About Ranka
Ranka Smith is a counsellor with 26 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has spent years helping people facing stress, anxiety and low mood. She also supports clients dealing with relationship strain, self-esteem difficulties and motivation struggles.
She aims to make the first step into therapy less daunting. Sessions are straightforward and conversational. She creates space for people to speak without judgement and to name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
In practical terms Ranka blends different ways of working to match each person’s needs. She draws on client‑centred methods to follow the person’s lead and build trust. Cognitive behavioural techniques help break down unhelpful thoughts and try out new behaviours.
Her approach also pays attention to early attachment and emotional patterns that shape relationships. Mindfulness practices are used to help people notice sensations and calm overactive thinking when it feels overwhelming. Ranka has worked across a broad range of difficulties over many years, including trauma, grief, addiction and issues linked to identity and immigration.
She offers therapy in English, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, and accepts clients from outside the UK. The overall aim is to help people find more balance and clearer choices in everyday life.
How Ranka’s approaches work online
Ranka combines client‑centred therapy with cognitive behavioural work to address everyday struggles. Client‑centred therapy focuses on listening carefully and following the person’s pace, which helps build trust and make sense of difficult feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses targeted exercises to try out small changes in thinking and behaviour.Choosing an approach is a shared process. Ranka will discuss goals and options in early sessions and adapt methods to what feels most useful. She aims to work collaboratively so the therapy fits the person's priorities and day‑to‑day life rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face without travelling and are useful for in‑depth work that benefits from reading facial cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check‑in is needed. Live chat and text‑based messaging suit those who prefer to write, want quick pacing, or need support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
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