Roda Ali, BACP

Roda Ali is a qualified integrative therapist registered with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). With 11 years of experience, she has worked with people facing a wide range of challenges including PTSD, trauma related to refugee and people trafficking, domestic violence, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, anger management, difficulties with self-esteem, bereavement, and life transitions.

Her approach focuses on helping clients re-establish balance and build resilience by exploring the emotional and behavioural patterns that contribute to distress. Working collaboratively, she supports clients in identifying practical steps toward change, developing coping strategies, and strengthening their capacity to make empowering choices about feelings, actions, and relationships. Roda offers both short-term and longer-term counselling tailored to each person’s needs.

Roda’s practice also addresses relationship and family problems, addictions, grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting and career pressures, bipolar conditions, compassion fatigue, and multicultural or immigration issues. Additional areas of focus include attachment difficulties, codependency, commitment and communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, isolation and loneliness, prejudice and discrimination, seasonal affective disorder, self-love, and women’s issues.

Therapy is offered in English and Somali, and Roda accepts international clients. She aims to provide an empathetic, impartial space where clients can tap into their inner strengths and work toward lasting improvements in wellbeing. She looks forward to working with clients.

Approaches for Online Therapy and Practical Support

Roda draws on attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional responses; this approach can be helpful for people dealing with attachment issues, codependency, intimacy concerns, or relationship difficulties. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, offering practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and anger. In addition, a client-centered approach ensures sessions remain focused on each person’s experience, with the therapist providing empathic, nonjudgmental support to encourage self-directed growth.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Roda works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what feels most useful and adapt the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through flexible formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options allow clients to fit sessions into busy schedules, access support from different locations, and choose the mode of communication that feels most comfortable, while working with licensed professionals and therapists who can tailor care to individual circumstances.