About Rines
Rines Shanthakumar is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. He also supports those struggling with self-esteem and major life changes. He works in English and Tamil and practises from the United Kingdom.
Rines uses a straightforward, person-centred way of working. Sessions begin by listening to what matters most to the individual. He then shapes the sessions around practical steps and conversations that feel manageable.
Background and approach
His approach mixes ideas from attachment work, cognitive behavioural methods and existential thinking. That means he pays attention to how early bonds affect current relationships, notices unhelpful thinking patterns, and invites reflection about values and meaning. Mindfulness techniques are also used to help people manage overwhelming feelings in the moment.
Rines holds a Bachelor of Science with honours in Counselling from the University of East London and is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He has three years of professional experience supporting a wide range of concerns.
He offers sessions in several formats to fit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then arranging sessions to suit their schedules.
How Rines blends approaches online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connections. It helps people understand patterns in intimacy, trust and separation so they can change painful cycles. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and testing new, practical ways of coping. It is often used for anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and make difficult feelings easier to manage in the moment. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rines will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods together to see what helps most. That collaborative process means the plan can change as needs shift and progress is made. Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging, which makes therapy easier to fit around work, family or travel. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer no camera, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility and allow people to access consistent support from the United Kingdom or abroad.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Tamil
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