Rupinder Sagoo, BACP

Rupinder Sagoo is a counsellor and psychotherapist with 25 years of experience. She is a BACP member and works from a holistic, integrative viewpoint that looks beyond a single problem to the person as a whole. Rupinder offers both short-term and longer-term work and aims to make the first step easier for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck.

Her practice pays attention to everyday habits that affect mood and functioning, such as sleep, diet and daily routines. She blends talking therapy with attention to life meaning, relationships and practical changes people can try between sessions. This plain focus on thoughts and everyday habits is part of how she helps people manage stress, anxiety and low mood.

Rupinder uses a number of recognised approaches and draws on whatever fits each person’s needs. She commonly uses cognitive behavioural ideas to look at thoughts and behaviours, acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values, and attachment-based thinking when relationships are central to the issue. The approach is adapted to each person rather than sticking to one fixed model.

She has worked with a wide range of concerns including bereavement, relationship difficulties, career change, sleep problems, self-esteem and coping with major life changes. Additional areas she has focussed on include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, body image, codependency, domestic violence, dissociation and related concerns.

Rupinder practises in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. People can expect practical conversations, clearer ways to manage day-to-day habits, and collaborative planning to move towards their goals.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting ruled by them and supports actions that match what matters to someone. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions where values and behaviour are key.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. It often involves tasks to try between sessions and clear tools for managing worry or low mood.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build different ways of relating when relationships cause distress.

Finding the best approach is a shared process. The counsellor will work with each person to decide which ideas to use, tailoring sessions to goals, preferences and practical needs rather than using one fixed method.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or avoiding the need to be on camera if someone prefers audio. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework to work well online, keeping the focus on useful changes to thoughts and everyday habits.