACP

Ilona Rakauskaite is a UK-based counsellor, coach and hypnotherapist with seven years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief and life transitions. She works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, self-esteem and motivation, relationship and family difficulties, career challenges, addictions and compassion fatigue. Ilona also focuses on attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and control problems, dissociation, and complex presentations such as co-morbidity and autism spectrum concerns. She combines practical support with an empathetic, client-focused stance that recognises each person as the expert on their own life. Ilona believes people already carry strengths they can draw on to navigate change, and she aims to create a collaborative space where those strengths can be identified and developed. Her training includes hypnotherapy alongside counselling and coaching approaches, and she holds BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects professional training and ethical practice in the UK. Ilona offers adaptable support that meets clients where they are, helping them take the steps toward a more fulfilling and balanced life while offering steady professional guidance and encouragement.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Ilona integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and hypnotherapy into her online practice to meet different needs. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with abandonment, attachment issues and relationship difficulties by exploring how past experiences influence present emotions and behaviour. Client-Centred Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, focusing on empathy, active listening and the person’s own resources to build self-esteem, work through life changes and improve coping. Hypnotherapy is used as a complementary tool to support motivation, reduce anxiety symptoms and address habits by guiding focused attention and relaxation in collaboration with the client.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Ilona works collaboratively with clients and registered professionals to identify which methods fit best with each person’s goals, needs and preferences, and she adapts her style as progress unfolds.

Online sessions - via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging - provide flexible access to therapy for people with busy schedules, mobility limits or those living in different regions. These formats allow regular continuity of care, access to a registered therapist from wherever you are, and the ability to try different modes of communication to find what feels most comfortable and effective.