Rusne Fokiene
Compassionate integrative counselling for life challenges
About Rusne
Rusne Fokiene helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She is a BACP counsellor who offers a calm and compassionate presence. Her way of working is practical and gentle, aimed at making small changes that feel manageable.
She trained with a BSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and has six years of professional experience. Before independent practice she spent four years in the voluntary sector providing counselling to people from varied backgrounds.
Background and approach
That work included helping people affected by substance misuse, depression, emotional trauma and bereavement, which shaped her understanding of how early experiences affect adult life. Her approach brings together different therapeutic ideas to suit each person. She uses creative and experiential methods alongside mindfulness and core process techniques to help clients notice feelings and bodily sensations.
Sessions focus on practical skills, exploring past patterns and building tools for resilience. Working with her is collaborative. Sessions are shaped around the client’s goals and reviewed regularly to make sure the work stays relevant.
People can choose shorter focused work or longer-term support depending on what they need. She also pays attention to topics such as abandonment and attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and pain, communication difficulties, guilt and shame, isolation and life purpose. Rusne offers sessions in English and Lithuanian and practises from the United Kingdom.
What Rusne works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Rusne uses an integrative approach that combines gentle mindfulness with experiential work. Mindfulness here means simple practices to notice breathing, bodily sensations and thoughts, which can help reduce anxiety and manage stress in the moment.She also draws on core process psychotherapy ideas, which focus on how early experiences shape current patterns. This helps people understand why they react in certain ways and supports work on attachment, abandonment or relationship difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and she works collaboratively to choose methods that fit each person’s needs and goals. Sessions begin with a conversation about what the client wants to change and include regular reviews so the plan can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing reflection and clients who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when in-person meetings are difficult.
| 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Lithuanian
