Ayotunde Popoola, BACP

Ayotunde Popoola offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or big life changes. She is straightforward and warm, helping clients name what feels hard and find workable steps forward. Ayotunde uses short conversations and reflective listening to help people feel steadier in daily life.

Ayotunde works from a person-centred outlook that treats each person as the expert on their life. She blends that with methods drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy and trauma-focused work when useful. Sessions are focused on what matters now and on small changes that can make days easier.

Over four years she has helped people with self-esteem, depression and coping after loss. She also pays attention to anger, workplace stress and career questions. Additional areas she supports include adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, body image and codependency.

In practice she listens first, then helps clients set simple, practical goals. Techniques can include exploring unhelpful thinking patterns, building emotional awareness, and short-term strategies for feeling calmer. The aim is to leave people with tools they can use between sessions.

Ayotunde is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. To start, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire so sessions can be scheduled to fit needs and timing.

How these approaches work online

Ayotunde draws on person-centred counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy to guide online work. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and reflecting so clients can understand themselves better; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and teaches straightforward skills to change unhelpful reactions, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will explore your goals and preferences in early sessions and suggest which methods to try. Together you can decide whether to emphasise listening and emotional processing, practical skills, or a mix of both.

Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter, focused check-ins when needed. It can also help people stay consistent with sessions while balancing work and family commitments.