Counsellor profile
Celestina Oniye-Thomas, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and anger
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 194219
- Experience20 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- CBT techniques
- ACT values work
- Mindfulness practice
About Celestina
Celestina Oniye-Thomas is a BACP-registered counsellor with 20 years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting and co-parenting issues, and anger. She also helps with stress, anxiety, depression and related life changes.
She works in a direct, practical way. Sessions involve talking through current problems, noticing patterns, and practising new responses. She uses plain language rather than technical terms, and sets clear goals clients can use between sessions.
Her background includes a mix of psychotherapeutic approaches. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to examine thoughts and behaviours, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and action, and Mindfulness to build present-moment awareness. She also brings ideas from Jungian and existential therapy when exploring meaning and life direction.
Clients often come for help with communication problems, attachment or abandonment worries, body-image and self-esteem struggles, or career and caregiving stress. She works with issues such as codependency, control problems, blended family matters and bereavement-related emptiness.
Sessions follow a conversational structure with practical tasks and reflections between meetings. The emphasis is on finding useful, manageable steps rather than long theoretical explanations. People who want clear tools for managing anger, improving relationships and handling life transitions tend to find this approach helpful.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Celestina often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing the behaviours that follow, which can be useful for anger that shows up at work or home. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps aligned with those values, which can reduce reactive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will discuss different methods and decide together which blend fits your goals and preferences. That collaborative choice is revisited as needs change so the work stays practical and goal-focused.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, for example by saving travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. Registered or accredited professionals can use online work to maintain consistency between sessions and to practise skills in everyday settings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She works with anger linked to relationships, family conflict, parenting strain, workplace stress and long-standing resentment.
How would she approach anger in sessions?
She uses talk-based work with practical exercises. Techniques include noticing triggers, changing unhelpful responses, and building alternative behaviours.
What is her clinical experience?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with issues such as trauma, family problems and stress.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with people outside the UK?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions charged and what about cost?
The cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
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