Counsellor profile
Ayotunde Popoola, BACP
Counsellor - Anxiety and stress
See online counselling options- Person-centred
- CBT informed
- Trauma-focused
About Ayotunde
Counsellor Ayotunde Popoola is a BACP member with four years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She offers support for stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, anger and career concerns. Sessions focus on what clients want to change and how they might do that in everyday life.
Ayotunde uses person-centred counselling as a core approach. That means she listens without directing the conversation and helps people find their own solutions. She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to look at thoughts and behaviours, and on trauma-focused work when past harm affects day-to-day life.
Her practice combines emotionally-focused and solution-focused methods too. Emotionally-focused elements look at feelings and how they affect relationships and self-view. Solution-focused elements help set small, practical steps and short-term goals that clients can try between sessions.
Ayotunde describes an integrative style. She adapts methods to the person in front of her rather than following one fixed method. Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on what the client wants to achieve next.
She works in English and does not take international clients. Costs vary by location and sessions operate via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How Ayotunde uses different counselling approaches online
Ayotunde combines person-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural ideas. Person-centred counselling means the therapist listens, reflects and follows the client's priorities. This helps when someone needs space to understand feelings and decide what to change. Cognitive behavioural work looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and tests small changes in everyday life. That can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.She also draws on trauma-focused and emotionally-focused methods when needed. Trauma-focused work aims to reduce the ongoing effect of past harm on current life. Emotionally-focused elements look at strong feelings and how they shape relationships and self‑belief. Deciding which mix to use is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk through options, discuss likely benefits, and agree a way forward with the client based on their goals and preferences.
The practical form of online work should be confirmed before booking as the biography does not list specific session formats. Ask which options are available when you complete the matching questionnaire. Online sessions can make counselling easier to fit around work and family by removing travel, they can allow shorter check-ins when needed, and they can help people take incremental steps between meetings.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, anger and career issues.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her core approach is person-centred counselling. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused work, solution-focused ideas and trauma-focused methods.
How long has she practised?
She has four years of experience working as a counsellor in the UK.
What professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and services are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.