Joyce Akpogheneta, BACP

Joyce Akpogheneta is a counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). She has 11 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, anger and low self‑esteem. Joyce aims to make the first step feel manageable and respectful of a person's pace and strengths.

She focuses on the impact of unprocessed trauma and ongoing stress. Joyce helps people name and reduce feelings like shame, guilt or overwhelm. She also supports those facing grief, parenting pressures, relationship strain and life changes.

Her approach treats the person as the expert in their own life. Sessions often explore patterns that come from early relationships and how they show up now. Joyce uses clear, practical conversation to help people notice what is working and what might change.

She draws on Attachment‑Based methods alongside client‑centred and psychodynamic ideas to understand feelings and behaviour. Motivational interviewing and solution‑focused ways of working are used to set small, manageable goals. Together these approaches aim to build steadier coping and clearer next steps.

Joyce works with multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, blended family challenges, and issues such as dissociation or dependent personality patterns. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and seasonal mood changes. Sessions are offered in English and open to international clients.

How Joyce’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment‑Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. Online work can help people notice those patterns in everyday life and try new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Client‑Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the person's pace. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to talk through stress, grief or low self‑esteem.

Motivational Interviewing supports change by clarifying what matters to the person and turning that into small steps. It works well alongside solution‑focused conversations about practical goals and next actions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joyce will discuss different ways of working and together decide what fits the client's needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative decision can be reviewed as therapy progresses.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work or family life and removing travel time. If you need sessions that match your day-to-day routine, confirm the exact session options available before booking so you know how to schedule appointments that suit you.