Roda Ali

Roda Ali is a counsellor with 11 years' experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, anger and grief. She helps clients facing relationship strain, trauma, depression and low self-esteem. Roda also offers support for addictions, parenting challenges, career change and compassion fatigue. She speaks English and Somali and works with people from diverse backgrounds.

Roda describes therapy as a way to break down the barriers that make life feel overwhelming. She uses an integrative approach drawing on methods such as attachment work, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. Sessions focus on helping people notice unhelpful patterns, build resilience and make practical changes in day-to-day life.

In the room she aims to be calm and direct. Conversations cover feelings, behaviour and the choices that follow. Roda encourages active steps people can try between sessions to test new ways of coping and communicating.

Roda’s experience includes working with trauma related to trafficking and domestic violence, as well as bereavement and panic attacks. She supports people through big transitions and the small, repeating problems that erode confidence.

Her BACP membership is listed as a professional credential. To begin, clients answer a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the platform process. The focus is on finding a steady way forward, one practical step at a time.

How Roda’s approaches translate to online counselling

Roda draws on attachment-informed work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps with trust issues, codependency and communication problems by naming repeated patterns and trying different responses. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which focuses on how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers practical strategies to test new ways of coping with anxiety, anger or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Roda will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals and preferences. Together they decide which tools to try and adjust them as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, check the platform for the exact formats offered before booking. Confirmed session options will explain how to arrange appointments and cancel a subscription if needed. The main practical benefits include easier fitting of sessions around work or childcare, options that reduce travel time, and the ability to move through therapy from wherever you are based in the United Kingdom or internationally. Registered or accredited professionals like Roda aim to help people make steady, workable changes using approaches that suit everyday life.