Dumebi Onyejiaka, BACP

Dumebi Onyejiaka is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing relationship strains, family conflict, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, stress and anxiety. Anger, trauma and grief are also areas she supports.

Her style is straightforward and person-focused. She treats clients as the expert on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are practical and conversational rather than heavily technical. She aims to help people manage feelings that get in the way of daily life and relationships.

Dumebi draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current patterns. She uses client-centred methods to follow what matters most to each person. Elements of existential thinking and psychodynamic ideas may be used to examine meaning, values and long-standing relationship patterns.

Motivational interviewing is part of her toolbox when people want help finding momentum for change. This can be useful for tackling avoidance, low drive or difficulty committing to new ways of relating. She also brings trauma-focused approaches when past harm affects present coping.

People come to work on anger, control issues, codependency, parenting stress, abandonment concerns, forgiveness and guilt. Sessions typically involve talking through recent events, noticing patterns, and trying small, realistic steps to shift interactions and reactions. Dumebi helps people track progress and adjust the plan as needed.

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