Katya Olateju, NCPS

Katya Olateju works from a person-centred stance, tailoring sessions to individual needs. She combines client-centred listening with practical approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. Katya uses straightforward language and aims to make the first steps less daunting for someone seeking change.

Katya has 16 years of professional experience and holds NCPS. She helps people who are coping with career difficulties, parenting concerns, motivation issues and major life changes. She also supports those dealing with depression, anger, sleep and eating difficulties, and challenges related to trauma and abuse.

Her practice includes work on relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication and codependency, and concerns connected to adoption and blended families. She also offers support around ageing and caregiver stress, midlife questions and finding life purpose. Katya pays attention to practical goals as well as emotional patterns that get in the way.

In sessions she blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with mindfulness and attachment-informed ideas. Meetings focus on clear, achievable steps and on building awareness of thoughts and feelings. She encourages clients to try small changes between sessions and to check what helps in everyday life.

Katya speaks English and French and works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. She asks new clients to complete a short questionnaire so she can match treatment to their situation and priorities. To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy button to complete the questionnaire and arrange a session.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Katya draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness in her work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Mindfulness practice teaches simple ways to calm the mind and increase awareness of thoughts and bodily sensations, useful for anxiety, stress and sleep problems.

She also uses client-centred principles, offering an empathic, non-judgemental stance so people can set the pace and topics for each session. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist and client discuss goals, try methods and adapt what does not fit. The aim is to find practices that the client can use day to day.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people work with a therapist who speaks English or French even when they live elsewhere. Katya will discuss practical arrangements and tailor the plan so sessions fit the client's routine and priorities.