Ranka Smith
Experienced counsellor for life transitions
About Ranka
Ranka Smith brings 26 years of practice to her counselling work in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP and speaks English, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. Ranka focuses on common life stresses such as anxiety, low mood, relationship strain and self-esteem difficulties.
She also supports people facing addiction, grief, trauma, parenting challenges and identity matters including LGBT concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions aim to be a calm place to talk through what’s hardest right now.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating, then helps people try different ways of responding. Practical steps and small experiments are used alongside talking and reflection. Ranka draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current bonds.
She uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them in everyday life. Emotion-focused ways of working help when feelings are confusing or overwhelming. People come to her for help with sleep, eating, anger, compassion fatigue and coping with big life changes.
She also offers support around abandonment, body image, codependency and issues linked to family of origin. Her broad experience includes working with mood disorders and bipolar-related challenges. Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs.
Ranka works collaboratively to set goals and track small changes over time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
What Ranka works with
How Ranka works
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Sessions & fees
How Ranka's approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. It helps when trust or closeness feels difficult and when patterns repeat in relationships. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels understood and can find their own direction. It is useful for building self-worth and clarity. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours in everyday life, which is helpful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ranka will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods best match the person's goals and preferences. That collaborative planning helps make sessions feel purposeful and focused.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or need flexible, quick contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel while continuing consistent support.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
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 counselling
- 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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
